Health worker tests positive as Kerala reports fifth Nipah case

A 24 year-old health worker has become Kerala's fifth confirmed Nipah case since its recent outbreak, as the government stepped up its efforts to cure a 9 year-old boy suffering from the deadly......

Nipah variant in Kerala is from B'desh, less infectious

Teams from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune would arrive in Kerala during the day to set up a mobile lab at Kozhikode Medical College to test for Nipah and carry out survey of bats, the......

Monkeypox: Experts allay fears, say disease less contagious and rarely fatal

With the World Health Organisation declaring monkeypox a global public health emergency of international concern and India reporting four cases of the disease, experts on Sunday said there is no......

Here is where you can test for coronavirus in India

In the wake of 73 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India so far, the Union health ministry has made functional 52 laboratories for testing samples while 57 labs have been designated for helping in......