By: Kyle Martin Image courtesy of Mike’s Birds via Flickr Creative Commons Current Situation Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as Monkey Disease, is
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By: Jiayan Liu Image courtesy of Arthur Chapman via Flickr Current Situation: A municipal report of New Delhi reported that 833 cases of dengue had
India’s southern state of Kerala was put under a lot of stress this past May with the most recent Nipah virus outbreak. The Nipah
Just one month after being declared free from the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza, India reported several outbreaks of a different strain,
In early August, the city of Mumbai, India, reported its first case of Hantavirus [1]. On June 27th, a 39 year old man from Kurla,
Last week, Bill Gates, co-founder of both Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told the Washington Post that one of the most surprising
Officials in the Indian state of Maharashtra suspect that contaminated water from the Panchganga river is responsible for a recent hepatitis E outbreak in
On January 13, Healthmap reported on the emergence of totally drug resistant tuberculosis (TBR-TB) in Mumbai at the Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre.
Uttar Pradesh, one of India’s most populous states, records 433 deaths from encephalitis since Jan. 2011. According to K.P. Kushwaha, the chief pediatrician at BRD
In late August, the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned of a possible resurgence of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza due to a