How the disease became an epidemic

A warmer climate is playing havoc with both flora and fauna

135,000 affected by chikungunya disease, government yet to assess gravity of situation

The New England Journal of Medicine recently found that four patients died in spite of being treated with Tamiflu. Of the four, two had developed resistance to the drug and the other two might have been treated late. The report suggests the ideal doses may not be sufficient since inadequate or low doses of anti-viral drugs are known to promote resistance by allowing viruses to mutate and resurge. However, the World Health Organization continues to back Tamiflu as the only escape from a bird flu pandemic, claiming that the cases were no cause for alarm.

Diverse blood types evolved to provide immunity against infections

Bird flu cases soaring in Vietnam

New SARS cases in China

Drought helps mosquitoes to grow abundantly

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the economic loss has already mounted to more than Rs 60 crore. Even as the authorities final diagnosis is long overd