Chinese city sounds alert for bubonic plague

A city in northern China on Sunday sounded an alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague was reported, according to official media in Beijing.   Bayannur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous......

No novel pathogen behind recent outbreak: China to WHO

Claiming no unusual or novel pathogens other than the seasonal ones were detected, China has sought to play down the global concerns amid surging cases of mycoplasma pneumonia and influenza flu,......

Current Covid wave may lead to new variants, warn Chinese health experts

Chinese health experts have warned that a new wave of coronavirus infections that have hit China may result in new variants, prompting authorities to set up a nationwide network of hospitals to......

SARS: China reports 3 more deaths, 30 new cases

China has reported three more deaths and 30 more cases of the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, even as Chinese experts claimed a major breakthrough in locating the cause of the syndrome,......

Flu: India safe but ill-equipped on epidemic drugs

Swine flu was first reported in Mexico, SARS and bird flu in China, but India surprisingly escaped being ground zero for any. China: SARS in 2002-2003 and bird flu in 1996, both in the southern......

'India will become bigger than the US!'

"By mid century India could overtake the United States by absolute size," says Jeffrey D Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Millennium Development Goals and one of the world's......