Vaccine shortage to continue

Government denies it; its own data tells a different story

New research links encephalitis to disability in Bihar

Most researches till now focused on cause of AES; this is the first to study children who survived the disease

A healthy child, a healthy nation

Ban dilemma

A ban on insecticides in the US may throw up more problems than it seeks to solve. The sufferers will include children suffering from asthma

Nightmare festivals

There is growing concern over the pollution caused by festivals like Diwali

Dial R for radiation

The government asks schoolchildren in the UK to restrict the use of mobile phones

Where cancer lurks

Incidence of leukaemia is higher among children when both the parents are migrants

Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?

If you think free publicity, like 'free lunch', is a no-no in this newly liberalised world of ours, you have got it all wrong. Take a dekko at …

Perpetually ill-prepared

Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh

Stone-age women killed furry babies, research suggests

Thorp thwarted

SOUTH AFRICA

MONEYMAKERS

Nicotine: catch them young

Washed clean

'Wet dry' cleaning could soon become a safer alternative to clean clothes

Thumbs down

Unhealthy deals

Mar government agencies' drug procurement process

Nickelodeon characters endorsing junk food

Unsung babies

Exposure to ddt increases the risk of child mortality

End of innocence

Children exposed to DDT attain early puberty

Tender ones at risk

Children face increasing threat from garden pesticides

Killing pollution

The Menace Within

Project to review the impact of indoor air pollution

Children worst hit by Nepal earthquake

According to UNICEF, at least 94,000 children are currently living in areas severely affected by the earthquake

Now a papaya-clay filter

The hybrid clay filter could be the cost-effective answer to water purification