epidemic

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Health

WHO plans to eliminate bacterial meningitis epidemics by 2030

Meningitis is a dangerous inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Mucormycosis is a fungal infection with a fatality rate of at least 50%.(PTI)
Coronavirus chronicle

West Bengal declares Black Fungus as 'notifiable disease' amid rise in cases

Photo: Hindustan Times
World+Biz

India's Centre urges to make Mucormycosis a notifiable disease under epidemic act

Children are used to fill up empty cigarettes manually with locally grown tobacco at a factory in Rangpur, Bangladesh. PHOTO: Reuters
Thoughts

Is Bangladesh ready to control a tobacco epidemic?

Apurba Mogumder. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

An epidemic of job scams and the barriers to legal recourse

Sourav Banerjee.
Thoughts

The twin battle against the epidemic and infodemic

Nipah virus poses epidemic threat
Health

Nipah virus poses epidemic threat

Photo: Unicef
World+Biz

UNICEF, WHO call for urgent action to avert measles, polio epidemics

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

Domestic violence: a silent epidemic thrives amid the shutdown
Panorama

Domestic violence: a silent epidemic thrives amid the shutdown

Line of people awaiting a New Jersey Influenza vaccination, also known as the Swine Flu back in 1976. Photo: CDC
Thoughts

How we lost our collective memory of epidemics

How an epidemic gave rise to our consumer rights     
Analysis

How an epidemic gave rise to our consumer rights     

Delhi declares coronavirus epidemic as first Indian dies in Karnataka
Coronavirus chronicle

Delhi declares coronavirus epidemic as first Indian dies in Karnataka