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The Centre has issued an advisory to States after a paper in the Lancet’s correspondence section warned of a ‘tomato flu’ outbreak among children in India.

Scientists are still trying to identify exactly what the 'tomato flu' is. Its symptoms are similar to those of COVID-19 and dengue fever, and its blisters resemble those seen with the monkeypox virus.

In the weeks and months after a COVID infection, some people develop a variety of symptoms, commonly referred to as long COVID. Fatigue is the most common, affecting a little over half of people with ongoing symptoms. Other common symptoms include shortness of breath, loss of smell, muscle ache and…

New viral infection detected in dozens of children in Kerala, and now also in Tamil Nadu and Odisha

A new virus - known as tomato flu - is spreading across India and has so far affected dozens of children - so what are the symptoms to watch out for?

The tomato flu was first identified in Kerala, India in May of this year.

Pets exposed to people with monkeypox should be isolated to ensure they don’t spread the virus to other people or animals, U.S. health officials said after a dog was reported to be infected with the virus in Paris.

However, doctors say it is too early to come to a conclusion on the matter

One in eight people who get coronavirus develop at least one symptom of long Covid, one of the most comprehensive studies on the condition to date suggested on Thursday. With more than half a billion coronavirus cases recorded worldwide since the start of the pandemic, there has been rising concern…

Largest project of its kind concludes young people should not drink at all but small amount may benefit older adults

Some 1.27 million people died in 2019 directly as a result of infection because the bacteria causing the infection were resistant to the drugs designed to kill them, according to a recent study in The Lancet; overall, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is estimated to have contributed directly or indirectly to the…