Several social media handles on X reported that due to circulation of multiple viruses including HMPV, Covid-19 and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, hospitals, crematoriums and other public health infrastructure was getting overwhelmed, forcing the Chinese Government to declare a health emergency
Viruses have a bad reputation. They are responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic and a long list of maladies that have plagued humanity since time immemorial. But, is there anything to celebrate about them? Power of bacterial viruses Bacteriophages, or phages for short, keep bacterial populations in check, both on land and at sea. They kill […]
