Is chicken's odour the answer to mosquito-borne diseases?
Research finds that mosquitoes avoid feeding on chicken through olfactory identification
All you need to know about dengue
What is it, how does it spread, what are the symptoms and how is it treated?
Cancer cells are getting transmitted from one marine species to another
Infectious cancer cells found in carpet shell clam were traced back to a completely different species
Non-communicable diseases pose economic threat to Pacific Islands
Heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease have emerged as top killers in the region
Will gene editing provide succour to HIV patients?
There are plenty of problems with the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) used to treat HIV/AIDS patients
Unkindest cut of all
The Union government's health budget hack is pushing Maharashtra back into the malnutrition trap
Sexual transmission of Zika more common than thought: WHO
Mosquitoes remain the primary driver of the transmission
Why don’t we wipe mosquitoes off the face of the Earth?
They spread disease and misery and account for millions of deaths every year. There's not a lot to be said for mosquitoes
Why dengue needs out of the box thinking
India should learn from success of its malaria control efforts
Metal shield
Green monster nailed
Phosphorus can kill deadly bacterium that hits citrus plants
Mobile tester for crop diseases
Michigan State University scientists have developed a portable, effective device for testing plant diseases. Called Gene-Z, it was unveiled at …
On dengue trail
Scientists study populations of Aedes aegypti
On the way out
Are your organs in the right place?
Scientists have hit on a gene that decides exactly where internal organs will be positioned in the body of a mouse
Spring brings sad tidings on ozone hole
Fresh data on dipping levels of atmospheric ozone add up to a grim scenario that can have serious implications for life on earth.
No money for labs in antibiotics research
Though increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics is making it difficult to treat diseases such as malaria, pharmaceutical companies do not …
TB threat as acute as AIDS
Infectious diseases are still the largest cause of death in the world and tuberculosis remains the leader.
AIDS increases TB death risk
People infected with the AIDS virus are more susceptible to tuberculosis, and this further reduces their chances of survival.
Craft of the graft
A plastic tube can be used to insert a graft into blood vessels, circumventing the need for bypass surgery
Hear, hear
How to kill four cheetahs barehanded!
Sounding the blood vessels
To hell with the hippocratic oath
East is best