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Coronavirus Updates, March 9: 3 y.o. Tests Positive in Kochi

The Wire Staff 09/03/2020

Important updates through the day about the spread of...

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Coronavirus: Why Are Scientists Uploading Genetic Data to a Global Database?

The Wire Staff 08/03/2020

The answer begins with a simple truism: change is...

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Govt Investigations Into Muzaffarpur AES Deaths Show a Health System in Shambles

The Wire Staff 24/06/2019

Due to the Lok Sabha elections, the Bihar government...

A health ministry worker fumigates a house to kill mosquitoes during a campaign against dengue and chikungunya and to prevent the entry of Zika virus in Managua, Nicaragua

India Downplays Zika Virus Threat, Asks US Health Monitor to Modify Alert

The Wire Staff 30/12/2018

The Government of India has cited studies undertaken at...

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Gir Lion Deaths: Gujarat Forest Department Forms 64 Teams to Screen and Rescue Lions

The carcasses of 11 lions, including cubs, were found...

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The Absence of Evidence for Nipah in Fruit Bats Is Not Evidence of Absence

Nithyanand Rao 30/05/2018

This is because it is difficult to find a...

Kozhikode: Animal Husbandry department and forest officials collect bats from a well of a house after the outbreak of 'Nipah' virus, near Perambra in Kozhikode on Monday. The Nipah virus has so far claimed three lives in Kerala while one person is undergoing treatment and 8 others are under observation in Kozhikode district. Credit: PTI

Samples of Fruit-Eating Bats to Be Tested for Nipah Virus

The WHO has named Nipah as one of the...