Kerala confirms another Nipah virus case — the district's sixth known outbreak since 2018
A single patient is on ventilatory support in Kozhikode. WHO says 104 contacts are being monitored and the source of infection has not been identified.
Nipah reached a Bengal hospital. Two nurses infected, 190 contacts tested negative
WHO was notified on January 26 of the third Nipah outbreak recorded in West Bengal. There is no licensed vaccine or drug, and the source of exposure is still under investigation.
Delhi has had 51 'severe' air days this year. It had 40 in all of last year.
Emergency restrictions came into force on 13 December when the index passed 450. The more telling number is how many days the city has now spent in a category that was meant to be exceptional.
India's heat stress, mapped district by district: the hours shift, not just the peaks
A 43-year analysis at hourly resolution finds a 3.3% rise in average heat stress exposure duration across districts, with the change varying by time of day, season and region.
Vaccinating small newborns on day one cut neonatal deaths 17% in an Indian trial
BCG and oral polio vaccine given within 48 hours to 5,420 babies under 2,000 g reduced deaths from infections other than tuberculosis. The effect is off-target, and the mechanism is unresolved.
Four unlinked Nipah deaths in Bangladesh, and one that broke the seasonal pattern
Three of the four cases drank raw date palm sap in the usual December-April window. The fourth, a child who fell ill in August, did not — and the source remains under investigation.