Bite of the Big Four: India’s deadly snakebite crisis

by Christianez Ratna Kiruba | 27 Jan 2025 | Environment, Health and Wellness, India, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows, World

Almost 60,000 die from snakebite each year in India, but only one facility is producing the venom needed to make the antivenom. A herpetologist milks the venom out of a snake at Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre (KSRIC) in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 April 2024....