The World Health Organization defines epidemics as “the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behaviour, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy.

Despite this year being Mujib's centenary, all celebrations in Bangladesh have been postponed due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

India and the United States are testing far fewer people than China and South Korea did. South Korea’s strategy of mass testing is currently seen as being highly successful — however, testing at such scale in a country India’s size is a whole new ball game.

South Korea had started to prepare even before January 12, when China shared the genetic code of the novel coronavirus with the World Health Organisation (WHO). At the time, China had reported only 41 cases. But South Korea knew it was vulnerable — and it…

People should not panic, but take precautionary measures. Strong systems and processes are in place to deal with the outbreak, and the Ministry is constantly monitoring the situation

Many Indians have stopped eating chicken, believing rumours and misinformation on social media. This has led to a crash in prices, and massive losses for the poultry industry.

India has conducted roughly 6,000 tests so far, lower than the US (8,000), Japan (9,600), France (12,000), the UK (13,000), and Italy (23,000). South Korea has conducted as many as 2 lakh, which experts see as the reason for their significantly declining…

Many believe that the reason lies in the “wet markets” dotting cities across China, a country which has 50 per cent of the world’s livestock — where fruits, vegetables, hairy crabs and butchered meat are often sold next to bamboo rats, snakes, turtles, and…

Radiation levels in the sea off Fukushima were millions of times higher than the government's limit of 100 becquerels. And still today, radioactive substances can be detected off the coast of Japan and in other parts of the Pacific.

In the UK, which until recently was considering herd immunity as their strategy to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, has now stepped up its response. On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson advised that people should work from home where possible.

United States President Donald Trump has recently said he can remove or demote the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome H Powell.

From what we have seen so far, this disease is mild in younger people — those who are below the age of 60 years. There is a need to be careful about the older lot, and those with underlying medical conditions.

How does the PCR test look for the virus in swab samples? How long does it take? How many samples is India testing daily, and can it test more? If it can, why has it not scaled up yet?

The Health Ministry has issued guidelines for the disposal of bodies, while noting that an increased risk of infection from a dead body is unlikely.

The process was explained to The Indian Express by Dr V Ravi, Senior Professor & Head, Department of Neurovirology, NIMHANS.

Stakeholders have claimed that the government seeking such details on specific dates for certain pockets in the country without mentioning the reason is highly unusual.

On the evening of May 22, 2017, Salman Abedi, a British born man of Libyan origin, detonated an explosive in the foyer of the Manchester Arena, where an Ariana Grande concert was going on. The concert was attended by thousands of children killing 23 people…

The coronavirus is a new pathogen, and little is known about the disease it causes, called COVID-19, or how patients respond to common medications.