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Peter Brueghel’s ‘The Triumph of Death’ (c. 1562) depicts the social upheaval following the ‘black death’.

How genome sequences tracked down an ancient disease

Sridhar Sivasubbu,Vinod Scaria

A reconstructed Neanderthal man and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany.

Explained | Are Neanderthals to blame for the long and short of the human nose?

Sridhar Sivasubbu,Vinod Scaria

Representative illustration.

Explained | A CODEC moment to accurately sequence genetic variants

Sridhar Sivasubbu,Vinod Scaria

Since 2022, the virus has infected over 100 million birds across the globe, resulting in the deaths of over 50 million and culling of millions of poultry.

H5N1 kills 50 million birds, spreads to mammals

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

Marburg virus outbreak in two African countries

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

A health worker collects swab samples from an international passenger at the Chennai International Airport, March 18, 2023.

Explained | XBB.1.16, the Omicron recombinant behind India’s new COVID spike

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

Journalists and Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor’s Office employees walk near the bodies of dead seals on shore of the Caspian Sea, Dagestan. Over 700 dead seals were found along Russia’s Caspian Sea coast where the H5N1 variant was earlier detected in wild birds.

Mammalian spread of H5N1 and its pandemic potential

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

On a rise: Medical staff assist patients at a clinic treating COVID-19 patients, in China.

Explained | The emerging Omicron sublineages across the world

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

Image for representational purposes only.

New Omicron sublineages, recombinants cause cases to spike

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

On a rise: Large outbreak of LSD was reported in India in July 2022 from the States of Gujarat and Rajasthan, which subsequently spread to 11 other States.

The evolution of lumpy skin disease virus

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

Photo used for representation purpose only.

New sub-lineages of monkeypox virus emerge

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

A recent study revealed that the rate of genetic changes in the monkeypox virus was higher than expected.

Why strengthening genomic surveillance is an imperative

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

Explained | All we know about the monkeypox virus outbreak so far. File

Explained | All we know about the monkeypox virus outbreak so far

Bani Jolly,Vinod Scaria

The present outbreak has been interesting in many ways.

The monkeypox virus: origin, symptoms and vaccine

Afra Shamnath,Vinod Scaria