A strain of the virus that causes bird influenza has been implicated in the death of a three year old boy in Hong Kong. The case, though isolated, has sent alarm bells ringing

Monkeypox is an enzootic disease (prevalent in animals of a particular area) that circulates in monkeys in the rainforests of central and western Africa. It was previously believed that the virus

Monkeypox, a disease similar to smallpox, may be spreading among humans

Adenovirus could be helpful in preventing cancer

HUMANITY is facing the threat of dangerous viral diseases from a hitherto unsuspected quarter - sewage tanks of aircrafts. According to a survey sponsored by the World Health Organisation and the

with uncertainty hanging like a pall over the future of prawn cultivation in Andhra Pradesh (ap), prawn farmers who had stocked their ponds, have reported outbreak of viral diseases among the

According to Sheldon Cohen, a psychologist from the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, US,

• The Gujarat government is considering a proposal to carry out environmental audit in industries which manufacture or process hazardous chemicals and pose a threat to sur-rounding areas. The

Scientists from different parts of the world are camping at the Tai forest in western Ivory Coast to track down the source of the ebola virus. The research team has set up a laboratory each in