disease

FILE PHOTO: Pigs are seen at a backyard farm on the outskirts of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Hallie Gu
South Asia

Nepal reports first African swine fever outbreak, OIE says

An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1996 to 1997, shows the arms and torso of a patient with skin lesions due to monkeypox. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Monkeypox cases are on rise in Europe and US, here is why

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Health

Measles cases surge 80%, other diseases could follow: UN

Rare GBS disease: Early detection, proper treatment matter
Health

Rare GBS disease: Early detection, proper treatment matter

Photo: UNB
Health

Diarrhoea outbreak afflicts 160 people in Jhenaidah

The era of curing disease by tweaking DNA just got a lot closer. Photo: Bloomberg 
Panorama

Crispr gene-editing breakthrough is a big deal. How big?

Rome's umbrella pine trees are under threat from a tiny insect called the pine tortoise scale. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Insect invaders threaten Rome’s iconic pines

Gouranga Gopal Das
Thoughts

Fighting the pandemic: Disease, de-globalisation and digital optimism

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, wears a Washington Nationals protective mask while arriving to a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2020. Erin Scott/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

'There is no doubt that we are gonna have outbreaks in the future': Fauci

PHOTO: MD ALI ASRAF BHUYAN
Explainer

How to stay safe during floods

Illustrations depicting smallpox from the Imperially Commissioned Golden Mirror of Medical Learning, published in 1742. Illustration: Foreign Policy/Austrian national library
Panorama

Empire’s little helper

People wearing face masks walk out of Zhongguancun subway station following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China April 27, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

China to reform disease prevention system

5 die in 4 districts with fever, cold
Health

5 die in 4 districts with fever, cold