Fatal attraction

Why pregnant women attract mosquitoes

Natural pesticides

The virus within

It may never be possible to eliminate HIV from infected people

The card up the sleeve

PUERTO RICO

Health class

Enemies of health and allies of poverty join hand to create global havoc, leaving different marks on different classes

High on sugar

Diabetes on the rise in India

Snippets

Bird flu hit farmers yet to receive compensation

Farmers await compensation

Coming soon: a wheat disease from West Asia

Acne drug to cure Japanese encephelitis

Hospital infections fear frogs

Who flew?

Is influenza afflicting government?

The fall of the golden spice

Famines in India are a nightmare of the past

A WHO study notes that While India has achieved impressive levels in food production, equitable distribution is still a distant dream. Chronic …

Rat chronicles

The tiny rodents that most people link only to pestilence and crop destruction have fascinated Ishwar Prakash -- one of that rare breed: a rat …

Will milk fortification benefit the poor?

Lean pastures

Drought and a viral disease strike Jaisalmer’s livestock. Kurush Canteenwala finds out how the herders are coping

Why India remains malnourished

Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …

Ebola unleashed

The deadly virus had long confined itself to the backwoods of Africa. Increasing deforestation has led to its frequent emergence as epidemics

Bytes

Vicious cycle

Cost of treating hypertension itself leads to stress

Cipla's audacious move

Why generics maker Cipla has asked government to revoke Novartis patent on respiratory ailment drug

How pure are their claims?

Market for water purifiers booms, but consumers cannot be sure of quality in absence of regulations

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