Bangalore besieged

Respiratory problems increase with rise in air pollution in Bangalore

The fittest survive

A complete American diet

Lethal and toxic chemicals found in US citizens

UK advertising committee widens restrictions on food and drinks ads

WHO changes approach to treating severely malnourished children

New guidelines say children suffering from severe acute malnutrition need not be hospitalised, and can be treated more effectively at home

Cause for concern

India ranks below Liberia among nations most vulnerable to Ebola-like outbreaks

Cost of dealing with the present Ebola outbreak in three affected countries nearly three times the annual cost of investing in building their …

Deadly compound

Now, even babies are being exposed to the cancer-causing dioxin

Malnourished Children

S K Kabra , associate professor in the paediatric pulmonology division of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi talks to Nidhi …

No breather in sight

Research reinforces theory that air pollution and smoking perpetrate asthma

Science for people

From launch of India's Mars mission to the humble papaya filter, 2013 witnessed big and small breakthroughs in the field of science

309,000 babies die on their day of birth in India every year

Report by non-profit for children says one newborn dies every minute in South Asia; malnourishment, early pregnancy are factors

Under the weather

Scientists say a change in temperature could play a role in spreading childhood diarrhoea

Focus on nutrition of children with HIV: child rights commission

National AIDS Control Programme urged to move beyond medicine-centric approach

Bytes

Children make up for 80 per cent of deaths attributed to climate change

But they are the most ignored in the climate change discourse

UN to cut food supplies to African refugees

The drastic cut will affect 800,000 people in the African continent

Science and Technology - Briefs

Poor kids rarely get free treatment in private hospitals of Delhi: study

Quota for free treatment of economically weaker sections in private hospitals under-utilised; less than half of the children referred from …

CHILD LABOUR

Australia approves laws for Aborigines

Child malnutrition is down: survey

Prevalence of underweight children down from 76  to 43 per cent for boys, 74 to 42 per cent for girls over past  four decades, says …

Major revamp of ICDS recommended

Inter-ministerial report calls for improving infrastructure and facilities at anganwadi centres

Science and Technology - Briefs

1.2 million children in Karnataka are malnourished, state tells high court

Civil rights groups blame packaged food supplied to anganwadis