How Bougainville may be a new country in the Pacific and why that matters to China

Bougainville has voted to become a new country, but the journey to independence is not yet over  

Ebola turns ‘catastrophic’, international fears rise

While Nigeria recorded first death last week, the US announced its plans to bring home two affected patients

Wisdom from an obscure archipelago

In Down To Earth's first Country Report, ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN look at Papua New Guinea, its short but volatile transition to the market …

WHO declares end of Ebola transmission in Guinea

This is the first time that the three host countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — are free of the virus

New vaccine protects against Ebola when administered seven days before infection: Study

Study was conducted on Macaque monkeys and results published in the Science journal

COVID-19: Is India equipped to carry out clinical trials on vaccines?

The country does not have the animals for such pre-clinical trials

West Africa countries report spike in Ebola cases

Despite advisories, relatives of victims have been using public transport to transport their dead bodies

A year after worst Ebola outbreak, world is still unprepared to tackle such epidemics

‘Viruses, not wars, may kill people in large numbers in future’

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Lethal guinea pig test scrapped by Bureau of Indian Standards

The old test, in which the animals bled to death, has been replaced by a new one that incorporates a polymerase chain reaction

Researchers develop single dose Ebola vaccine, call it ‘Trojan Horse’

To address any possible safety concerns associated with this vaccine, the team developed two next generation candidate vaccines

After Ebola, measles outbreak causes panic in Liberia

More than 800 children have been affected by the infectious disease

Ebola-hit countries to get additional US $5 billion for speedy recovery

Amount pledged at two-day global Ebola meet in New York

Underwater ship graves

Seventy years after the largest seaborne invasion in history, World War II shipwrecks still pose environmental risks

World Rainforest Day: Goliath frogs need urgent conservation measures

Goliath frog population is estimated to have halved in the last 15 years

WHO raises alarm over new cases of cross-border transmission of poliovirus from Pakistan

Additional travel restrictions may be placed on Pakistan if present recommendations are not implemented fully, says expert panel of global health …

Nearly half of Liberia’s workforce not working since start of Ebola: World Bank

Blood from Ebola survivors should be used to treat disease: WHO

Antibodies from the blood of patients who have recovered could be transferred to those who are suffering from the viral disease

Ebola unleashed

The deadly virus had long confined itself to the backwoods of Africa. Increasing deforestation has led to its frequent emergence as epidemics

Papua New Guinea cabinet votes against copper mine

Deadly Ebola fever in West Africa spreads panic

135 people have died of it so far; scientists declare a new strain of Ebola virus is behind the epidemic

New species found

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Guinea charges fuel, subsidizes food

Ebola puts expectant mothers at risk; Melinda Gates, Barbara Bush urge action

Health activists, football players unite to fight Ebola