Mysterious illness dubbed 'Disease X' spreading rapidly, has killed mostly children, infected over 400. Check symptomsA mysterious illness, dubbed disease X, has killed at least 31 people — mostly children — in the remote Panzi region of the Democratic Repu...
11 Dec, 2024, 06.02 PM IST
Amid bleeding eye virus scare, mystery disease with flu-like symptoms kills almost 150 in Africa, sparks pandemic fearsNearly 150 people have lost their lives due to an unknown and mysterious disease with flu-like symptoms in southwestern Congo in Africa. Th...
04 Dec, 2024, 05.17 PM IST
Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison releaseChinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan's whereabouts post-release from a four-year prison term for Wuhan pandemic reporting remain unknown. ...
14 May, 2024, 10.13 AM IST
What is Disease X? WHO panel to debate on deadly virus that could kill 20 times more than Covid-19Disease X: The cause of mysterious Disease X is currently unknown, yet it is considered a serious microbial threat. The World Health Organi...
16 Jan, 2024, 12.19 PM IST
Zero-Covid, vaccine nationalism: How Xi Jinping-led China has put the world at risk againFew doubt that the pandemic spread from Wuhan- but what was the "ground zero?" Was it the sea-food market, or Wuhan Institute of Virology (...
22 Dec, 2022, 10.57 PM IST
Hepatitis in children may be the result of three factors, scientists find possible cause for the mystery outbreakInitial investigations found a potential link between adenovirus infection and these cases of hepatitis.
28 Jul, 2022, 03.21 PM IST
33 countries report 650 cases of mysterious hepatitis in kids: WHOOut of the 650 probable cases, at least 38 (6 per cent) children have required transplants, and nine (1 per cent) deaths have been reported...
29 May, 2022, 10.23 PM IST
Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in childrenMore than 20 other countries have reported hundreds more cases in total, though the largest numbers have been in the U.K. and U.S. Symptoms...
23 May, 2022, 01.13 PM IST
Just as cases drop, comes worry from long CovidIn the coming days, people may complain of persistent problems such as shortness of breath, fatigue and brain fog, several doctors told ET.
05 Feb, 2022, 07.05 AM IST
US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advancesIn the United States, 36 states have detected the variant. Meanwhile, delta is surging in many places, with hot spots in New England and th...
16 Dec, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
Common cold virus saved lives in IndiaOne of the biggest mysteries of the Covid-19 infection in India relative to other countries like the US and UK has been the lower mortality...
23 Mar, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
'Please get in touch': Britain hunts mystery spreader of Brazil variantBritain said six cases had been detected of the "P.1" variant identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus, against which current vaccines ap...
01 Mar, 2021, 07.05 PM IST
Masks, distancing, demography: The mystery behind India's declining Covid casesOn September 16 last year, India reported a record 97,894 coronavirus cases. Nearly four-and-half months later, on Feb 2, India registered ...
06 Feb, 2021, 09.53 AM IST
Why are coronavirus cases falling in IndiaThe drop in coronavirus numbers assumes significance as several countries across the world are experiencing a second and in some cases even...
05 Feb, 2021, 11.32 PM IST
China targets frozen food imports over virus fearsWorkers in hazmat suits were painstakingly screening food shipments across a country which has largely brought domestic infections under co...
18 Nov, 2020, 12.09 PM IST
Wuhan’s mass testing may have eradicated the coronavirusOf the 60,000 people tested on Sunday, no cases of asymptomatic infections were found, said the Wuhan municipal health commission on Monday...
01 Jun, 2020, 09.06 AM IST
Is India ready to handle an epidemic? The frightful truth behind Nipah outbreakWhile Kerala has responded with alacrity to the Nipah outbreak, are hospital protocols followed across the country?
27 May, 2018, 08.02 AM IST