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How Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak complicated by aid cuts, armed rebels and angerEbola treatment centers in eastern Congo are being attacked. This violence stems from deep-seated issues like rebel conflict and displaceme...
Attacks on Ebola treatment centers are one of several problems affecting Congo's outbreak responseIn the Eastern Congo, a troubling surge of Ebola is compounded by deliberate attacks on medical facilities, igniting frustration among the ...
Bird Flu: How milk can spread the H5N1 Avian influenzaAvian influenza is spreading rapidly through milk on US dairy farms, particularly in large-scale operations. The virus reproduces in cow ud...
Bird flu detected in raw milk in US. Here's what you need to know and what you should doCalifornia health officials reported bird flu in a sample of raw milk from a Fresno dairy, prompting a voluntary recall. This follows a rec...
Samples of contacts of deceased child return negative for Nipah; Source yet to be identifiedThis virus is also known as a zoonotic virus, nipah virus or NiV and it is transmitted from animals (bats or pigs) to humans or from an inf...
Bird flu outbreak reported in 4 states; advisories issued to contain further spread: CentreIn a statement, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said that other states have been asked to keep a vigil on an...
Joe Biden vows virus action on 'day one' as Europe reels from second waveThe United States reported record new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, as Joe Biden vowed to act against the pandemic on "day ...
Over 3 million cases of coronavirus reported in MideastIn the Mideast, the hardest-hit nation remains Iran, which served as the initial epicenter of the virus in the region.
Italy approves partial lockdown; Spain announces national curfewItaly and Spain had managed to tamp down the initial ourbreak with some of the world's strictest national lockdowns. The easing of those me...
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on averageThe United States and Latin America are the new epicenters of the pandemic and both are struggling to curb the spread of the virus.The coro...
Military jets fly over US cities to salute frontline workersResidents of the nation's capital Washington, as well as Baltimore and Atlanta were treated to sights of the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air...
ET Explains: Everything you need to know about coronavirusThe deadly outbreak has claimed lives of over 169,000 people and infected nearly 2,500,000 globally. The WHO has declared it a pandemic.
US may need to extend social distancing for virus until 2022, study saysThe study comes as more than 2,200 people died in the United States from the outbreak on Tuesday, a record, according to a Reuters tally, e...
WHO warns Covid-19 'far from over' in Asia and PacificUrging governments at all levels in the region to stay engaged in efforts to combat the virus, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacifi...
Lockdown’s success in China offers hope for world’s virus fightNew cases of the virus transmitting within the country dropped to zero about eight weeks after the government’s massive quarantine of some ...
Indians at the covid epicentre: Locked out, confused & waiting to come homeMany students ET spoke with feared they would be left to the mercy of the already-overburdened Italian healthcare system if they test posit...
Coronavirus update: WHO says window to contain outbreak is narrowingThere’s no need for fear and panic in the markets, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the world body, said in Riyadh Sunday. W...
Belgium confirms its 1st case of virusThe individual was among nine Belgians repatriated from Wuhan, China, over the weekend.
The age, sex and symptoms of China’s Coronavirus victimsThe virus has already spread to other parts of China and elsewhere triggering memories of the SARS pandemic.
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.