Wolbachia transinfection: China’s plan to mate lab mosquitoes with wild ones to tackle chikungunyaChina faces a chikungunya outbreak. Guangdong Province reports many new cases. Authorities implement mandatory blood tests. They also contr...
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7 insane new features coming to iPhone 17 Pro, and it’s launching next monthApple is gearing up for a major fall launch with the iPhone 17 Pro as the frontrunner. The flagship model is anticipated to arrive in Septe...
07 Aug, 2025, 03.02 PM IST
Chikungunya outbreak in China: Is this the dawn of a new medical era? Here’s how China is fighting back with drones, AI, and lab-grown mosquitoesChikungunya virus outbreak in China has triggered alarm as over 7,000 people fall ill in Guangdong, marking the country’s biggest mosquito-...
07 Aug, 2025, 02.24 AM IST
A new virus is spreading in China, and it’s more painful than CovidSouthern China is grappling with a sharp rise in chikungunya infections, with more than 7,000 reported cases in Guangdong province, mostly ...
06 Aug, 2025, 10.29 AM IST
Mosquitoes wreak havoc in China as authorities adopt COVID pandemic methods to tackle virus outbreakA virus transmitted by the bites of infected mosquitoes, chikungunya is rarely fatal, but it does cause fever and severe joint pain. It has...
06 Aug, 2025, 01.09 AM IST
China could shut US power grid, gas pipelines and electrical networks at will with killswitch, says shocking reportA new report raises concerns about China's potential to disrupt US infrastructure. Experts warn that Chinese technology may contain remote ...
05 Aug, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
Chikungunya virus spreading fast in China - is it reaching pandemic level? Here're causes, symptoms and treatmentGuangdong province in China is grappling with a significant chikungunya virus outbreak, reporting over 7,000 cases since July. The rapid sp...
05 Aug, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
China enforces Covid-like measures amid Chikungunya outbreakChina is implementing Covid-like measures to combat a growing chikungunya outbreak, with over 7,000 cases reported since July. Foshan, the ...
05 Aug, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
Amid reports of HMPV outbreak in China, doctors warn of 11 diseases that could trigger pandemic 2.0 like CovidDoctors highlight 11 diseases that may cause significant issues by 2025, including a potential resurgence of Covid-19 and the emergence of ...
03 Jan, 2025, 08.00 PM IST
View: To live among all things blight and balefulThe inescapable fact of our mortality means that old age will kill us someday even if Covid doesn't. Our years are limited, and we cannot s...
11 Dec, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
China has been conducting experiments of dangerous pathogens with Pakistan since 2015: ReportAccording to the report written by Anthony Klan, Wuhan scientists are believed to have been conducting research into deadly pathogens in Pa...
27 Aug, 2020, 10.41 AM IST
Hope to get nasal vaccine against Covid-19 into market in 12-18 months: Hyderabad-based Bharat BiotechKrishna M Ella, a molecular biologist and chairman and managing director of the Bharat Biotech, spoke to TOI's Surendra Singh in an exclusi...
08 Apr, 2020, 10.16 AM IST
Travel with discretion: Experts predict Coronavirus’s effect on tourism will last till 2021, advise practising cautionThe impact of the pneumonia-like disease caused by Covid-19, is already being felt across the Asian continent.
14 Feb, 2020, 06.43 PM IST
At 2 degree Celsius warming, Kolkata could see deadly heatwaves: IPCC reportThe IPCC has come out with a special report on global warming that said limiting it to 1.5 degrees Celsius will require rapid, far-reaching...
09 Oct, 2018, 12.58 PM IST
- 2015's Godzilla El Nino contributed to Zika outbreak: Study
London, Dec 20 (IANS) Change in weather patterns, brought on by the 'Godzilla' El Nino of 2015 -- one of the strongest on record, fuelled t...
20 Dec, 2016, 04.43 PM IST
New tool to predict spread of Zika virusIn early 2015, a Zika virus outbreak in Brazil was soon followed by a high number of microcephaly cases, in which babies are born with abno...
31 May, 2016, 02.58 PM IST
- For better health, let's stick to the basics
Given the state of affairs, the Economic Survey’s recommendations on healthcare might sound like truisms. But then, the truth does need to ...
29 Feb, 2008, 01.10 AM IST