ICMR finds no links between unexplained deaths during COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines
Family history of sudden deaths, COVID-19 hospitalisation and high-risk behavioural factors could have increased risk of sudden cardiac deaths
Bubonic plague of infamous 'Black Death' era strikes Oregon resident. Is there a climate change link?
When climate subsequently becomes unfavorable, it facilitates collapse of plague-infected rodent populations, forcing their fleas to find …
Tranquilised wild elephant dies after falling off lorry; autopsy indicates cardiac arrest cause of death
Wildlife activist alleges negligence by forest department during capture operation
Driest place in North America has been home to a lake for 6 months, show NASA images
Badwater Basin in Death Valley received more than double its average annual precipitation since August 2023
Bird flu outbreak in Andhra: Could H5N1 spark next pandemic? New paper warns of risks
Over 48 mammal species infected with virus since 2020; threat of mutation that sustains human-to-human transmission
Ebola fear spreads to DRC’s neighbours as millions of displaced people migrate
Humanitarian crisis in DRC is forcing millions to flee to Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania
As told to Parliament (March 14, 2023): After Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths, Centre cautioned pharma units
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Mutation in Ebola virus turned epidemic in West Africa deadlier, say studies
The virus was able to mutate and adapt to humans as it infected a huge number of people
Two cases of pneumonic plague reported in northern China
Chinese officials downplay, say both patients are being treated as rules mandate
Difficult for me to come to terms with the reality lived by Dom women on Varanasi’s cremation ghats: Radhika Iyengar
Author talks about her experiences while reporting for and writing her book, ‘Fire on the Ganges’, about the Dom community on the …
Simply Put: Finding Kuno’s cheetahs
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UK university academic is lending expertise to cut India’s snakebite deaths
With 50,000 deaths per year from snakebites, India has the world's highest burden
Second African cheetah dies in Kuno National Park of cardiac failure
Uday, 6, arrived in India in February 2023 from South Africa
El Niño-triggered floods claim 72 lives in Peru
More floods to be expected, says the national weather service
43% increase in measles deaths from 2021-2022: WHO
Number of cases rose by 18% in a year; 15 more countries reported measles outbreaks in 2022
White Death: Search, rescue operations called off at Sikkim’s Nathula road
All victims had been accounted for, according to the Gangtok district collector
Simply Put: Evolution of Man
Rats not responsible for ‘Black Death’ in medieval Europe: study
Climate change and gerbils, another rodent species spread the deadly disease, it says
Climate change to trigger mortality risks from air pollution, flooding: Researchers warn ahead of COP28
More than 6.5 million deaths a year globally are attributable to air pollution
Goods train driver booked after two female elephants mowed down in Odisha
Forest officials said the animals were killed becuase the train was speeding
Captive for months, experts fear cheetahs at Kuno may face breeding issues
Cheetah tourism or safari parks are not scientific approach to open ecosystem conservation
Live electric wires a huge threat to wild elephants; two female jumbos die in Odisha
Forest department, power distribution companies to blame, say experts
World Elephant Day: The trials of India’s national heritage animal
Of 21 venues housing 509 elephants, 45% were kept in severely inadequate conditions
Common antibiotic linked to cardiac death
Drug increases the risk of potentially fatal heart rhythm problems