Between 1918-19 Spanish flu and COVID-19, not much has changed

The British government permitted provisional governments to exercise powers under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, the same one the present …

1918 virus revisited

Vaccine for influenza

Truth about a pandemic

Checking infection

Painful influenza shots may soon become a thing of the past

Chicken out!

An virus stages a comeback in Hong Kong to kill thousands of birds

Chicken worries

A new strain of influenza virus transmitted to humans from chicken is causing panic in Southeast Asia

EPIDEMIC IN NEPAL

Panic in London

In the making

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 …

Influenza pandemic is unpredictable and inevitable: WHO

Given increased economic globalisation, urbanisation and mobility, the next pandemic will spread further and faster, says new report

IN FOCUS

HONG KONG

Flu panic hits London

Swine Flu virus changing seasonality, geography

Not just geography and seasonality, even the age group seems to be shifting with more and more children getting affected by the virus

Troubled exchange

As it gets colder and drier, India may see more H1N1 cases

When dipping temperatures and low rainfall are bad omens for the spread of the influenza, the country received 50 per cent less rainfall this …

What comes after phase six?

Resistant an influenza virus to drugs

Equine flu strikes Uttarakhand

H3N2 outbreak: Know this strain that caused two pandemics and is now an outbreak in India

Influenza A viruses are the only influenza viruses known to cause flu pandemics

Bihar man dies of swine flu in Patna hospital

Bihar has been grappling with COVID-19 and viral fever; On September 10, a 58-year-old man died of swine flu in Patna

New influenza virus isolated in pigs in China has pandemic potential

Human-to-human transmission possible, pre-existing immunity against flu of no help

How 1918 ‘Bombay Influenza’ carries lessons India must learn to tackle novel coronavirus

The Bombay influenza was responsible for the deaths of around 10 to 20 million people in India