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Dengue fine? Here's what you must do to avoid government penalty as Karnataka declares dengue an epidemic
Karnataka has declared dengue a state-wide epidemic, enforcing stringent regulations to eliminate m…
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How did over 800 students test HIV positive in Tripura?
Tripura is presently facing a surging HIV epidemic ripping through its student population. Fueled b…
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Future zoonotic disease pandemics set to turn deadlier, kill 12 times as many people by 2050 due to climate change
The team found that from 1963 to 2019, 3,150 outbreaks had claimed a staggering 17,232 lives in 24 …
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Columbus' voyages sparked epidemics that killed so many people, it may have crashed carbon dioxide levels worldwide
Columbus' expedition to North and South America brought not only conquest and exploitation to the r…
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38% of Indians have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, says AIIMS study
The cause of 'fatty liver' or 'steatohepatitis' is the recent westernisation of our diets which inv…
PTI
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1 chart shows why you should care about the silent epidemic of deaths from street drug 'tranq'
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a 276% increase in overdose deaths …
Kate Hull
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Lok Sabha passes bill that punishes those who attack health workers or doctors
A bill which proposed protection to frontline workers, including healthcare professionals, was pass…
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Lok Sabha passes two Health Ministry Bills in midnight proceedings
The Lok Sabha in a midnight proceeding on Tuesday passed Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bi…
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What is the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance — key provisions up for Parliament's consideration
The Indian government is preparing to introduce over 20 bills for discussion in the monsoon session…
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Long-suffering SARS patients offer clues about the worrisome futures that may await COVID-19 long-haulers
A SARS researcher thinks it's possible that some people with long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms may nev…
Aria Bendix
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Bill Gates says there's 'way above' a 5% risk we haven't seen the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Microsoft cofounder told the FT the pandemic could yet generate a coronavirus variant "even mor…
Sam Tabahriti
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HP Cabinet retrospectively okays Epidemic Disease (COVID-19) Regulations
During the meeting, the Cabinet was also apprised of various regulatory and preventive measures un…
PTI
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How American discrimination has hindered the way we've handled disease outbreaks
Discrimination in the US has led to federal inaction and mishandling of past epidemic diseases, inc…
Natalie Colarossi
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Magic Johnson contemplated suicide after his HIV diagnosis when doctors thought he only had 2-3 years to live
Magic reveals how close to death he was when first diagnosed with HIV.
Cork Gaines
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What is the Marburg virus? WHO confirms outbreak of the deadly viral disease in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania
The CDC on Thursday issued a health advisory warning to doctors in the US, prompting them to watch …
Erin Snodgrass
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Snapchat rolls out safety features to cut down on sales of illegal drugs after string of fentanyl deaths
Insider previously found at least two dozen fentanyl-related deaths in which the dealer used Snapch…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Coronavirus epidemic first hit over 21,000 years ago, says a study
The most recent common ancestor of sarbecoviruses — the family of coronaviruses to which SARS-CoV b…
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World Health Network declares monkeypox outbreak a pandemic
The current monkeypox outbreak, which has infected 3,417 people across 42 countries, has on Thursda…
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India is dealing with its largest ever outbreak of the Zika virus
In late 2014, the Ebola virus, which plagued West Africa for the better part of the year’s sec…
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'There's not one Scrooge McDuck, there's a lot of them': The Sackler family's sprawling wealth became the focus of a Purdue Pharma bankruptcy hearing
The Sacklers, the family that founded OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, are estimated to be worth $11 …