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Kerala: 24-year-old man dies of Nipah in Kerala's Malappuram
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Sunday said that the test result of a 24-year-old man who died at a private hospital in Malappuram on Saturday was found positive for Nipah virus. The samples were tested at the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
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Indian Immunologicals signs MoA with ICMR for clinical development of Zika
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
As per the MoA, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will fund the Phase I clinical trial costs, including the costs relating to the conduct, investigations, and monitoring of the clinical trial. The trial will be conducted at the ICMR network sites in India.
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Pakistan reports fifth case of mpox virus
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan has reported its fifth confirmed case of the M-Pox virus in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Health Minister Qasim Ali Shah said in a video message on Wednesday, Dawn reported.
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Mpox virus of West African clade 2 confirmed in isolated patient: Health M
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
According to a statement from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the previously suspected case of Mpox (monkeypox) has been verified as a travel-related infection. Laboratory testing has confirmed the presence of the Mpox virus of West African clade-2 in the patient.
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"Vishanu Yuddh Abhyas": A mock drill on pandemic preparedness conducted un
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Under the aegis of the National One Health Mission (NOHM), a comprehensive national mock drill, "Vishanu Yuddh Abhyas" (Virus War Exercise), was conducted to assess pandemic preparedness,
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Mpox concerns grow in Pakistan as Peshawar reports fifth case
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan is facing a growing concern over the spread of mpox as Peshawar reports its fifth case this year, raising fears that the city may be emerging as a hub for patients arriving from the Gulf region.
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"Bengal is in hands of goons and rapists...": BJP's Suvendu Adhikari deman
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
"Mamata Banerjee is the root and the architect of this. Step Down, Mamata. She should resign. She is the main disease and virus in these types of incidents," Adhikari said.
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Pakistan: Peshawar emerges as 'epicentre' of mpox as tally reaches five
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Amid growing concerns over the new strain of mpox virus, Pakistan's Peshawar city has started emerging as the 'epicentre' of the virus, as the fifth mpox case was recorded on Sunday, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Third case of M-Pox detected, another suspect put under surveill
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the recent M-Pox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern following the identification of a new variant of the virus, Clade 1b.
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UAE President directs allocation of funding for urgent polio vaccination c
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Delivered in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and UNRWA, the two-round campaign will provide over 640,000 Gazan children under the age of 10 with two doses of the polio vaccine, in an effort to stop the spread of the virus and prevent a wider regional outbreak.
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"We are going to see more outbreaks like monkeypox or zika virus in coming
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Chairman of the Institute of Internal Medicine Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Medanta and Former AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday stated that India is one of the high-burden countries as far as tuberculosis is concerned and a lot of measures have been taken in the private and
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Ex-director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Antho
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, US, Dr. Anthony Fauci is recovering well after hospitalisation for the West Nile virus, reported CNN.
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