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Vicious cycle

Cost of treating hypertension itself leads to stress

Rains & mosquito-breeding: How flooded cities become hotbeds for long-term public health hazards

Mosquitoes laying eggs that remain dormant until the next rainy season can lead to a resurgence of diseases, presenting a continuous cycle of …

Genetically changed mosquitoes could transform Africa’s long fight against malaria

COVID-19: J&J vaccine can heighten risk of rare neurological condition

The Guillain-Barré syndrome can cause muscle weakness and paralysis.

Infectious diseases bigger global threat than climate change: World Economic Forum report

5 of the top 10 risks in terms of impact and likelihood are, however, all environmental

World Health Assembly: health issues of women, children and elderly in focus

Health facilities available for older people are unequally distributed across the world

Artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites can infect African mosquitoes, says study

This could have dreadful consequences for Africa, a continent vulnerable to malaria

Cancer overtakes heart ailments as leading cause of death in 10 European nations

Compared to cancer, cardio treatments have improved much more, say experts

Nano fix

Autoclave uses nanoparticles, sunlight to sterilise hospital equipment

Avoid the din

Constant traffic noise can increase risk of heart attack

Heart-friendly

Naturally occurring trans fats not harmful

No home, no fungus

Deforestation protects some frogs from a deadly infection

Holy river?

Even untreated sewage water in Norway is cleaner than the water flowing in the Ganga

Genes and dreams

Scientists are on the breakthrough of better malaria drugs

Drugged

When market forces determine drugs development, neglected diseases take a back-seat

Falling prey

Perpetually ill-prepared

Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh

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World’s first vaccine for honeybees gets conditional nod in US

Bacterial disease American foulbrood is fatal, routinely ravages colonies

The juicy green star fruit always find its way to the vendor’s basket

A one-stop medicine shop, amrakh can be the wow factor in homemade pickles and chutneys

What drives pesticide use

Study says land simplification has no link to use of pesticide

Few steps away from disaster

Bird flu virus can be transmitted from humans to humans