Malarial vector back with a vengeance in Rajasthan

Incessant rains and the resultant stagnant water in canals and fields have spawned a malaria epidemic in the western part of the state

Pandora's box

One bout of warm weather could release mayhem: ancient viruses lying trapped in the polar ice

Culling the captive

Salmon in trouble

Marauding Marburg

A viral disease that has no cure leaves a trail of death

Trees eaten hollow

Sal borer has affected 3 million trees. Experts warn of an epidemic

Horse mystery

Chikungunya spreads its tentacles

Chikungunya, a viral disease borne by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, has assumed epidemic proportions in large swathes of the country, especially …

Ebola unleashed

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

Viral flight

Bird flu reported among wild migratory birds in China

Human transit evidence of bird flu found in Indonesia

When flu turns fatal

In the past two months, as many as 1,198 people in India have died of swine flu, a disease which is only as threatening as seasonal flu. Jyotsna …

GASTRO-ENTERMS DEATHS

Meningitis epidemic in Burkina

Cholera epidemic in Angola on the rise

Ebola outbreak in Congo

Meningitis concern across Africa

Meningitis concern across Africa

Meningitis outbreak begins in West Africa

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