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France detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreakFrance on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor back from the Democratic Republic of ...
Ebola cases increase almost 40% in week as death toll passes 200An Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed over 200 lives. This is the worst outbreak at this stage, with thousands of potential con...
Ebola cases in eastern Congo climb to 782 and deaths reach 181, authorities sayCongo's Ministry of Health reported 782 confirmed Ebola cases and 181 deaths, with the outbreak concentrated in Ituri province. The rare Bu...
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo: Mongbwalu residents split over disease threat and government responseAn Ebola outbreak is devastating Mongbwalu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Many residents deny the virus's existence, complicating...
Ebola outbreak: US citizen infected, 131 killed, vaccines available for only one strain. Here's why WHO is sounding red alarmEbola Vaccines are only available for the Zaire strain, which was identified in 1976 and has a higher fatality rate of 60-90 per cent.
WHO confirms five hantavirus cases on Atlantic cruise ship; warns risk to public remains "low"The WHO has confirmed five hantavirus cases and three deaths aboard the Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic. Linked to the Andes strain, th...
Nearly seven per cent of India's population aged ten and above exposed to SARS-CoV-2According to the findings which have appeared in the Lancet Global Health pre-print, the overall seroprevalence of below 10 per cent in Ind...
According to a study, humans may be passing the coronavirus to their petsThe new coronavirus is a "zoonotic" infection -- meaning it has jumped into humans from animals -- and while there is little sign that pets...
Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 400,000The milestone was reached Sunday, a day after the Brazilian government stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infecti...
Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 1,373; number of cases climb to 42,533A total of 67 deaths were reported since Sunday evening, of which 28 fatalities were reported from Gujarat, 27 from Maharashtra, six from R...
Global death toll from Covid-19 nears 17,000The number of deaths around the world from the novel coronavirus cases stood at 16,961, according to a tally compiled by AFP on Tuesday fro...
Iran reports 22 deaths from coronavirus; 141 infectedThe number of people diagnosed with the disease is 141, the chart showed. It did not specify whether those who have died were included in t...
China reports 254 new virus deaths and 15,152 daily casesHundreds of infections have been reported in more than two dozen other countries and territories, but only two people have died from the vi...
Nipah death toll touches 12, samples of fruit eating bats being collected for testingAccording to an official, the droppings, urine and secretions of the bats would also be sent for testing.
Swine flu claims 5 more lives, toll rises to 2,172In the worst-hit state of Gujarat, the death toll stood at 439 while 6,565 people have been affected by the H1N1 virus since January.
Swine flu: 11 more die, toll rises to 2,108The ministry said that the death toll has increased to 435 in Gujarat, which is the worst hit state in the country.
Swine flu claims another 20 lives, 34,240 people infectedTelangana has seen 77 people succumbing to the H1N1 virus. In neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana, the toll has reached 53 each.
Swine flu claims 20 more lives, toll rises to 2,064Swine flu claimed the lives of 20 more persons as the death toll in the country rose to 2,064 while the number of persons affected by the H...
Swine flu toll inches towards 1,900; number of cases touches 32,000The toll in West Bengal is 23 while the toll has increased to 36 in Uttar Pradesh. Jammu and Kashmir has seen 16 swine flu fatalities.
51 more swine flu deaths, affected cases cross 25,000 markSwine flu deaths continued unabated as 51 more people died of the virus raising the toll to 1370 while the number of affected crossed the 2...