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Thursday, October 30, 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

China’s AI Push has scale. But substance?

Beijing still fails to answer the more important question: Is AI spurring an economic revolution or simply a chatbot craze? On this front, data is more opaque.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.