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Russian Plague scare: Did a broken test tube lead to a researcher’s death? Why is the White House watching and are Americans at risk?Russian Plague is not the medical name of a newly discovered disease. The term is being used in connection with concerns over an incident a...
Russia plague news: What to know about the disease and which countries have been affected as lab worker dies in Siberia?At the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, a tragic incident led to the death of a 28-year-old woman, suspected to have contracted pneu...
Pneumonic plague suspected in Russia, no immediate threat to India: IMA expertHealth authorities are investigating a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia, which has raised concerns. Rajeev Jayadevan from the I...
Russian plague lab researcher dies of pneumonia of ‘unknown’ origin, nearly 200 under observationA 28-year-old worker at an Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, Siberia, died from unknown pneumonia. Russian authorities are inves...
Ebola outbreak is 'fastest growing ever' as 600 dieThe Democratic Republic of Congo faces its fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever. Health authorities confirmed 1,759 cases and 600 deaths sin...
600 dead in Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreakThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed 600 lives, figures published by the World Health Organization showed...
More than 500 dead in DR Congo Ebola outbreakThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed over 500 lives. World Health Organization figures show 1,561 confirm...
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.
UN World Food Program launches investigation into its Sudan operations as famine spreadsThe U.N. World Food Program is investigating two top officials in Sudan for alleged fraud and withholding donor information about their cap...
Plagues, poisons and magical thinking - how COVID lab leak hysteria could be straight from the Middle AgesThe "lab leak" theory about the origin of COVID-19 is a complicated story of magical thinking and blame, that medieval history tells us has...
Is monkeypox airborne and can it damage organs? As the virus spreads, here are answers to the most pertinent questionsTo avoid its spread in India, stepping up screening of symptoms is necessary.
World Health Organisation team visits Wuhan market where first COVID-19 infections detectedThe team arrived at Huanan amid heavy security, with additional barricades set up outside a high blue fence surrounding the market, and lef...
WHO team, on tightly controlled China mission, visits hospitalOn its second day after two weeks in quarantine, the team went to Jinyintan Hospital, where doctors had collected samples from patients suf...
WHO-led team in Wuhan probing COVID origins meet Chinese scientistsThe group is expected to spend two more weeks in China, and will visit the seafood market at the centre of the early outbreak. It will also...
No significant mutation of coronavirus in India: Harsh VardhanReplying to queries during the 'Sunday Samvad' platform, Vardhan further said enough oxygen is being produced in the country and the health...
ET analysis: China's trade concessions to Bangladesh a 'dual-deficit and debt trap'This so called “diplomatic victory” by China involving duty free access taking advantage of the pandemic can only push a promising economy ...
- Chinese farmers agitated over failure of hybrid rice variety
A strain of hybrid rice in China that promised strong yields saw plunging output last year, angering farmers who clashed with the distribut...