A 57-year-old man from Palakkad district in Kerala, who died on July 12, is suspected to have been infected with the Nipah virus, prompting the government to ramp up contact tracing and field-level......
The Indian Council of Medical Research was in talks with the Serum Institute of India for local manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies (MABs). However, it did not take off, as the volume was much......
The mother of a nine-year-old girl who died after contracting the so-called 'brain-eating amoeba' says she is still struggling to comprehend the loss. Image used only for representational......
The Kerala government has imposed restrictions at containment zones in Malappuram where a 24-year-old recently died due to Nipah infection. Image used for representational purpose only.......
This will also help test the effectiveness of preventing the entry of Nipah in target cells. IMAGE: Field lab assistants anaesthetise a bat at a field laboratory as they research the Nipah virus.......
Region takes about a third of all Indian fruit shipment and quarter of vegetables sold abroad; consignments from other states could face ban, too, if virus not contained With Kerala continuing to......
One of the most-sought-after tourist destinations in Asia, ‘God's Own Country’ Kerala has been hit by the coronavirus scare just when it was on the recovery path after the Nipah......
'Tens of millions will be working from home for months at a time, which means the smartest brains in business will be focussed on creating more efficient WFH processes,' predicts Devangshu Datta.......
Swine flu was first reported in Mexico, SARS and bird flu in China, but India surprisingly escaped being ground zero for any. China: SARS in 2002-2003 and bird flu in 1996, both in the southern......
'Cinema or the sentiment of a people, disgusted by contemporary politics and wanting to feel whole by collectively recalling a moment of great difficulty that was also a cause for togetherness?',......