Experts call for action against spread of mycetoma

At the sixth international conference in Sudan they said it’s essential to set goals and milestones to trigger collaborative research on …

For the first time, Delhi govt plans to start bird hospitals

The proposal is part of the Animal Health and Welfare Policy 2018, recently discussed in a government meeting

After floods, rats plague the people of Kerala

An epidemic of ‘rat fever’ or leptospirosis has struck the state, claiming 9 lives

Temperature increase could accelerate rise in antibiotic resistance

Temperature and population density could facilitate transmission and thus increase in antibiotic resistance, say scientists 

One in every 10 asthma patients in the world is in India

90 per cent of childhood asthma and 50 per cent of adult asthma is caused due to environmental allergens

Health in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around health

Scientists find use of fly ash in mosquito control

Fly ash, a harmful byproduct of coal-based power generation, has found a new use - mosquito control

Plague bacteria may be hiding in common soil or water microbes, waiting to emerge

Where do plague bacteria go between outbreaks? New research demonstrates that they can survive and replicate inside amoebae that are widely …

Indian scientists detect new strain of dengue virus

The new genotype was found in patients who were infected suffered due to one of the worst dengue epidemics in Tamil Nadu

Gorakhpur child deaths not the only case of mismanagement in government hospitals

There is no scientific consensus on the cause of encephalitis that has been claiming lives every year in the Gorakhpur region since 1978. But an …

David and Goliath

Living in the shadow of fear

Scientists demonstrate new approach to kill drug-resistant strains of bacteria

Preliminary observations indicate a potent multi-site effect on the cells making it hard for the bacteria to develop resistance

The number of new flu viruses is increasing, and could lead to a pandemic

How is it the flu has managed to stay around for so long, and why haven't we beaten it yet?

Body Burden 2015 - State of India's Health

The theme-based, yearly publication investigates how our health is a victim of environmental degradation. This year, we will untangle the web …

Breakthrough in tackling zika: scientists identify proteins that make virus deadly

These results give researchers a crucial insight into how Zika affects cells

Did dinosaurs go extinct due to malaria?

A new research shows that the first vertebrate hosts of malaria were reptiles including dinosaurs

Study links violence to early signs of heart, blood vessel diseases in women

Victims of physical violence were one and a half times more likely to suffer from narrowing of the main blood vessels in the neck that carry …

Unravelling the Bombay plague

Room 000: Narratives Of The Bombay Plague is the story of the plague that killed thousands in Mumbai in the late 1890s. Very little was known …

Tipsy hearts and the good life

A recent study suggests thart a moderate consumption of alcohol is good for the heart

Kerala beaches kayo the heart

Researchers believe that the minerals present in the sand on the Kerala coast are responsible for a rare heart disease

Pot-bellies weigh heavy upon Indian hearts

Paunches are common among Indians and this makes them especially prone to heart disease

Vaccine to prevent viral infection in hens

Scientists in Madras gave come up with a vaccine that would help leash a viral disease that impairs the egg-laying ability of hens, and is often …

Heart patients suffer massive price hikes

Doctors and manufacturers seem unperturbed by the ever-increasing price of Acetrome, a drug for heart valve transplant patients.

Sponging away pain

High-pressure juveniles