Congo mystery illness: Over 1,000 infected as WHO calls disease significant public health threatThe World Health Organization has said that it will further investigate the mystery illness outbreak in the Congo after another cluster was...
28 Feb, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
Mysterious disease in Congo kills over 50 people within 48 hours, WHO issues alertA mysterious disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed over 50 lives, with symptoms resembling haemorrhagic fever. T...
27 Feb, 2025, 01.29 AM IST
Deadliest bleeding eye virus has killed 15 people so far: Check its symptoms, causes, vaccine and precautionsThe bleeding eye virus or the Marburg disease has killed 15 people so far in Rwanda. This highly infectious pathogen is similar to the Ebol...
03 Dec, 2024, 06.17 PM IST
Kerala teen dies due to Nipah virus: Here's all you should know about the deadly Zoonotic virusThe patient displayed signs of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) such as sudden onset of fever, as well as clinical signs of neurological d...
22 Jul, 2024, 02.12 PM IST
Were raccoon dogs the source of Covid-19?Despite their name, raccoon dogs are not close relatives of raccoons.
26 Mar, 2023, 09.39 AM IST
Thai YouTuber held for having bat soup. Details hereAnger about the potential outbreak of new pandemic viruses led to Thai YouTuber Phonchanok Srisunaklua's detention. The law enforcement sai...
12 Nov, 2022, 05.58 PM IST
COVID 19 : "Watch what you Eat : The Tipping Point !"13 Sep, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
Nipah Virus: Symptoms, prevention, treatment of the infection, everything you need to knowSo far, the infection has claimed 16 lives in Kerala.
06 Sep, 2021, 11.08 AM IST
Global 'hot spots' where new coronaviruses may emerge identifiedThe researchers also identified locations that could easily become hot spots with changes in land use. They found that parts of Japan, the ...
03 Jun, 2021, 01.18 PM IST
China, SE Asia 'hotspot' for new coronaviruses: StudyThe study, published in the journal Nature Food, showed that this is because of the global land-use changes including forest fragmentation,...
02 Jun, 2021, 07.50 PM IST
WHO's coronavirus origins report: All you need to know about the four theories in playThe final report, a joint WHO-China study, which AFP obtained Monday ahead of its official release, spelled out how the joint team of Chine...
29 Mar, 2021, 07.59 PM IST
Where did Covid come from? Investigator foreshadows fresh cluesInvestigators want to know how the SARS-CoV-2 virus -- whose closest known relative came from bats 1,000 miles away -- spread explosively i...
07 Feb, 2021, 10.28 AM IST
China is making it harder to solve the mystery of how Covid beganChina has effectively snuffed out Covid-19, thanks to stringent border curbs, mass testing and a surveillance network that allows infected ...
31 Dec, 2020, 10.22 AM IST
View: It's time for humans to stop living voraciouslyChina’s crackdown in 2003 on wildlife markets ended after Sars exited. History is repeating itself, this time while the Covid-19 pandemic i...
11 Apr, 2020, 12.08 AM IST
Travellers from China to be screened for novel coronavirus at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata airportsThe government has also issued a travel advisory asking citizens travelling to and from China to follow certain precautionary measures. It ...
17 Jan, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
Lessons from Ebola catastrophe: Why India needs to discourage deforestation and excessive miningA study by the Int'l Livestock Research Institute in 2012 put India as the most affected country in terms of diseases that are spread throu...
16 Nov, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
- Coffee, spice and all things nice!
Gustap & Jeroo Irani found Coorg to be a region truly favoured by the Gods.
22 Jun, 2006, 12.01 AM IST