Virus
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West African countries adopt strategy to fight Ebola
World | Jul 04, 2014, 01:21 PM ISTLondon: West African countries have adopted a common strategy to combat the deadly Ebola virus outbreak, a media report said on Friday.At an emergency meeting called by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Ghana, health
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US reports third case of MERS virus
World | May 18, 2014, 11:54 AM ISTWashington: A third case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus infection has been found in the US, the country's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Saturday.The patient is an Illinois
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Virus fears hit Haj pilgrim flow in Mecca
World | Oct 14, 2013, 05:07 PM ISTMecca: Fears of an outbreak of the deadly MERS, a respiratory virus centered in the Arabian peninsula, in Saudi Arabia and construction in the holy city of Makkah have forced cuts in the numbers of
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Saudi Arabia: 2 more deaths from new virus
World | Jul 03, 2013, 08:42 PM ISTRiyadh, Jul 3: Saudi Arabia says two more people have died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths to at least 34 in the kingdom at the center
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Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness
World | Jul 09, 2012, 03:45 PM ISTCambodia, Jul 9: A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to the mysterious deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm when a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday.Lab
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Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday
World | Jul 05, 2012, 08:50 PM ISTWashington, Jul 5: The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.But hundreds of thousands of people
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US Drones Hit By Computer Virus
World | Oct 08, 2011, 05:52 PM ISTLos Angeles, Oct 8: America's remote controlled kill machines, the Predator and Reaper drones which fly hunt missions over Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, have been hit by a computer virus and network specialist can't seem
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Dengue Fever Returns To Delhi, One Dead
India | Jul 23, 2011, 06:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 23: Dengue fever has returned to the city as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi today reported one death due to the infection and six new cases in the past one month, taking
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Virus In 3 Idiots Not Inspired By Javed Akhtar: Boman Irani
Bollywood | Dec 01, 2010, 08:20 PM ISTPanaji, Dec 1: Actor Boman Irani has said that many people thought his character Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Virus) in '3 Idiots' was inspired from the oratory style of eminent lyricist Javed Akhtar."Everybody thinks that my character