Viral Outbreak
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Lumpy skin disease may be spreading unusually because of 47 virus variants found in India: Study
The disease has spread to seven states and killed 80,000 cattle.
Scroll Staff
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Monkeypox: How does it spread, what are the risks, and how is it treated?
An expert answers some of the most pressing questions.
Ed Feil, The Conversation
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Monkeypox: Everthing you need to know about the viral outbreak in Europe and UK
Patients typically develop a fever, a distinctive rash and blisters.
Michael Head, The Conversation
Trending
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Constitution does not allow preferential treatment for religious majority: SC judge BV Nagarathna
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Readers’ comments: ‘Most Kerala Hindus are already lost’
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Thailand Open 2023: PV Sindhu knocked out in opening round; Kiran George stuns world No 9 Shi Yu Qi
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Video: Watch this breakdancer’s amazing performance in sari and high heels
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Crime fiction: A detective’s holiday is cut short when strange bloody handprints appear on the walls
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Nipah virus: 11 contacts of Kerala victim found symptomatic, 30 healthcare workers quarantined
The parents and relatives of the 12-year-old boy, who died of the infection, are among those who have shown symptoms of the disease.
Scroll Staff
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A study maps the spread (and decline) of the 1918 Spanish flu in India
Economist Siddharth Chandra’s pioneering work holds important lessons for today.
Siddharth Chandra & Eva Kassens-Noor
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When will we have a vaccine for the Wuhan coronavirus?
All your questions about the research and development of the vaccine answered.
Aubree Gordon, The Conversation & Florian Krammer, The Conversation
Video
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‘Carpet or road?’: Watch the freshly laid surface of a Maharashtra highway being peeled off
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Caught on TV: Joe Biden lets out a chuckle as a reporter asks if he will ever pardon Donald Trump
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Watch: Daily commuters cheer for a motorman of Mumbai local train on his last day of work
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Watch: How the sheriff’s team rescued a bear trapped inside a vehicle in Nevada, USA
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Watch: Performer with one leg gets standing ovation for dance on Britain’s Got Talent
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Indian schoolteacher becomes first foreigner to contract SARS-like virus in China
Preeti Maheshwari, a teacher at an international school in Shenzhen, was admitted to a local hospital on January 10. She is now on a life-support system.
Scroll Staff
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With climate change, invasive ‘Congress grass’ could spread through 65% of India
Contact with parthenium can cause skin problems and allergies in people, while it is plant is toxic to livestock.
Aathira Perinchery
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Kerala: Seven-year-old boy dies of West Nile Virus in Kozhikode
The government has issued a high alert in the state’s north Malabar region.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Chitrakut’ review: A wandering tour of complicated relationships
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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit
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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
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‘Jogira Sara Ra Ra’ review: Funny in bits and bobs
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A measles outbreak in Bihar exposes the state’s failure to procure vitamin A for children
Since 2016, children in Bihar have not received any vitamin A supplements, an essential supplement to improve immunity.
Priyanka Vora
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Behind West Bengal’s dengue disaster is a lax state government and, possibly, a smarter virus
While doctors wonder why the state has not declared a dengue epidemic, they are seeing infections caused by a dengue strain not seen in the state before.
Aritra Bhattacharya
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Swine flu: Gujarat has not carried out vaccinations despite being at high risk
More than 350 people have died of H1N1 in Gujarat this year, 79 in the last week alone.
Priyanka Vora
The Field
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Hockey Men’s Junior Asia Cup: Boby Singh Dhami nets hat-trick as India beat Korea 9-1 to reach final
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Cameo Super Kings: How CSK clinched a record-equalling fifth IPL title
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Thailand Open 2023: PV Sindhu knocked out in opening round; Kiran George stuns world No 9 Shi Yu Qi
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Sports world daily: Medvedev stunned at French Open; Roma take on Sevilla in Europa League final
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Thailand Open Super 500: Satwik-Chirag return to a special event; Sindhu, Srikanth and Co in action