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

· Sep 21, 2022 · 11:32 am

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

· May 24, 2022 · 09:30 pm

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

· May 20, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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

· Sep 07, 2021 · 08:17 am

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

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Eva Kassens-Noor

· Jul 11, 2020 · 01:30 pm

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

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Florian Krammer, The Conversation

· Jan 29, 2020 · 08:30 pm

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

· Jan 19, 2020 · 07:02 pm

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

· Jun 29, 2019 · 09:30 pm

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

· Mar 18, 2019 · 12:54 pm

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

· Jun 25, 2018 · 02:35 pm

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

· Nov 11, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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

· Sep 01, 2017 · 02:30 pm