Group defence

Diverse blood types evolved to provide immunity against infections

Taming the variant

Long COVID stigma may encourage people to hide the condition

Long COVID is a relatively new medical condition and has been subject to lots of misinformation and minimisation of its legitimacy as a physical …

End of innocence

Two recently published American studies reveal that cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause arterial blockages in infected individuals

"We are starved of funds"

KALYAN BANERJEE, director of the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, speaks to MAX MARTIN about the emergence and re-emergence of viral …

Chicken worries

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

A mutating monster

Some strains of the AIDS-causing virus are developing resistance to whatever drugs are available

Biotech wine

Buffalo blight

Hepatitis C hits Calcutta

Replicating virus

Researchers create a near replica of the Hepatitis C virus

Cheaper H1N1 kits to hit market

Indian companies develop detection kits for swine flu

Access to viral hepatitis diagnosis and treatment is still limited: WHO

In Africa, less than eight countries provide subsidised testing and treatment for viral hepatitis

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 …

The worst of Nagaland’s African swine fever outbreak may be over, say officials

No fresh cases have been reported in two weeks in the state

Humans susceptible to viral strains borne by chimpanzee

SIV strains mutate upon entering cells to overcome human-specific barriers to infection

Epidemic resurfaces

Airbone threat

IN FOCUS

HONG KONG

Flu panic hits London

On a killing spree

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

Cool cancer treatment

The cold virus could help patients undergoing chemotherapy

Hand-foot-mouth virus strikes

Thane doctors say disease that affects children is spreading to other cities

Disease claims over 2,000 pigs in Mizoram's Champhai district

Besides Champhai, another region called Lunglei has also shown cases of infection, but the casualties are far less