Spread of deadly flesh eating bacteria in Japan raises global concerns | World News

Spread of deadly flesh eating bacteria in Japan raises global concerns | World News

Data from Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases shows an alarming increase with nearly 1,000 reported cases of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome this year, exceeding last year’s total Photo: Freepik Nandini Singh New Delhi In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, humanity now faces a new threat: a flesh-eating bacterial infection known as Streptococcal Toxic …

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China scientists create mutant Ebola virus in lab which causes scabs over eyeballs

China scientists create mutant Ebola virus in lab which causes scabs over eyeballs

Deadly Ebola has been engineered by Chinese scientists at Hebei Medical University using a glycoprotein found in the virus that wiped out a group of hamsters within three days of the lethal injection. The researchers noted that hamsters developed “severe systemic diseases similar to those observed in human Ebola patients, including multi-organ failure”, according to …

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