Still reeling
New SARS cases in China
Africans likely to live longer now; but will they live healthier?
The WHO said in a statement released August 4 that healthy life expectancy in its African region had increased on average by 10 years per person …
More Indians were diagnosed with hypertension than diabetes in 2017
Latest data from the National Health Profile 2017 confirms a previous study which said that hypertension is a bigger concern than diabetes in India
Most disease maps unreliable
Disease maps help capture distribution of pathogens and their transmission intensity. An international team of researchers has reviewed 355 of …
Mote monitor
A new instrument to detect tiny polluting particles that vehicles emit
MARINE MALADY
Buffalo blight
Feeding in asthma
Food that one finds allergic can cause problems in the respiratory tract according to a group of scientists inspecting children with breathing …
Drug overkill
Irrational drug prescriptions are giving rise to drug-resistant bacteria
ECO COURT
Quake sickness
Quest for clean air
Bad for wildlife, bad for people
Frontier guards
Invaded and ravaged by germs and pathogens every moment of its existence, the human body has developed its own lines of defence. Among the …
Swine flu tamed?
H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu
Rare Disease Day: 475 million across the world affected by rare diseases, says study
Rare Disease Day is observed on February 29
New cholesterol study may lead you to ask: Pass the eggs, or pass on the eggs?
A recent study examined the association between dietary cholesterol or egg consumption with cardiovascular disease and all causes of mortality
India’s neglected tropical diseases
India experiences the world’s largest burden of at least 11 major non-communicable diseases
Dengue risk: notices sent to President's estate, hospitals over mosquito breeding
New Delhi Municipal Council has so far issued 3,337 notices and 146 challans this season
Humans susceptible to viral strains borne by chimpanzee
SIV strains mutate upon entering cells to overcome human-specific barriers to infection
Blueprint to tackle non-communicable diseases released
It has a list of good practices and gives structure to an otherwise unregulated field
Cops compensated
Ecological nightmare
EGYPT
CAMEROON