Virus Alert
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Monkeypox is overwhelmingly affecting gay and bisexual men. What do they need to know?
How it spreads and how to protect yourself.
Chloe Orkin, The Conversation
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Like HIV, the spread of monkeypox runs the risk of stigmatising gay and bisexual men
Experts need to get across the message that monkeypox is not a disease of men who have sex with men.
Andrew Lee, The Conversation
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Nipah outbreak: Karnataka directs officials to monitor arrivals from Kerala
Surveillance will be strengthened in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Mysore, Kodagu and Chamarajanagaram districts, the government said in an advisory.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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New virus, like swine flu, with potential to trigger pandemic found in China
The G4 virus has already passed from animals to humans but there is no evidence yet that it can be passed from human to human.
Scroll Staff
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China: SARS-like virus kills third person, spreads to more cities and to South Korea
More than 200 people have been diagnosed with the virus in Beijing, the symptoms of which range from fever and coughing to kidney failure.
Scroll Staff
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India issues travel advisory after outbreak of SARS-like virus in Chinese city
There are more than 500 Indian students in the city of Wuhan in Hebei province. According to reports, at least two people have died of
Scroll Staff
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Kerala: Seven-year-old tests positive for West Nile Virus, Centre sends team to the state
The virus is transmitted to human beings through a mosquito bite, and there are no vaccines to prevent or medications to treat it.
Scroll Staff
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Patna zoo closed till further orders after six peacocks die of H5N1 virus
Samples of the dead peacocks were sent to Bhopal and Kolkata for tests, which confirmed the presence of avian influenza virus.
Scroll Staff
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After Nipah, case of West Nile virus suspected in Kozhikode
A 24-year-old woman has been receiving treatment for the infection since July 13.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Avian flu kills 230 birds on Netherlands farm, over 37,000 culled
The government has ordered a ban on moving birds, eggs and manure within a kilometre’s radius of the affected area.
Scroll Staff
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Careless use of an old polio vaccine might have put Ahmedabad children at risk of the disease
Type 2 polio virus from a discontinued vaccine was recently found in the city's sewage.
Priyanka Vora
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Central government committee set up to monitor avian flu
The high-level panel will also guide state administrations in their efforts against the virus.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver