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People across Europe, North America slept for days or stared blankly for hours during this 100-year-old strange epidemic and scientists are still searching whyDuring the 1918 flu pandemic, a mysterious illness, encephalitis lethargica, emerged in Europe and North America, causing extreme sleepines...
Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
WHO chief concerned about 'scale and speed' of deadly Ebola outbreakThe World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency over an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Th...
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.
Ebola outbreak, but no vaccine; WHO declares international emergency over rare strain spreadThe World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and...
WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR CongoThe World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency due to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreakThree passengers died from hantavirus after a cruise. The World Health Organization believes the outbreak will be limited if precautions ar...
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journeyArgentina is investigating if it's the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, coinciding with a surge in domestic cases. ...
Mystery flu-like disease is killing people in African country. Symptoms, deaths, will it spread?African country of Congo has reported multiple deaths due to mystery flu-like disease.
Kerala govt activates emergency operation centres amidst heavy rainsKerala government opens emergency operation centres in all districts to tackle heavy rains, mudslides, and issues warnings to tourists abou...
Covid-like flu affects dozens, here's what we know about the symptomsA high alert was issued internationally due to a potential public health crisis as 60 people were reportedly affected with a COVID-like flu...
Haryana extends lockdown till September 6, earlier relaxations to continue"The Mahamari Alert-Surakshit Haryana is extended for another fortnight, that is from August 23 (5 am onwards) to September 6 (till 5 am) i...
Haryana extends lockdown till Aug 23, but lifts curbs on opening of shops, mallsThe order said people without a face cover or a mask will be barred from boarding public or private transport, or from entering into any go...
Haryana extends lockdown till August 9According to the order, Anganwadi centres and creches run by women and child development department shall remain closed till August 15 in t...
Haryana extends lockdown till July 5, relaxations allowed earlier to continue"The Mahamari Alert-Surakshit Haryana is extended for another week that is from June 28 (5 am onwards) to July 5 (till 5 am) in the state o...
Haryana extends lockdown till June 14, but eases several restrictionsWhile further relaxations regarding opening of shops and shopping malls have been given, religious places are also allowed to open now with...
Kumaraswamy accuses Karnataka govt of 'lethargy' in managing epidemic diseasesThe former Chief Minister in a series of tweets, warned that there is danger of Karnataka witnessing higher number of black fungus infectio...
Ebola patient dies in Congo, first case in 50 daysThe new Ebola case, the first since Feb. 17, was a 26-year-old man in the area of Beni, a town in eastern Congo. He developed symptoms on M...
Is Europe beating the virus? Experts urge prudenceThe initial flood of hospital admissions is starting to slow and infection rates in some countries are flattening. Some are beginning to ho...
Swine flu epidemic alert in Telangana after one death, 10 new casesCondition of two swine flu patients undergoing treatment at two different corporate hospitals in Hyderabad has worsened.