The dangers of living by the main road

In Short

Post-floods, Orissa's tribal districts suffer cholera outbreak

Budget 2023-24: Marginal rise in health budget not enough to keep up with inflation, experts say

Lesser allocation for health over the years also indicates that we need to go a long way to reach the target of spending 2.5 per cent of GDP for …

Living with smokers is as bad as living in polluted cities

Passive smoking can expose non-smokers to three times the officially recommended levels of fine particulate matter

Sponsored blight?

Another monsoon. The season of suffering in India's flood plains. And of blaming upstream people for floods. Is there an end to this

Dengue - reality bites

The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta

Microplastics and nanoplastics are an emerging threat to cardiovascular health

Their small size enables easy absorption & distribution, allowing them to penetrate highly vascularised organs like the heart

Tackling AMR: For LMICs, prevention is the best solution, say experts at CSE's international workshop

Recommendations from workshop to inform High-Level Meeting on AMR scheduled at UN General Assembly later this year

Simply Put: Editing out the problem

Odisha carries a huge burden of snakebite deaths — but it is avoidable

Right education, access to antivenoms and effective governance need of the hour

The worst of Nagaland’s African swine fever outbreak may be over, say officials

No fresh cases have been reported in two weeks in the state

Global Diabetes Compact to increase access to testing, treatment: WHO

About half of all adults with type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed

Diarrhoea in children under 5 more prevalent in rural India: NFHS-5

Bihar reported the highest prevalence of the disease  

Who is cooking our recipe books?

A subtle marketing drive is changing our food habits and we do not even know it

Twice bitten, not yet shy

The gross mismanagement of our city’s environment is making us sick

Cheaper fruits, vegetables could reduce deaths from cardiac disease, says study

A 10-per cent reduction in prices through 2030 could save nearly 64,000-69,000 lives

Vectors go on a rampage

Despite large funds released by the Centre, India struggles to control diseases

Malaria’s defiant act

Drug-resistant malaria is spreading; India and Bangladesh could be hit soon

Coconut cousins

DNA analysis shows coconuts have two different origins

Stubborn rust

Scientists decode rust fungus genome that risks world’s crops

Gut spills heart secrets

Bacteria in intestine can aid clogging of arteries

Optimistic target

Killer stalks sanctuary

Epidemic resurfaces