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Published on 30/10/2023
» MARUTHONKARA, India: It was more than two weeks before doctors even realised what they were treating, the fourth outbreak in five years of the lethal, brain-swelling Nipah virus in India’s Kerala region. By then, hundreds of people had been exposed to the bat pathogen.
Oped, Published on 12/07/2023
» Some 194 countries are currently negotiating the world’s first pandemic accord. Born out of our lessons in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have agreed that we need effective mechanisms and measures in place to be able to better prevent, prepare for and respond to the next big threat.
News, Published on 11/11/2022
» Authorities seized 2.5 kilogrammes of smoked bat meat smuggled in by a passenger on a flight from Kunming, China.
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/11/2022
» A sniffer dog of the Livestock Development Department found smoked bats being smuggled into Thailand from China in a passenger's bag at Suvarnabhumi airport.
Online Reporters, Published on 10/11/2022
» A sniffer beagle of the Livestock Development Department detected a smoked bat being smuggled into Thailand from China in a passenger's bag at Suvarnabhumi airport.
New York Times, Published on 17/01/2021
» RATCHABURI: The bat caves reeked of bat.
Published on 15/04/2020
» Covid-19 is the latest example of how human impact on biodiverse areas and wildlife habitats is linked to the spread of infectious diseases.
AFP, Published on 24/08/2018
» WASHINGTON - The yellow fever virus lurked deep in the Amazon jungle until around July 2016 when it leapt toward the highly populated south of Brazil, carried by monkeys and the mosquitoes that liked to bite them.
Reuters, Published on 23/05/2018
» BENGALURU/KOCHI, INDIA: A rare virus spread by fruit bats, which can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage, has killed 10 people in southern India, health officials said on Tuesday, with at least nine more being treated.
Reuters, Published on 22/05/2018
» BENGALURU/KOCHI: A rare virus spread by fruit bats, which can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage, has killed 10 people in southern India, health officials said on Tuesday, with at least nine more being treated.