Dima Hasao district has witnessed a fresh war of words between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.

A WOMAN has died from Nipah, a brain-swelling virus spread by bats that has been dubbed the ‘next pandemic threat’. The case ...

In a world still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, news of a potential new viral threat can quickly raise alarm. That was the case following reports in India of a recent outbreak of ...

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In a world still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, news of a potential new viral threat can quickly raise ...

Bats, critical reservoirs of viruses with significant cross-species spillover risks, have long been understudied in the Indochina Peninsula. A study ...

A BRAIN-SWELLING bat virus that has left people in India with “neurological complications” could spread globally, world health chiefs have warned. Two cases of Nipah, which has no cure ...

Health authorities in India say they have contained a potential outbreak of a bat-borne virus with no approved vaccine or cure. With a fatality rate between 40% to 75%, authorities in several Asian ...

A virus outbreak in India has triggered fears of a new pandemic - but are people right to be worried? Neighbouring countries including Thailand and Nepal have implemented Covid-style airport health ...

Two cases of the Nipah virus have been detected in India, prompting a raft of screening measures to be enacted in countries across Asia.

Chinese researchers have unveiled a crucial mutation in the Ebola virus that significantly enhanced its infectivity during a major outbreak, providing new insights for epidemic surveillance and drug ...

With $30 million in funding from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Merck & Co. is bringing together several global vaccine makers to develop an updated Ebola vaccine to ...