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Indian research institutions to get additional US funding

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The United States has announced a total of USD$122,475,000 has been committed to provide additional funding for Indian medical research institutions to prevent avoidable epidemics. The funding, provided by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been allocated to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National Institute of Virology (NIV) and …

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India may be a hotspot for future zoonotic disease

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The State of the World’s Forests 2022 report has cited India and China as the two most likely hotspots for the emergence of future zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic diseases are defined as those that spread from animals to humans. The most prominent example of this in recent years is COVID-19, thought to have potentially originated from …

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Lassa fever next addition to India’s zoonotic diseases?

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A death due to Lassa fever in the UK has had some speculating whether India should be concerned about the emergence of yet another zoonotic condition. The death occurred in a newborn baby in the town of Luton in the UK. The event came as a shock following three other cases as the disease is …

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