‘Reality is not as fixed as people like to think’

Neuroscientist Nadine Dijkstra talks to Down To Earth about reality and perception

A gene variant could lower chances of developing Alzheimer’s by 70%, could help in design of new treatments: Study

It works by preventing build-up of fibronectin, a component of the blood-brain barrier that controls the movement of substances in and out of the …

India had over 11% of global hepatitis burden in 2022, with 35.3 million cases

WHO’s Global Hepatitis Report shows deaths due to hepatitis increased since 2019 

Neurological conditions primary cause of ill health, disability globally: Lancet study

Number of people affected by or dying from neurological conditions increased over past 3 decades; People in LMICs disproportionately …

Pathogen paradigms

Foresight and planning are necessary to counter the new outbreaks of infectious diseases

Struck down

Discovering the vital link

A patent row

Can the public sector take responsibility to develop drugs for neglected diseases?

Trapping the killer

So less, so late

Wheeze wave

The UK reels under the burden of respiratory ailments

Our vanishing cousins

Africa sees 2 new disease outbreaks every week, link with climate change clear: CDC

Around 75% of outbreaks zoonotic, shortage of healthworkers, epidemiologists concerning, says Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention &…

Bombay gasps

Trans-Atlantic BSE

Malefactor

Prions stay out

New research finds brain cell receptors that let the killer prions in

Rare Disease Day: 475 million across the world affected by rare diseases, says study

Rare Disease Day is observed on February 29

PAKISTAN

Madness again

BSE spreads to sheep

Bloody disclosure

Lethal and tiny air pollutants can reach deep into human bloodstream

As thick smog rolling in

Cowed down

Tactical pressure