India faces no immediate public health threat from hantavirus: NIV chiefTwo Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...
08 May, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
What is the hantavirus that killed three cruise ship passengers?A deadly hantavirus outbreak has claimed three lives on a luxury cruise ship. Five more individuals are confirmed or suspected cases. The A...
06 May, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
A cruise ship is waiting for help after three people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreakA cruise ship faces a health crisis off Cape Verde after three passengers died and others fell seriously ill from suspected hantavirus. The...
05 May, 2026, 10.47 AM IST
Is China unleashing another pandemic? Chikungunya virus spreads from Guangdong Province to EuropeChikungunya virus cases surged in China's Guangdong Province during summer 2025 before spreading to Europe. France reported 700 cases and I...
15 Oct, 2025, 12.38 PM IST
Wetland Virus: What are the symptoms of the disease, the vector and where does it harm you?Wetland Virus alert - Warnings are coming from the scientists regarding the newly discovered virus whose scientific name is Orthonairovirus...
10 Sep, 2024, 08.41 PM IST
World Hepatitis Day: Know about causes, symptoms and risk factorsJuly 28 is reserved to promote awareness of this insidious and deadly virus.
28 Jul, 2023, 12.20 PM IST
Outbreaks of Zika virus reported from UP, Kerala, Maharashtra in 2021: GovtResponding to a question on whether the country has the infrastructure and expertise for testing and treating persons infected with the Zik...
03 Dec, 2021, 07.17 PM IST
Tick-borne virus: All you need to know about the disease that has killed 7 in ChinaBelonging to the Bunyavirus category, China isolated the pathogen of the virus first in 2011. First identified in China, the virus has also...
07 Aug, 2020, 04.14 PM IST
29 tested positive for Zika virus in Jaipur colony: officialAdditional Chief Secretary (Health) Veenu Gupta told reporters that 29 persons have been tested positive for Zika virus in the city and eff...
09 Oct, 2018, 04.02 PM IST
World Hepatitis Day: Facts most people don't knowIn some cases, the chronic infections leave behind long-term health implications.
28 Jul, 2018, 06.20 PM IST
Zika virus: Facts you should knowZika virus disease is caused by a virus primarily transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus, main...
28 May, 2017, 11.35 PM IST
- Novel chikungunya vaccine promises safety, effectiveness
New York, Dec 20 (IANS) Researchers have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific virus that does not...
20 Dec, 2016, 04.05 PM IST
Zika virus linked to serious eye problems in babiesIn three Brazilian infants with microcephaly, the researchers from Stanford University in the US and colleagues observed retinal lesions.
25 May, 2016, 06.25 PM IST
First map of Zika virus could speed vaccine hunt'Any regions within the virus structure unique to Zika have the potential to explain differences in how a virus is transmitted and how it m...
01 Apr, 2016, 01.52 PM IST
Rabishield: First fast-acting anti-rabies drug set for India launchRMAb has been developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) and US-based Mass Biologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical...
24 Feb, 2016, 12.51 PM IST
Zika virus: Symptoms, treatment & preventionHaving caused worldwide concern because of its connection to a neurological birth disorder, we list some facts about it.
29 Jan, 2016, 01.47 PM IST
Dengue is caused by four different strains of virusIt gets transmitted by female mosquito of genus Aedes. These domestic mosquitoes, thriving around human habitations, typically bite in dayl...
24 Nov, 2014, 11.39 AM IST