The government today announced that the country is free of bird flu disease, but continues to keep a watchful eye on vulnerable areas.

Bird flu, also know as avian influenza, is a flu that affects b

Authorities at the state-run SSKM hospital on Saturday ordered an enquiry into the death of a patient after he was allegedly bitten by a rat.

A 53-year-old patient, who was admitted to the SSKM hospi

In a worrying development, hundreds of crows have died in Jharkhand due to bird flu, a government official said Thursday.

The crows first started dying mysteriously last month in Jamshedpur district.

Jimmy Carter watched in horror as the inches-long worm emerged from the breast of a woman in remote northern Ghana.

That was in the 1980s. The former U.S. president then dedicated himself to eradica

Almost 20,000 people die every year of rabies in India, making it the country with highest rabies fatalities in Asia and the second highest in the world, according to Association for Prevention and Co

Health Minister D.L. Ravindra Reddy on Thursday said that efforts are on to identify an unspecified fever which has claimed the lives of 12 tribals in Mannem of Visakhapatnam districts and added that

With rumors swirling in conspiratorial corners that the end of the world is nigh, the US government this week posted some online counsel on how to be prepared in case of a zombie apocalypse.

"There a

Health officials have traced the cause of outbreak of Legionnaires disease at the Playboy mansion to a hot tub on the estate.

They found out the cause of the outbreak that left more than 70 people i

Seoul: South Korea on Friday confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu for more than two years, with more than 100,000 birds slaughtered as authorities bid to contain the lethal virus.

Two poultry far

St. Marc: An outbreak of severe diarrhea in rural central Haiti has killed at least 135 people and sickened hundreds more who overwhelmed a crowded hospital on Thursday seeking treatment.

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