The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent global alert following an outbreak of the Nipah virus in Kerala, India. This zoonotic pathogen, originating in fruit bats a ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries wishes to inform the public about the suspicion of Porcine Reproductive and ...

A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

In a recent study evaluating the etiology of swine pneumonia in the finishing phase in Brazil, the bacterial agents found were Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Pasteurella multocida, M. hyorhinis, ...

Pneumonia incidence was high in the first year of life, despite a strong immunisation programme including 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Incidence was associated with pneumonia risk factors ...

Kolkata: While Covid is on the verge of making a complete exit, other season-change viruses have started filling the void.

Despite the existence of low-cost and effective interventions for childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea, these conditions remain two of the leading killers of young children. Based on feedback from health ...

The 2018 Pneumonia & Diarrhea Progress Report—released ahead of the 10th annual World Pneumonia Day, on November 12, by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...

African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating disease of pigs currently affecting countries in four continents. Research has focused largely on the virus and on the various transmission cycles that ...

Kochi: African swine flu was reported in the district again. The latest case was reported from a farm operating in Malayattoor-Neeleswaram panchayat. .

One objection to xenotransplantation is that it will require the large-scale breeding, raising and killing of genetically modified pigs. The pigs will need to be raised in designated pathogen-free ...