viral diseases

To combat viral infections, T.N. Health Department to hold fever camps on March 10

The Department has also advised people to wear masks, maintain physical distancing norms and sanitise their hands frequently

The Hindu Bureau

Science This Week | Success of NASA’s DART mission, Asian megacities at risk from sea level rise and more

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Rising cases of cough and fever linked to Influenza subtype A H3N2: ICMR

After 97 days, India records more than 300 fresh COVID-19 cases

12 deaths due to adenovirus infection; no evidence of viral epidemic: West Bengal Government

Shiv Sahay Singh

WHO says Equatorial Guinea confirms 1st outbreak of Marburg

Private hospitals with advance orders to get intranasal COVID-19 shots soon

Explained | India’s plan to eradicate measles, rubella

A pedestrian walks past a wall mural depcting the coronavirus in Mumbai on January 29, 2022. Except for a short period — mid-June to mid-August — after the third wave, India has not witnessed even an uptick in new infections in 2022.

Why India has not witnessed any surge in COVID-19 cases for months

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Officials say the outbreak in Theppakadu is now mostly under control. File photograph used for representational purposes only. File

Two wild boars in Gudalur die, African Swine Fever suspected

Rohan Premkumar

An inspection of vehicles at the Kakanallah forest check post on the Tamil Nadu - Karnataka border in view of the outbreak of African Swine Fever among wild boars

Pig farms outside African Swine Fever infected area in Nilgiris allowed to sell pork

Rohan Premkumar

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Positive data from phase 2/3 Covaxin study in U.S.: Ocugen

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Sale of pork banned in the Nilgiris due to African Swine Fever outbreak

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People wearing face masks buy food at a bazaar outside a commercial office building in Beijing, on January 4, 2023.

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 brings more sick people

The Forest Department has formed teams to drive away wild boar from the Theppakadu elephant camp and is also destroying carcasses to control the spread of the disease. File photograph used for representational purposes only. File

Suspected African swine fever outbreak in Nilgiris district threatens wild boar population

Rohan Premkumar

The State Public Health Laboratory at Teynampet in Chennai. Representational image. File

All COVID-19 positive samples in Tamil Nadu to undergo whole genome sequencing

The Hindu Bureau

Health worker collects swab samples from a passenger coming from International flight at Chennai International Airport.

India logs 157 new COVID-19 infections, active cases tally at 3,421

Fumigation work in progress in Delhi to prevent rising cases of dengue.

247 fresh dengue cases last week, toll at 7 so far this year

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Sepsis is a life-threatening condition arising from the body’s overreactive response against an infection, leading it to injure its own tissues and organs. image for Representation.

Sepsis is one of the most expensive medical conditions in the world – new research clarifies how it can lead to cell death

People wearing personal protective equipment stand outside a funeral home, as coronavirus disease outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China, on December 24.

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID-19 roils Chinese cities and towns

A BMTC bus conductor and driver wearing face mask as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, wait for passengers at a bus stand, in Bengaluru, on December 23.

India records 201 new COVID-19 cases; active caseload rises to 3,397

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in the Jing’an district in Shanghai on December 23, 2022.

China’s stretched health system braces for peak in COVID-19 infections

File photo of Gagandeep Kang.

Virologist Gagandeep Kang says India doing fine, do not expect surge in cases due to Omicron's sub-variants XBB, BF.7

No need to be scared with COVID situation in China, but we should remain alert: Rakesh Mishra