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Why don't bats die from the lethal viruses they carry? A new DNA study uncovers a second genetic system hidden inside their blood not seen in mammals before- Kerala remains India’s ground zero for the Nipah virus, but why?
- Dangerous virus on the prowl? Scientists investigate Colorado rabbits with tentacles after alarming mutation fears
- Nipah virus in Kerala: Three cases detected in Malappuram, Palakkad this year; govt traces 677 contactsIn 2025, Kerala's Malappuram and Palakkad districts reported three Nipah virus infections, prompting the tracing of 677 contacts. The gover...01 Aug, 2025, 03.53 PM IST
- Just a small mutation away? New China-linked virus could be next big threatAmerican scientists warn that a new coronavirus found in China poses a pandemic threat. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is related to MERS. Slight m...06 Jun, 2025, 07.06 PM IST
- HKU5-CoV-2, the new bat coronavirus in China sparks global concern: Know its symptoms and how does it spreadThe new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, found in China has sparked concerns among health officials and has triggered panic. HKU5-CoV-2 has sim...24 Feb, 2025, 05.40 PM IST
- Another pandemic brewing? Newly found coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 in bats in China could be the next global threat; will vaccines work? Here are all detailsChinese scientists have discovered a new coronavirus in bats called HKU5-CoV-2. It has similarities to SARS-CoV-2 and can infect human cell...21 Feb, 2025, 10.52 PM IST
- Nipah virus outbreak renews calls to protect bat roostsThough Kerala's response to contain the outbreak drew international praise, the quick spread of the virus and its impact on tens of thousan...30 Oct, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
- Strengthen the buffer from future NipahsThe state's surveillance and response capacity notwithstanding, it is now critical to focus on why Kerala has emerged as a hotspot for zoon...17 Sep, 2023, 11.30 PM IST
- House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19The 419-0 vote was final approval of the bill, sending it to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law.10 Mar, 2023, 09.32 PM IST
- Experts say no NeoCov threat in current formThe coronavirus NeoCoV, described as a potential threat to humanity by Chinese researchers this week, poses no actual danger in its current...31 Jan, 2022, 02.14 PM IST
- China’s wildlife is a pandemic ‘waiting to happen,’ study findsAlthough the authors in China, the U.S., Belgium and Australia didn’t find anything resembling SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for ...13 Nov, 2021, 09.23 AM IST
- Why it will soon be too late to find out where the COVID-19 virus originatedAntibodies decrease over time - so samples collected now from people infected before or around December 2019 may be harder to examine accur...27 Aug, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
- Covid origins mirror SARS’s genesis in animals, study findsThe paper was released Wednesday ahead of peer review, and is being prepared for submission to a journal for publication, one of the author...08 Jul, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
- UK, US scientists call for fuller probe into COVID-19 Wuhan lab leak theoryA group of leading UK and US scientists, including Indian-origin Cambridge University immunology and infectious disease expert Ravindra Gup...14 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
- COVID-19 lab leak theory cannot be ruled out, leading scientists say"More investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic," said the 18 scientists, including Ravindra Gupta, a clinical ...14 May, 2021, 01.27 PM IST
- 'How the deadly Nipah virus jumps from bats to humans found'According to the research, published recently in the journal PNAS, the Nipah virus (NiV) could circulate among fruit bats, not just in plac...07 Nov, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
- New kind of coronavirus that affects pigs has the potential of jumping from swines to humansThe virus causes severe diarrhea and vomiting, and has been especially deadly to young piglets.14 Oct, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
- Wet markets important risk factor for disease spread: UN biodiversity chiefWild animals sold in the Huanan Seafood Market are believed to be the source of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 8...08 Apr, 2020, 11.43 AM IST
- Traders brace for 2020 Fed rate cutsDuring the holiday-shortened week ahead, there’s little in the calendar of events that looks likely to pull investors away from virus headl...17 Feb, 2020, 08.05 AM IST
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