Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?

A peculiar situation for Nigeria was that the food price increases varied across the country. Some states felt the hit of food price inflation …

Animal group urges PM Modi: Raise wildlife trade ban issue in G20 meet

The organisation also floated a petition, which, it claims, has received over one million signatures globally

Why Cuban doctors deserve the Nobel Peace Prize

Cuban medical workers are risking their health to break the chain of COVID-19 infection. They have also developed drugs to help fight the disease

Single shot cure for kala-azar launched in Bihar

State alone contributes to nearly 80 percent of kala-azar cases in the country

Current monkeypox symptoms are different from previous outbreaks, finds study

Rectal pain, penile swelling new complaints; Only a quarter of patients had known contact with a confirmed case  

‘African swine fever may have come to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam from Tibet’

Swaraj Rajkhowa, acting director of ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, speaks to DTE on African swine fever and pork meat ban …

Understanding zoonotic diseases: ‘Humans are changing disease ecosystem’

Burden of neglected zoonotic diseases is vastly under-reported, says Bethan Purse, ecologist, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

The innovation WHO needs

The strategy to push public health, innovation and intellectual property is a tough challenge because of funding constraints

Dengue - reality bites

The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta

Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Mystery fever stalks Surat

Three persons have died in the past three days; help sought from National Institute of Virology to identify disease

Expert panel report on brain fever deaths in eastern UP gets flak

Doctors say treatment protocol recommended by expert group may harm patients

Unprepared for Ebola

The rapid spread of Ebola to three continents shows that the world needs effective surveillance and response system to check infectious diseases

Ebola unleashed

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

Is intensive livestock production responsible for emerging infectious diseases

It is high time we recognise the connection between people, animals, plants and their shared environment

Patent issues delaying Ebola cure

Canada's exclusive licensing rights of its Ebola patent to a US firm are holding up global development of a vaccine

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

Animal health body issues alert on Mizoram pig disease

Disease surfaced in March; outbreak notified as first occurrence for India

Brazil battles yellow fever

WHO's problem

As most developed countries shy away from increasing their contribution, a cash-strapped World Health Organization is forced to rely on private …

Yellow fever outbreak feared in Ivory Coast

Ebola cases in DRC province continue to rise, surpass previous outbreak

The country had declared an end to the second-deadliest Ebola virus disease outbreak in eastern region on June 25

Democratic Republic of Congo calls end to 2nd-deadliest Ebola outbreak ever

Even as outbreak ends in country’s eastern area, another smaller outbreak surfaces in the northwest

Yellow fever vaccine supply under pressure, says WHO

Democratic Republic of Congo, WHO grapple with both Ebola, COVID-19

United Nations' health arm runs short of $83 million to fight Ebola outbreak