Now a papaya-clay filter

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

Forest medicines

New drug for cancer

India develops first indigenous vaccine to treat bloody dysentry

Shigellosis is recognised as a disease mainly affecting Asian and African nations

Toxic aftermath

Pollution of the past haunts our present

Suspected cholera outbreak in Gujarat

Five deaths and over 200 cases of diarrhoea reported in five days

Policy draft backs new vaccines

Health experts say new vaccines not essential enough to be in the national programme

South Asian countries give sanitation charter to SAARC

MPs launched sanitation campaign in Kathmandu to addresses sanitation woes

Oceanic treasures

Marine life is a source for future medicines

Height of inequality

Standard of living determines a child's height

An uphill task

Sustainability still a long way off, says Worldwatch

Rotavirus vaccine on the anvil

But will it be effective against the huge number of strains found in India?

Phailin fallout: people face acute drinking water shortage

200 people in Ganjam get diarrhoea after drinking contaminated water

Diarrhoea in children under 5 more prevalent in rural India: NFHS-5

Bihar reported the highest prevalence of the disease  

Seven die of cholera in Odisha’s Rayagada in a fortnight

The outbreak started on July 7 & spread to other districts

Under the weather

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

Science and Technology - Briefs

GASTRO-ENTERMS DEATHS

Progress in measles elimination has got stalled, says WHO

Developing countries mostly hit. More than 145,000 people died of the disease in 2013

Indian rotavirus vaccine found effective during clinical trial

Rotovac costs fifty times less than brands sold by global pharma companies

After US, deadly pig virus a big threat in Europe

European Union announces strict measures on import of pig products, US promises action

Science and Technology - Briefs

Lalitpur’s baby formula

Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two

What did the last IPCC report say

Before IPCC releases the special report on global warming, take a look at how the panel has warned us before

Dying of progress

As the reckless plundering of the world's limited resources continues, nature is striking back where it hurts humans most: disease. People in …