In Short

Large crisis

Rainforest malady

Epidemic resurfaces

Flu panic hits London

On a killing spree

Malaysia orders immediate killing of a million pigs; virus claims more than 85 lives

Polio poser

Increased incidence of disease in UP raises questions about effectiveness of prevention plan

Trout threat recedes

Japan no more 'mad' at US cows

Outbreak

Malaria control in Assam mired in corruption, mismanagement

RASH OF EPIDEMICS

IN FOCUS

Spawning grounds

Environmental changes have led to the emergence of kala-azar in new areas

Malaria spreads in Orissa

In denial

Mystery fever kills hundreds; government clueless

4 flu mutants

Seven eminent virologists discuss the implications with Down To Earth

Picking on pigs

Follow Up

Climate change

Least polluting countries hit the hardest

Killing spree

Double whammy

Fresh outbreak of SARS, avian flu

The curse of poor sanitation

A bacterial disease kills 42 people in India

Waterhunt

Going thirsty in the Kerala backwaters

Royalty wars

Drug inventors row over profits from avian flu

Bird flu virus cannot trigger human pandemic