Infectious Diseases

People come to pay their respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong il to mark the 10th death anniversary of Kim Jong un's father, Kim Jong il.(AFP)
World+Biz

North Korea reports another infectious disease outbreak amid battle against Covid

Pyongyang has been daily announcing the number of fever patients, not Covid patients, apparently lacking testing kits

aposhi Gosh and Ashok Kumar Ghosh lost their two kids - Aronno Kumar and Ananya - to the Nipah virus 10 years ago. Nipah virus, a zoonotic virus, can be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people. Photo: TBS
Health

As winter nears, many in Bangladesh fear a Nipah Virus re-emergence