World's first Chikungunya vaccine developed

American researchers have developed a vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific virus that does not have any effect on people, making the vaccine safe and effective. The study......

Chikungunya in Kerala confirmed

A study done by the Indian Medical Association's Kerala unit and the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for BiotechnologyinThiruvananthapuramhas confirmed that chikungunya virus was the cause of the fever that......

How Tamil Nadu fights chikungunya

With over 62,000 cases of chikungunya reported in Tamil Nadu, the four districts of Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Vellore and Tirunelveli have seen the highest number of cases being reported.The first case......

Chikungunya exposes public health system

The outbreak of chikungunya, claiming 86 lives in Alappuzha and other parts of Kerala, has exposed the weaknesses of the public health care system in the state, which used to boast about it for......

Nicholas Piramal to drop chikungunya research

Nicholas Piramal India is likely to drop its plans to form a joint venture drug discovery research programme with the French pharmaceutical company, Laboratories Pierre Fabre, to develop a......

Chikungunya hits coir sector

After the rubber sector, it is the coir production which is getting hit by the chikungunya spread in Kerala. The disease was prevalent in the coastal belt of Alappuzha and Kollam districts of......

Piramal, French co to make anti-chikungunya drug

Nicholas Piramal has signed an MoU with a French pharma company to manufacture an anti-chikungunya drug.About 90 per cent of residents of Reunion Islands, which is a French territory near......

Mounting sick leave makes India Inc nervous

Assocham estimates offices are facing staff crunches of 15 to 25 per cent with the various strains of fever. For online marketplace Shopclues, Sundays have been marked for fumigation. Men in white......

Chirag-Satwiksairaj, Sen shine in 2025; Sindhu struggles

IMAGE: Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Paris to reaffirm their status as India's premier doubles pair. Photograph: ANI Photo Indian......

Ishant down with chikungunya, ruled out of Kanpur Test

India fast bowler Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand starting in Kanpur from September 22 as he is recovering from chikungunya, a viral that has been prevalent......

BWF Worlds: Prannoy falters in thriller vs World No. 2

Looking ahead, Prannoy hinted at one final World Championship appearance before his body forces him to take a harder call on his career. IMAGE: India's H S Prannoy blew two match points as he......

India-Pakistan clash unlikely? Asia Cup fate unclear

IMAGE: India are scheduled to host the Asia Cup, a flagship event of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), in September but uncertainty lingers over the T20 tournament. Photograph: BCCI/X This year's......

Asia C'ship: Sindhu advances; Sen, Prannoy crash out

IMAGE: World No. 17 P V Sindhu breezed past Ester Nurumi Wardoyo of Indonesia to advance to the second round of the Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China, on Wednesday. Photograph: BAI/X......