Ebola is a serious viral disease with a high fatality rate that spreads through contact with infected body fluids. Health authorities are closely monitoring the Bundibugyo strain due to ongoing outbreaks in Africa and concerns over the absence of approved vaccines.
Satya Kumar Yadav said Andhra Pradesh is on high alert over Ebola outbreaks in parts of Africa. The state has begun airport screening, quarantine preparedness and emergency response measures while advising citizens to avoid non-essential travel to affected countries
A fresh Ebola outbreak in Africa is raising global concern. Here's why experts are worried, how the virus may have spread, and what precautionary steps countries including India are taking.
Scientists from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in the US sequenced the genomes of the Jamaican fruit bat and Mesoamerican moustached bat -- that belong to the world's most ecologically diverse superfamily of mammals
