Healthcare systems for livestock should be accessible, affordable and effective; ethnoveterinary medicine fulfils this criteria
Antimicrobial resistance: Can sustainable integrated multi-trophic aquaculture reduce AMR in aquatic systems
Antimicrobial resistance: Madhya Pradesh’s action plan needs targeted and specific interventions
Antimicrobial resistance: Here are some practices that can improve milk quality, cattle health
Elon Musk’s approach to free speech could have implications for health messaging
Twitter has emerged as a key arena for public health messaging about COVID-19; but Musk’s own actions during the ...
Antimicrobial resistance: How factory farming is destroying our planet
The health and well-being of animals, people and our planet are interdependent. Poor animal health and welfare in intensive ...
8 billion people: why trying to control the population is often futile – and harmful
Rather than trying to increase or decrease the number of people, we must build a planet that enables everyone ...
The earth now has 8 billion humans; is the notion of a ‘finite planet’ a myth?
More than numbers, humanity needs to consider how resources are produced and distributed, what is consumed, by whom, and ...
World Toilet Day: We built latrines for villagers in Sitapur; ‘Aaram Mil Gaya’, they said
Creating access to toilets can help achieve much more than Clean India
Low- and middle-income countries struggle to provide healthcare to some, while others get too much medicine
Overdiagnosis and overuse of healthcare wastes 20% health spending in high-income countries
Colonoscopy is still the most recommended screening for colorectal cancer, despite conflicting headlines and flawed interpretations of a new study
Those at higher risk are advised to get screened by a colonoscopy
Life expectancy improves in some countries after big drops in 2020 — but US and others see further falls
New variants that evade existing immunity are likely to arise and the longer-term impact of COVID infections on the ...
Alzheimer’s disease: surprising new theory about what might cause it
It will be important for future trials to focus on the levels of amyloid-beta 42, and whether it is ...
Male birth control options are in development, but a number of barriers still stand in the way
There has not been a new form of male birth control since no-scalpel vasectomy in 1980s
Vegetarians more likely to be depressed than meat-eaters – possible reasons
The vegetarian social experience may contribute to depression; depression may cause an increased likelihood of becoming vegetarian; or both ...
Obesity is on the rise among South African women — a risk to maternal and child health
Overweight and obesity are burgeoning health issues in sub-Saharan Africa — particularly South Africa
Desperate writ petitions of dying patients
Cancer, TB patients are urging a reluctant government to use compulsory licences to make life-saving drugs accessible
Why we must celebrate India’s indigenous HPV vaccine
Widespread and timely uptake of the new vaccine will save the lives of many Indian women by targeting a ...
Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views
Pandemic or not, it is important to continue investing in the development of improved vaccines and bolstering the preparedness ...
Viruses may be ‘watching’ you — some microbes lie in wait until their hosts unknowingly give them the signal to start multiplying and kill them
HIV is a retrovirus that does not go directly on a killing spree when it enters a cell
We were on a global panel looking at the staggering costs of COVID. Here are 11 ways to stop history repeating itself
Massive global failures in the pandemic led to 17.7m deaths and counting
Uncovering the genetic basis of mental illness requires data and tools that aren’t just based on white people
Genomic sequencing can provide personalised treatment to the mentally ill only if genetic variations of all ancestries are represented in ...
Moderna strikes with a new lawsuit
Moderna is trying to be gatekeeper for the mRNA platform for future drug development, raising monopolistic fears
A COVID-19 encore with monkeypox
A familiar pattern is emerging in the battle against monkeypox with the US and Europe grabbing scarce vaccine supplies
When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice — bacterial infections
Viral respiratory infections can increase the likelihood of bacterial infections and lead to worse disease