Plagued by rats

In the months of August and September 1994, panic gripped the country as news of the plague epidemic in Surat spread. Few had cared to ponder …

Africa’s meningitis belt: why there’s a case for a booster vaccination drive

Vaccines that help prevent meningococcal disease don't give lifetime protection

Diphtheria doom

Braindeath

Obesity, climate change and under-nutrition form a synergy of epidemics: Report

A Lancet Commission report says these three co-occur, interact with each other to produce complex sequelae and share common underlying societal …

Calcutta's sorrow

TANZANIA

Global warming: Africa, Asia most at risk of zoonotic spillovers

There can be 15,000 instances of viruses jumping from one species to another over the next 50 years

‘World at highest risk of losing control of AIDS epidemic'

Mark Dybul, an American AIDS researcher and diplomat warned of a situation where the AIDs epidemic could spiral out of control, at the ongoing …

Pale and yellow

Shortage of vaccines has pushed many African countries to the brink of a yellow fever epidemic

Disease outbreak feared due to Chennai floods

A survey done in the city has found that 90 per cent population is unable to access safe water or food

Lonely brains reach for comfort food: Study links loneliness and cravings in women

Paper finds social bonds key to eating unhealthy foods and impact cravings, mental wellbeing and overall quality of life

All you need to know about dengue

What is it, how does it spread, what are the symptoms and how is it treated?

Zambia

Misery compounded

Death of 200 chickens at Odisha farm stokes bird flu fears

Authorities have collected samples for testing and trained local poultry farmers to detect sick birds

Coronavirus: Expert fears global epidemic

Human-to-human transfer can lead to local epidemics, independent of Wuhan: Hong Kong expert

Plagued by rats

In the months of August and September 1994, panic gripped the country as news of the plague epidemic in Surat spread. Few had cared to ponder …

Predicting epidemics isn’t easy. We’ve created a global dataset to help

A better understanding of how different infectious diseases spread across countries can help establish early warning mechanisms and response protocols

Novel coronavirus outbreak not a pandemic: WHO

It is only an epidemic with multiple foresides as most cases are concentrated in China, says UN body

We know loneliness is a big problem. What we do not know is just how big: Christopher Mikton

Technical Officer at WHO and part of the Secretariat on Social Connection speaks to Down To Earth about loneliness on International …

The worst of Nagaland’s African swine fever outbreak may be over, say officials

No fresh cases have been reported in two weeks in the state

EGYPT

Monkeypox is endemic in Nigeria. But surveillance isn’t what it should be

Virologist Oyewale Tomori explains what Nigeria, where the virus is endemic, should be doing to prepare for an outbreak

Antibodies will prevent recurrence of Zika for at least a decade, says study

48 countries have reported incidences of Zika fever since the first outbreak in 2015