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Polio is 'gasping', on verge of eradication from world map: Expert

Heaping praise on India for playing an exemplary role in effectively dealing with polio, researcher Dr Ananda Sankar Bandyopadhyay sounded caution that any complacency could help the disease make a comeback.

24 October 2024, 09:18 IST

Polio is 'gasping', on verge of eradication from world map: Expert

Polio is 'gasping', on verge of eradication from world map: Expert

Polio is 'gasping', on verge of eradication from world map: Expert

24 October 2024, 09:18 IST

Disease outbreaks need hurricane-style warning systems

Early warning could, in principle, prevent pandemics altogether. If caught early enough, a local outbreak could be curtailed through testing and contact tracing.

29 September 2024, 13:03 IST

Disease outbreaks need hurricane-style warning systems

Disease outbreaks need hurricane-style warning systems

Disease outbreaks need hurricane-style warning systems

29 September 2024, 13:03 IST

Sickness can be 'death sentence' in Gaza as war fuels disease

Doctors and health professionals say that even if the Israel-Hamas war were to stop tomorrow, it will take years to rebuild the healthcare sector and people will continue to die because preventable diseases are not being treated on time.

10 September 2024, 09:17 IST

Sickness can be 'death sentence' in Gaza as war fuels disease

Sickness can be 'death sentence' in Gaza as war fuels disease

Sickness can be 'death sentence' in Gaza as war fuels disease

10 September 2024, 09:17 IST

Explained | What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism

Every second, your cells perform billions of biochemical reactions that fuel essential functions for life, forming a highly interconnected metabolic network. This network enables cells to grow, proliferate and repair themselves, and its disruption can drive the aging process.

24 August 2024, 07:07 IST

Explained | What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism

Explained | What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism

Explained | What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism

24 August 2024, 07:07 IST

Karnataka: Tumakuru’s coconut growers in dire straits as disease hits trees

Some coconut growers in Gauribidanur, Tiptur and other taluks say the disease bears a striking resemblance to leaf blight disease or ‘Pestalotiopsis palmarum fungus,’ which had affected trees 10 years ago.

18 August 2024, 22:36 IST

Karnataka: Tumakuru’s coconut growers in dire straits as disease hits trees

Karnataka: Tumakuru’s coconut growers in dire straits as disease hits trees

Karnataka: Tumakuru’s coconut growers in dire straits as disease hits trees

18 August 2024, 22:36 IST

Mpox in Africa: Exporters keep fingers crossed

According to exporters, though the spread of the disease is contained in certain countries, it would be a challenge, if it spreads to more nations.

18 August 2024, 08:57 IST

Mpox in Africa: Exporters keep fingers crossed

Mpox in Africa: Exporters keep fingers crossed

Mpox in Africa: Exporters keep fingers crossed

18 August 2024, 08:57 IST

Explained | Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?

Scientists hope that the emergency declarations will speed up efforts to get more medical tools and funding to Congo to help the authorities there tackle the outbreak. Better surveillance is needed to study the virus and help stop the spread.

15 August 2024, 10:29 IST

Explained | Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?

Explained | Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?

Explained | Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should I be?

15 August 2024, 10:29 IST

Fifth brain-eating amoeba case reported in Kerala

A 12-year boy at Thrissur district was found infected. He is under treatment at a hospital in Kochi and his condition was stated to be stable.

10 July 2024, 16:46 IST

Fifth brain-eating amoeba case reported in Kerala

Fifth brain-eating amoeba case reported in Kerala

Fifth brain-eating amoeba case reported in Kerala

10 July 2024, 16:46 IST

Kerala sees third death in two months from brain-eating amoeba infection

The first instance was the death of a five-year-old girl from Malappuram on May 21 and the second a 13-year-old girl from Kannur who died on June 25.

04 July 2024, 09:14 IST

Kerala sees third death in two months from brain-eating amoeba infection

Kerala sees third death in two months from brain-eating amoeba infection

Kerala sees third death in two months from brain-eating amoeba infection

04 July 2024, 09:14 IST

Flesh-eating bacteria that can kill in two days spreads in Japan

Cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) reached 977 this year by June 2, higher than the record 941 cases reported for all of last year.

15 June 2024, 09:41 IST

Flesh-eating bacteria that can kill in two days spreads in Japan

Flesh-eating bacteria that can kill in two days spreads in Japan

Flesh-eating bacteria that can kill in two days spreads in Japan

15 June 2024, 09:41 IST