Countries tighten travel rules as Ebola risk risesFollowing the WHO's declaration of an Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, numerous countries and airlines...
01 Jun, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
WHO chief heads to Congo as Ebola outbreak strains responseHealth authorities in Congo and neighbouring countries are scrambling to contain the latest outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain, for whi...
28 May, 2026, 07.34 PM IST
Trump will send Americans exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in KenyaAmerica's Trump administration is planning a new Ebola treatment center in Kenya. This facility will care for Americans exposed to the viru...
28 May, 2026, 09.54 AM IST
Deadliest bleeding eye disease caused by Marburg virus is severe, has only 50% survival rate. Check all detailsThe bleeding eye disease, one of the deadliest in the world, has spared global fear and has killed 15 people so far in Rwanda. A warning ha...
04 Dec, 2024, 05.30 PM IST
What is Mpox virus and its symptoms? WHO considers international health emergencyThe World Health Organization is considering declaring an international public health emergency due to a worsening mpox outbreak in Africa....
05 Aug, 2024, 02.22 PM IST
Marburg virus: WHO confirms outbreak of virus after 9 deaths; symptoms, treatment, and other detailsMarburg Virus Outbreak: Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus on Monday after nine people whose samples ...
16 Feb, 2023, 10.56 AM IST
The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever. How to protect yourselfIt was first reported in 1967 in a town called Marburg in Germany and in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
26 Jul, 2022, 09.04 AM IST
Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantineAn analysis of domestic travel patterns using map location data from Chinese tech giant Baidu shows that in the two weeks before Wuhan's lo...
10 Feb, 2020, 03.41 PM IST
Mapping app location data shows how virus spread in ChinaChinese officials finally began to seal the borders of Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, on January 23. But it was too late. As per an ...
09 Feb, 2020, 01.07 PM IST
Ritesh Jain’s what I read this week: Loans for people with no credit history & a world without workA new app has been created which builds credit scores for borrowers using data. It helps one understand the creditworthiness of people with...
24 Sep, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
Kenya a safe destination to travel: Tourism BoardIndia still stands strong and is the biggest market in Asia for Kenya and overall, India is the 5th largest source market.
16 Jan, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
No Ebola! Kenya hardsells tourism to woo Indian tourists"We expect India to be among top 3 source markets for Kenya as a tourist destination by 2018. Currently it is 5th largest source market," s...
15 Jan, 2015, 07.32 PM IST
Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa likely in January, says World Health OrganizationThe WHO, which has come under fire for bungling its initial reaction to the Ebola crisis is helping coordinate trials of experimental vacci...
22 Oct, 2014, 11.56 AM IST
Indian companies like Bharti Airtel & Vedanta group issue travel bans to Ebola-hit nationsTwelve employees of Vedanta group returned home to India this week from Liberia before West African country imposed an emergency, a Vedanta...
11 Aug, 2014, 01.47 AM IST