End of innocence

Two recently published American studies reveal that cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause arterial blockages in infected individuals

THAILAND

Human factor in swine flu

The ill effects

Warming climate spawns disease epidemics

Still reeling

New SARS cases in China

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

Swine flu tamed?

H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu

Cops compensated

Ecological nightmare

EGYPT

CAMEROON

Choking effects

Workers suffer from respiratory ailments after cleaning World Trade Centre debris

Bytes

Killers in the air

A study of 90 US cities clearly links air pollutants to death and disease

Instant threat

Particulate matter immediately affects lungs and heart

Mumbai hit with diseases after rains