2016, the year that was: health and medicine
Health spent a lot of time in the spotlight in 2016 and it was a major issue in numerous government reviews
Warning labels should be made mandatory in India: Experts
Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswn had said last week that his ministry would concur with health ministry on the matter
BATting for disease
A new study maps the transmission landscape for diseases emanating due to contact with bats
Digging for diseases, past and present
Scientists are turning to ancient grave sites to unravel the mysteries of human ailments
Jharkhand government fails to control spread of Japanese encephalitis
The disease which was confined only to one district till last year has now spread to 12 districts
Emergency call
Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does not …
Resistant to fluorosis
Camels are less susceptible to the medical condition than other animals, including humans
Poor health to food insecurity
Not only low income levels, but also adults suffering from chronic diseases adversely impact a household’s food security
Heat behind rise in mystery fever?
Yet to identify a pathogen, Bihar officials say fever cases rising because of high temperature
Large-scale child deaths in tribal Maharashtra
from April to August this year, almost 300 children fell prey to malnutrition in just two blocks (Akkalkua and Taloda) of Maharashtra's Nandurbar …
Mounting Evidence, Collapsing Public Health
Contamination
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India Exposed!
It is unimaginable. Air quality in most Indian cities is at critical levels. And the culprit - respirable particulates - are way above danger …
Encephalitis kills 22
Shut off
Court passes order against noise pollution
On the prowl
Insecticides are being used to control a virus in the US
World Heart Day: Cardiologists insist on 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products
The measure is also critical to meet the sustainable development goals
Born in May? Celebrate life, and good health
New study shows people born in October have the highest risk of diseases
Check for chikungunya
In a first, Indian scientists develop vaccine against the disease
New study on Delhi’s wastepickers, sweepers, security guards establishes link between air pollution & lung disease
Around 75-86 per cent respondents had abnormal pulmonary function, shows study
Human evolution didn’t stop at split from chimpanzees, 155 tiny new genes identified: Study
Some of the new genes linked with growth defects, diseases, say scientists
Water, Africa’s Gold: One crisis too many
Africa is caught in a vortex of poverty, water and disease
Ebb and flow of Kawasaki
Scientists say the spread of the mysterious disease may be linked to wind patterns
White death