Several countries, including Thailand and Nepal, have heightened health surveillance after India confirmed new cases of the deadly Nipah virus, a zoonotic disease with a high fatality rate but limited human-to-human transmission. The World Health Organization (WHO) said two cases…
Scientists identify โAchilles heelโ of worldโs deadliest infectious disease
MANILA, Philippines โ Long before COVID-19 reshaped global health systems, tuberculosis (TB) was already the planetโs most lethal infectious disease. The ancient respiratory illness โ traced as far back as 9,000 years โ devastated Europe in the 18th and 19th…
