Cockpit
In early December 2007, the country prided itself on providing the world with a road map to check the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5NI.…
Outbreak Outrage
There is a suspicion among African biomedics about the well projected linking of the continent's environment with the emergence of lethal viruses …
The hanta phantom
Indian scientists suspect the presence of hantavirus - one of the. most dreaded killers of modern times - in Gujarat
Pressure play
If stress can reactivate latent viruses in mice, it can have the same effect in humans, say American scientists
The number of new flu viruses is increasing, and could lead to a pandemic
How is it the flu has managed to stay around for so long, and why haven't we beaten it yet?
Vaccine to prevent viral infection in hens
Scientists in Madras gave come up with a vaccine that would help leash a viral disease that impairs the egg-laying ability of hens, and is often …
What a bloody mess
When the Ebola virus broke on April 10 this year, the scientific world went into a tizzy? It's uncontrollable, it's the big daddy of horror movies,…
India has fourth highest number of measles cases in the world: WHO
The country’s disease incidence rate per million is 29.68, the lowest in the top 10 countries
India should beware of 10 viral threats, including Ebola
The diseases include Ebola, MERS-CoV, yellow fever, bird flu, Usutu virus, Tilapia novel orthomyxo-like virus, Cyclovirus, Banna Reo virus and …
Long COVID stigma may encourage people to hide the condition
Long COVID is a relatively new medical condition and has been subject to lots of misinformation and minimisation of its legitimacy as a physical …
End of innocence
Two recently published American studies reveal that cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause arterial blockages in infected individuals
"We are starved of funds"
KALYAN BANERJEE, director of the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, speaks to MAX MARTIN about the emergence and re-emergence of viral …
Chicken worries
A new strain of influenza virus transmitted to humans from chicken is causing panic in Southeast Asia
A mutating monster
Some strains of the AIDS-causing virus are developing resistance to whatever drugs are available
Access to viral hepatitis diagnosis and treatment is still limited: WHO
In Africa, less than eight countries provide subsidised testing and treatment for viral hepatitis
Virus alert
A strain of the virus that causes bird influenza has been implicated in the death of a three-year-old boy in Hong Kong. The case, though …
Disease claims over 2,000 pigs in Mizoram's Champhai district
Besides Champhai, another region called Lunglei has also shown cases of infection, but the casualties are far less
New viruses on the prowl
Humans have exposed themselves to a host of new viral diseases by playing around too much with the environment
Coronavirus continues its march across Asia and the world
New cases reported in Singapore and Hong Kong; suspected cases in Scotland; three Chinese cities shut to prevent infection
West Africa records 1st death from ‘highly infectious’ Marburg virus
Case fatality rate of the infection is 24-88%
Twin studies pave way for Ebola, Zika and dengue treatment
Researchers use protein-to-protein interaction between viruses and human cells to narrow down on potential treatment targets
Understanding the bug
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Surviving Ebola
Whether you will survive an Ebola infection or not depends on the immune response of your body, not on the level of infection
World not prepared to cope with re-emerging infectious diseases: WHO Director General
Director General Margaret Chan was addressing the World Health Assembly being held in Geneva
