Viral Diseases

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

Still wide open to killer flu

In the spring of 1918, North Americans were complaining about an unseasonable flu that was sweeping through several cities. They and the rest of the world were still blissfully unaware of what was in store for later that year: a pandemic that would kill 50 million people, or by some …

Disease has no borders

The influenza A (H1N1) epidemic once again shows that poor countries are the worst affected. (Editorial)

WHO moots ratings rethink amid criticism on swine flu alerts

The World Health Organisation is considering an overhaul of its pandemic rating system amid criticism that it provoked alarm by rapidly escalating its warnings over swine flu. Officials at the agency's headquarters in Geneva said they were discussing changes to the six-point scale to make clear in the future the …

How severe will the flu outbreak be?

The World Health Organization (WHO) this week remained on the verge of declaring a pandemic of the H1N1 swine-associated flu virus. Public-health bodies and scientists have made progress in starting to understand the outbreak, but major questions remain about how severe the disease will get.

Flu cases grow to nearly 1,000 worldwide

With swine flu now widespread in the United States, the World Health Organization reported Monday that the disease had widened globally, too, with 20 countries reporting 985 laboratory confirmed cases, compared with 18 countries reporting 898 confirmed cases on Sunday. Colombia and El Salvador were the latest countries to join …

Nations scramble to halt spread of flu

Slowly but surely, the virus commonly known as swine flu continued to spread across the globe Friday, as the number of confirmed cases rose from 257 to 331, the World Health Organization in Geneva reported. In Europe, authorities voiced fears that the virus was now being transferred within their own …

Can the world cope if swine flu goes pandemic?

If an influenza pandemic is declared, investigations by New Scientist suggest that global preparedness for a pandemic is extremely patchy.

Swine flu: The predictable pandemic?

There were signs that swine flu posed a human pandemic threat over a decade ago, yet no one paid any attention.

As Swine Flu circles globe, scientists grapple with basic questions

On 27 April, 6 days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first reported an unusual swine flu outbreak in humans, international agencies were still struggling to determine how serious a threat the virus posed. Shortly after CDC rang the alarm bell on 21 April in a …

More countries confirm arrival of swine flu

The World Health Organization said Thursday that a new flu strain continued to spread, particularly in Mexico and the U.S., but refrained from declaring a global pandemic even as more countries confirmed cases. Amid a growing debate around the globe about travel restrictions, the United Nations public-health agency raised the …

Swine flu all systems go

Facing a crisis: globalisation has helped spread infection far and wide

Bed rest best way to get rid of viral fever

With the rising temperature, most people are worried how to deal with the spreading viral fever, but a medicine specialist says the best way is to take complete bed rest to get rid of it. "Complete bed rest is usually called the actual treatment of viral fever, Dr M Foyjul …

Mysterious viral deaths among tribals in northern Telangana forest region of Andhra Pradesh

Heavy toll of lives among the tribal people has been reported in northern Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. From 2003 till date, every year between June and August, mysterious viral deaths have been occurring in the tribal areas.

Taming the variant

Common cold may soon have a cure a couple of sneezes, cough, a running nose and a persistent headache for a few days

Climate variability, social and environmental factors, and Ross River virus transmission

Arbovirus diseases have emerged as a global public health concern. However, the impact of climatic, social, and environmental variability on the transmission of arbovirus diseases remains to be determined. The goal for this study was to provide an overview of research development and future research directions about the interrelationship between …

Science & Technology - Briefs

ecological sciences Bird diversity is anti-viral Greater bird diversity protects humans from a deadly virus known to cause meningitis. The West Nile Virus, usually maintained in a bird-mosquito cycle in nature, can be transmitted to humans through a mosquito bite. Biologists from Washington University recently said most birds are bad …

Theres viral in the air

Ahmedabad: If that prickly nose has not stopped sneezing for the last few days, it

Viral, cholera on the rise

Hyderabad, Sept. 21: Due to continuing rains in the state, viral fever and cholera cases are on rise in several areas including the state capital. Poor sanitation and contaminated water supply are cited as main reasons by the health experts for the spread of the water-borne diseases. Incidentally, the majority …

U.P. reeling under water-borne diseases

Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: With at least two dozen districts of Uttar Pradesh reeling under the impact of rain-related diseases, the worst may not yet be over for them, despite the decline in floods and a respite from the prolonged spell of monsoon. Over 400 people have died of viral fever, …

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