क्या अगली वैश्विक महामारी से निपटने के लिए तैयार रहने की है जरुरत
वैज्ञानिकों के अनुसार भविष्य में कोरोना जैसी महामारियों से निपटने के लिए एक उन्नत सूचना प्रणाली के निर्माण की जरुरत है
How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts
Pandemics can alter a society’s fundamental worldview, upend core economic structures and sway power struggles among nations
Savage sapiens, ravaged planet and COVID-19
It may be difficult to have a planet that no longer uses oil or coal, does not kill millions of farmed animals, degrade wetlands and rivers
पहली महामारी: एथेंस का प्लेग
430 ईसा पूर्व फैली इस महामारी ने एथेंस की एक तिहाई आबादी खत्म कर दी
वैश्विक चेतावनी : कांगो में प्लेग के मामलों में बढ़ोतरी
दुनिया में मानव संबंधी प्लेग के मामले बीते तीस वर्षों में बेहद कम हुए हैं लेकिन डब्ल्यूएचओ इस भूली हुई महामारी रोग के बारे ...
Global warning: Upsurge of plague in Congo
World human plague cases lowest in 30 years, but WHO warns it remains a particularly “formidable epidemic disease”
Global Eco Watch: 1.2 million Indians died of snake bites in last 20 years
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
After bats, do not make marmots into villains: Expert
The rodents have come into focus ever since reports surfaced of a bubonic plague outbreak in Mongolia, China and the Russian Far East
How pandemics fuel the rise of mega-corporations
The Black Death and COVID-19 seem to have caused concentration and centralisation of business and state power. The question is whether these …
Drugs standard body proposes banning animal test for human vaccines
The proposal has been put in public domain for comments
COVID-19: Lessons from past epidemics, natural disasters
India has a robust legal framework for disaster management, yet there are gaps in response and preparedness to fight COVID-19 outbreak
प्लेग के समय में खुद को क्वरांटाइन करने वाले गांव की कहानी
इंग्लैंड के इस गांव ने अपनी जान पर खेल कर इस संक्रमण को फैलने से रोका
What does quarantine mean and when did it begin
In the 14th century, ships arriving at Venice were made to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing. This practice, called quarantine, was …
चीन में प्लेग के दो मामले मिले, अधिकारियों ने काबू में बताए हालात
14वीं शताब्दी में प्लेग को ‘ब्लैक डेथ’ के रूप में जाना जाता था, जिससे यूरोप में 50 मिलियन (5 करोड़) से अधिक मौतें हुईं
Two cases of pneumonic plague reported in northern China
Chinese officials downplay, say both patients are being treated as rules mandate
Plague bacteria may be hiding in common soil or water microbes, waiting to emerge
Where do plague bacteria go between outbreaks? New research demonstrates that they can survive and replicate inside amoebae that are widely …
Science and Technology - Briefs
Rats not responsible for ‘Black Death’ in medieval Europe: study
Climate change and gerbils, another rodent species spread the deadly disease, it says
Unravelling the Bombay plague
Room 000: Narratives Of The Bombay Plague is the story of the plague that killed thousands in Mumbai in the late 1890s. Very little was known …
Plague puzzle
Mystifying the plague
The return of a scourge
Plague case causes alarm
French researchers have identified the first case of bubonic plague resistant to antibiotics
Plague kills 40 in Africa’s Madagascar, El Nino blamed
High level of resistance to deltamethrin, an insecticide used to control fleas, has complicated the problem
"India's health infrastructure was never something to be pround of"
The panic created when the plague rippled out from Surat and threatened other parts of the country exposed India's complete lack of resources for …
