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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicHealth epidemic

Topic: Health epidemic

Coronavirus becomes dangerous when it reaches the lungs

The virus can turn severe 'very, very quickly' and damaged lungs can starve vital organs of oxygen, impairing the kidneys, liver, brain and heart.

5 new coronavirus cases in Kerala, state govt warns of action against hiding travel history

A couple and their son who had flown from Italy and evaded airport screening have tested positive for coronavirus.

The search for new drugs for coronavirus faces long odds

The history of developing treatments and vaccines for two deadly coronaviruses — Ebola & Zika — isn't encouraging and there’s no guarantee COVID-19 will be different.

Watching TV for hours probably as risky as shaking hands. In times of coronavirus, avoid both

When it comes to infectious disease epidemics like COVID-19, we have a strong tendency to overreact emotionally and underreact behaviourally.

China’s coronavirus death toll rises to 2,744 after 29 new fatalities

China's National Health Commission said it received reports of 433 new confirmed cases of coronavirus Wednesday from 31 provincial-level regions on the mainland

Rumours of coronavirus connection are hurting India’s poultry sales

Chicken prices have slumped from Rs 35 per kilogram to Rs 30, compared with Rs 85 to Rs 80 about three weeks ago.

Quarantining Wuhan, city of 11 mn people — how China is responding to coronavirus outbreak

New coronavirus strain has claimed 25 lives so far. But unlike its cover-up of SARS epidemic, China has responded with regular updates & strong measures this time.

If Ebola, Zika and Nipah can cross borders, so can technology. That’s where solution lies

A good example of dealing with infectious diseases is how Kerala handled the Nipah outbreak.

Panic over diseases can help prevent epidemics, but also create other health problems

Exaggerators in public health fields may think they can do no harm by issuing alarming warnings. But there are costs to such tunnel vision.

Overuse of the word ‘epidemic’ in healthcare warnings has become a common scare tactic

Health scares exist only because common-sense assumptions in healthcare do not grab the attention of editors at top news sites.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.