The World Health Organization has issued a warning about the resurgence of the chikungunya virus, reminiscent of the 2004-2005 epidemic. Or...

There are two ways to revive an economy. One, the government spends more money. Or two, it gives more money to consumers to spend. For the ...

France is facing a challenge in ensuring the 2024 Paris Olympics are free from mosquito-borne diseases. Asian tiger mosquitoes, carriers of...

Mosquitoes are the last thing you'd associate with the Paris of the West. But it turns out that health authorities there are fumigating vul...

The inescapable fact of our mortality means that old age will kill us someday even if Covid doesn't. Our years are limited, and we cannot s...

The Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the globe and claimed over 760,000 lives so far almost certainly came from a wild bat, highlighting th...

No casualties have been reported from flood-hit Muzaffarpur, Saharsa and Katihar districts so far.

The mistake parents make is that we don’t see our children for who and what they are and just expect them to be our mirror images.

Chikungunya is a dreaded infection transmitted through the bite of the mosquito. There is no known cure and till date, there is no vaccine ...

London, Dec 20 (IANS) Change in weather patterns, brought on by the 'Godzilla' El Nino of 2015 -- one of the strongest on record, fuelled t...

The ICGEB plans a larger vaccine trial on monkeys in America; the full-fledged human trial after that could cost more than Rs 100 crore.

The responsibility of getting rid of the mosquitoes is with every citizen to make sure that at least in their houses no breeding is taking ...

Get up close with leopards, tigers and lions this summer. Think India, think wildlife.

Seventy-year-old Haren Mondal of Jamespur is familiar with the tiger's odour.

Murud is convenient to visit from Mumbai either via train or by road. Visitors can also stop by the Kasa Fort, built by Sambhaji, Shivaji’s...

Compassion for all living creatures doesn't come easy because scale matters. A squished ant will not evoke the same visceral response as a ...

The tiger is a constant presence even as the sea challenges the very existance of the magnificent mangroves of Sundarbans and the resilient...