Viral Disease

Chikungunya is a vector-borne disease caused by the bite of Aedes mosquitoes. The disease-causing virus, known as alphavirus, gets transmitted to humans through the mosquito bites and cause symptoms such as high-grade fever, joint pain, rashes, eye problems and many others. ...

The spread of a new type of coronavirus had fuelled anxiety across the country. Medical researchers believe that this new virus is from the family of SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) that has caused an epidemic in the year 2003. ...

Ludhiana, Mar 15 (UNI) Given the current decline in vulture population, environmentalists in Punjab fear that the other bird fauna which feed on animal carcasses at the Animal Flaying and Disposal (AFD) Centres were equally exposed to the same risks. Since ...