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Doctors are withholding HIV therapy from some patients fearing their irresponsibility could harm others
A mutating monster
Some strains of the AIDS-causing virus are developing resistance to whatever drugs are available
Book review: HIV/AIDS and Traditional Medicine
Indian systems of medicine could receive a big boost if they could yield a cure for just one major disease. And, theoretically, there can be a …
Hepatitis C medication remains beyond reach
Price control may ensure patients complete their course of medication
As told to Parliament: 75% cropland treated with chemical fertilisers
All that was discussed in the House through the day
New gene editing technology may not fully eliminate HIV, finds study
Scientists had been optimistic that CRISPR could annihilate the deadly disease
Prevention is cheaper than cure
SOUTH AFRICA
Secret revealed
A question of ethics
What does a doctor do when confronted with an hiv -positive case
Exporting expertise
AIDS set to strike with a vengeance
Blissfully unaware India and China to be hardest hit
Missing link
A newly discovered HIV-like virus in monkeys provides clues about the origin of AIDS in humans
Ravaged future
Fudged AIDS of USA
HIV-related stigma, discrimination persists in work world, reveals global survey
Less than half of people surveyed in India said people living with HIV should be allowed to work directly with people who do not have HIV
How COVID-19 restrictions prevent Nairobi’s sex workers from accessing vital healthcare
Unfortunately, COVID-19 has made it harder than usual for sex workers all over Africa to access healthcare
COVID-19: Sharp rise projected in HIV, TB, Malaria deaths due to overwhelmed systems
Deaths could be minimised if people not forced to stay away from hospitals
10 good news we got in 2018
As this year nears its end, here’s a look at stories by Down To Earth that brought some relief to an otherwise climate change-ravaged period
Ambitious cure for an ailing system
US President Bill Clinton has proposed an ambitious and complex programme to lower federal expenditure on health care and revamp the existing system.
Dharna to defecation: The Indian art of protest
Through the centuries, Indians have evolved several novel ways to protest injustice. Many are still practised in India and some have even been …
Neem gains honour as India's wonder tree
Known in ancient India as a tree with many wondrous properties, the neem tree is slowly drawing the attention of the country's scientific and …
Government policy wrong, says scientist
The government is on the wrong track and it's infected blood, not sexual intercourse, which transmits AIDS in the country
Supermouse
A gene which boosts the growth of muscles in mice could enhance meat production and also be a cure for cancer
Hope of deliverance
Elective caesarean delivery, combined with an antiretroviral drug, can slash chances of infected mothers transmitting AIDS to their babies