Coronavirus hits India: One confirmed case in Kerala, says Centre

Patient stable, under observation in isolation

Emerging infectious diseases in India: the scourge that could boost urban development

The rise of these infectious diseases is often described in terms of biological processes, but they cannot be reduced to just this dimension

Coronavirus: Expert fears global epidemic

Human-to-human transfer can lead to local epidemics, independent of Wuhan: Hong Kong expert

Mosquito bite research: could slapping on some cream help stop Zika?

Inflammation caused by mosquito bites helps viruses to infect the body

COVID-19: WHO has only $1.2 mln to fight outbreak

More international economic groups confirmed initial assessments that  China's economy is going to dip because of the COVID-19 outbreak  

COVID-19: Egypt, South Africa, Algeria at highest risk in Africa

Labs ill-equipped, health systems lack isolation and quarantine facilities: Lancet paper

Vaccine-derived polio virus found 50 times in India in six years

The vaccine-derived polio virus is a rare strain of polio virus that has genetically mutated from the strain contained in the oral polio vaccine

COVID-19 cut China's carbon dioxide emissions by a quarter: Report

COVID-19 may have shaved off more than 100 tonnes of CO2 in the early February 2020

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

The Olympics won’t spread Zika around the world

The chance that someone at the Rio games will import the virus to their home country is low

The flu is back

Swine flu cases in Gujarat have crossed 7,000 with 492 deaths. Worse, health experts fear a major outbreak in the state this winter

China confirms human-to-human transmission for coronavirus

WHO to convene emergency meeting on January 22, 2020

‘जीका’ नया जंजाल

भारत में भी जीका ने दस्तक दे दी है। विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने 26 मई को एडवाइजरी जारी कर भारत में 3 मामलों की ...

Twin studies pave way for Ebola, Zika and dengue treatment

Researchers use protein-to-protein interaction between viruses and human cells to narrow down on potential treatment targets

How liver protein can aid in developing vaccine for hepatitis C

More than 70 million globally are affected by chronic hepatitis C virus, increasing the risk for the more fatal liver cancer or cirrhosis

कोरोनावायरस को नियंत्रित करने के लिए चीन में जारी है अंधाधुंध चिकित्सकीय परीक्षण

विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन चीन के वैज्ञानिकों के साथ मिलकर दुनियाभर के लिए मानक तैयार कर रहा है। जल्द ही यह मानक जारी किए जाएंगे।  

Re-creating live-animal markets in the lab lets researchers see how pathogens like coronavirus jump species

Within markets like the one in Wuhan, there are abundant opportunities for the type of interactions that promote pathogen transmission among species

Coronavirus: Passengers from China to be screened at Indian airports, advisory issued

Second death in China; second case in Thailand reported

West Nile Virus and its lone victim

The death of a boy in Kerala from the virus shows how little India knows about a zoonotic disease that causes frequent human infections elsewhere

Researchers develop pesticide alternative to protect plants form viral infection 

New screening process can detect efficient molecules that can help kill virus

Zika virus spreads further, reaches China

Patient is a 34-year-old male who had visited South America

COVID-19: Is South Korea new epicentre outside China

World Health Organization hints at possible pandemic

Anti-malaria drug may be repurposed to treat Zika

A team of Indian researchers identify a viral protein that can be targeted by an already available anti-malarial drug — hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)

Study finds mechanism for mother-child transmission of immunity to chickenpox

New finding takes understanding on how babies are protected against infections such as chickenpox to a different level

जीवाणुओं का रहस्य

कई विशेषज्ञों का तर्क है कि प्रतिरोधक क्षमता का संबंध शरीर में सूक्ष्मजीवों की उपस्थिति से भी जोड़ा जा सकता है।