COVID-19: Sharp dip in TB cases during lockdown, timely diagnosis major worry
A 25% reduction in TB detection due to the COVID-19 pandemic in three months could lead to a 13% increase in TB deaths, according to WHO
Zika has unborn victims in Madhya Pradesh
As India fights its first Zika outbreak, Down To Earth finds a grievously unprepared response system in virus-hit districts of Vidisha and Bhopal …
Africa constitutes 40% of those affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases in world
Sub-Saharan Africa can save almost US $52 billion in the next decade by eliminating Neglected Tropical diseases by 2020
Why Africa's healthcare is struggling with basics
Without political will and robust investments in healthcare, Africa cannot break out of the underdevelopment trap
Brazil’s sewage woes reflect the growing global water quality crisis
Wastewater treatment systems are hamstrung by outdated tests that don't identify a growing array of pathogens
World Health Day: Diabetes, the modern killer
The prevalence of diabetes in adult population has nearly doubled since 1980 rising from 4.7 per cent to 8.5 per cent
The problem of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of diseases
Studies show people are receiving treatment for ailments which may never have serious implications on their health
Tackling a menace
VIRUS: THE CO-DISCOVERER OF HIV TRACKS ITS RAMPAGE AND CHARTS THE FUTURE·Luc Montagnier, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)· W W …
More arsenic
Exactly how widespread is the presence of poisonous arsenic in the groundwater that Indians drink? In Delhi, a doctor's phone call propels Down …
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India’s mysterious diseases: ‘We need a public health system’
Human health management is dismally low in India, says T Jacob John, virologist and former professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore
Not so young at heart
Young hearts are more stressed out than they used to be. They bear much more pressure these days just to beat. Heart disease is no more an …
@110 km/hr
Planners are yet to recognize the Sunderbans is increasingly vulnerable to rising sea level and intense cyclones. Despite the early warning, it …
New labels on beef
Unsafe or secure?
Amid the gloom surrounding RJF data, an experiment in Haryana gives some hope
Birds of a feather
Is the RJF extinct in the wild?
Poison on the plate
Study links toxins in food products to cancer and other diseases in children
Almost 70% senior citizens in India have a chronic illness
One in every five Indians below 45 have at least one morbid condition
Are you in danger of catching the coronavirus? 5 questions answered
What you should know about the novel Coronavirus
World’s first malaria vaccine will be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi
At least 120,000 children in each of the three countries will receive the vaccine
Southeast Asia’s double whammy—child malnutrition and obesity
WHO/UNICEF report does a reality check on region’s 'double burden'
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An urge to act
Will the new animal welfare Act balance interests of animals and humans?
Not so hard to crack
A rare fungus threatens Indian walnuts