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Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them — researchers pinpoint how

Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them — researchers pinpoint how

Jacob A Tennessen

27 Mar 2026

4 min read

Almost 70 per cent of heart failure patients in India lack health insurance: Study

Almost 70 per cent of heart failure patients in India lack health insurance: Study

26 Mar 2026

3 min read

Growing resistance to critical antibiotic raises alarm across Africa, finds study

Growing resistance to critical antibiotic raises alarm across Africa, finds study

26 Mar 2026

2 min read

News

Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them — researchers pinpoint how

Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them — researchers pinpoint how

Jacob A Tennessen

27 Mar 2026

4 min read

Almost 70 per cent of heart failure patients in India lack health insurance: Study

Almost 70 per cent of heart failure patients in India lack health insurance: Study

26 Mar 2026

3 min read

Growing resistance to critical antibiotic raises alarm across Africa, finds study

Growing resistance to critical antibiotic raises alarm across Africa, finds study

26 Mar 2026

2 min read

Dengue fever is a growing problem: why it’s so hard to beat with vaccines

Dengue fever is a growing problem: why it’s so hard to beat with vaccines

Marielena Vogel Saivish

25 Mar 2026

4 min read

War on Iran strikes India’s pharmaceuticals sector

War on Iran strikes India’s pharmaceuticals sector

25 Mar 2026

4 min read

Simply Put: Unsafe kids

Simply Put: Unsafe kids

21 Mar 2026

1 min read

Why some wounds just won’t heal: Scientists find bacteria that can ‘switch off’ the immune system

Why some wounds just won’t heal: Scientists find bacteria that can ‘switch off’ the immune system

20 Mar 2026

3 min read

Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza was bombed by Israeli forces in November 2023, amid claims by Israel that a Hamas command-and-control center was operating beneath the medical complex.

Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?

19 Mar 2026

4 min read

Largest ever Parkinson’s study shows how symptoms differ between men and women

Largest ever Parkinson’s study shows how symptoms differ between men and women

Lyndsey Collins-Praino

18 Mar 2026

4 min read

We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming

We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming

Jennifer B Nuzzo

16 Mar 2026

4 min read

Waste prevention central to UNEP’s latest report on safe disposal of unused medicines

Waste prevention central to UNEP’s latest report on safe disposal of unused medicines

Rajeshwari Sinha

15 Mar 2026

3 min read

How does India fare on life expectancy?

How does India fare on life expectancy?

14 Mar 2026

Interviews

Jacinta Kerketta

“Writing dispelled the fear within me”

Preetha Banerjee

10 Jan 2026

6 min read

Dia Mirza has established herself as a versatile actor and producer in the Indian film industry as well as a committed climate crusader

“Apply yourself to solutions to feel less despondent”

03 Jan 2026

4 min read

‘Depopulation would mean fewer people contributing to advancement of knowledge’

‘Depopulation would mean fewer people contributing to advancement of knowledge’

16 Oct 2025

6 min read

‘Incentivise diagnosis of silicosis’

‘Incentivise diagnosis of silicosis’

26 Apr 2025

2 min read

‘Silicosis is a silent epidemic’

‘Silicosis is a silent epidemic’

19 Apr 2025

4 min read

‘Integrate health, physiology to assess heat impacts’

‘Integrate health, physiology to assess heat impacts’

Himanshu Nitnaware

05 Apr 2025

4 min read

Blogs

Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them — researchers pinpoint how

Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them — researchers pinpoint how

Jacob A Tennessen

27 Mar 2026

4 min read

Dengue fever is a growing problem: why it’s so hard to beat with vaccines

Dengue fever is a growing problem: why it’s so hard to beat with vaccines

Marielena Vogel Saivish

25 Mar 2026

4 min read

War on Iran strikes India’s pharmaceuticals sector

War on Iran strikes India’s pharmaceuticals sector

25 Mar 2026

4 min read

Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza was bombed by Israeli forces in November 2023, amid claims by Israel that a Hamas command-and-control center was operating beneath the medical complex.

Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?

19 Mar 2026

4 min read

Largest ever Parkinson’s study shows how symptoms differ between men and women

Largest ever Parkinson’s study shows how symptoms differ between men and women

Lyndsey Collins-Praino

18 Mar 2026

4 min read

We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming

We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming

Jennifer B Nuzzo

16 Mar 2026

4 min read

Farming the gut: Why traditional diets succeed where standard iron supplements fail

Farming the gut: Why traditional diets succeed where standard iron supplements fail

Ramadass Balamurugan

09 Mar 2026

3 min read

International Women’s Day 2026: Female Genital Mutilation is not heritage — it is harm

International Women’s Day 2026: Female Genital Mutilation is not heritage — it is harm

08 Mar 2026

4 min read

Videos

Child asthma, preterm births & other health crisis: New report on India’s steel-producing giant

Child asthma, preterm births & other health crisis: New report on India’s steel-producing giant

Despite being classified among the 17 highly polluting industries by the Central Pollution Control Board, India still has no national standards for sulphur dioxide emissions from steel plants

03 Mar 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: Bhabhatosh Das on why probiotics work best when they are indigenously produced

AAD 2026: Bhabhatosh Das on why probiotics work best when they are indigenously produced

03 Mar 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: Sanjeev Bagai on the growing health impact of air pollution and what India should do

AAD 2026: Sanjeev Bagai on the growing health impact of air pollution and what India should do

26 Feb 2026

1 min read

Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal: Is a Nipah vaccine within reach?

Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal: Is a Nipah vaccine within reach?

07 Feb 2026

1 min read

Sanjeev Singh from Amrita Hospital, Faridabad talks about Antimicrobial Resistance AMR

Sanjeev Singh from Amrita Hospital, Faridabad talks about Antimicrobial Resistance AMR

27 Nov 2025

1 min read

Sandeep Bansal’s message on World AMR Awareness Week 2025

Sandeep Bansal’s message on World AMR Awareness Week 2025

23 Nov 2025

1 min read

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