Decoding trouble
Researchers have decoded the genetic sequence of the bacterium responsible for cholera. This will aid in the development of new vaccines and …
Cry the beloved country
The fight against AIDS in Africa hinges largely on drugs becoming more affordable in poor nations
Clinical trials: illogical compensation formula
Health ministry finally drafts formula to compensate victims of drug trials. Experts wary; say formula is shoddy and ill-conceived
Big pharma’s dirty tricks
Drug giants from GSK, Abbott and Pfizer to Bayer have been fined for serious malpractices. They should be under close watch in India
How dosage of fever drugs has again highlighted nexus of pharma firms, doctors
No regulation on marketing strategies by drug companies has created a medical autocracy, the Dolo-650 controversy shows
Delhi's walking medicine bank
Omkar Nath Sharma has made it his vocation to collect unused medicines and distribute them to the poor
The battle for knowledge
What are patents? Why have they become politically contentious and a major source of friction between rich nations and the developing world?
Mental health: It’s not always good to talk
Silence in and around mental illness is not always bad; depressed silence can need help from mental healthcare professional as part of recovery
India’s HIV-affected community ends protest over alleged shortage of drugs
Control office to be set up to work on forecasting, availability, supply chain, dispensing antiretroviral drugs
Doctor who blocked thalidomide from release in the US dies at 101
Frances Oldham Kelsey had recently been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honours
When supervisors cheat
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Hunting elephants, rhinos and pangolins for trade may affect climate, says UN paper; here is how
UNODC paper highlights that illegal wildlife trade has implications for ecosystem function and resilience, including to the persistence of …
COVID-19: Trials for cure at a glance
Scientists across the globe are working to develop vaccines for the novel coronavirus disease while exploring whether existing drugs can be …
The phoenix act
Indian vulture populations stabilise after six years of ban on diclofenac; scientists still wary
Drug firms, retailers on warpath
Pharma companies say chemists refusing to store essential drugs; retailers deny the charge
Study finds presence of antibiotic resistance genes in babies within hours of being born
India, Rwanda, Nigeria among countries studied; Drug-resistant sepsis bacteria likely transmitted from mothers or hospital environment
Superbug resistant to antibiotics found in dead World War I soldier
Over the years, the strain of the bacterium acquired mutations that made it more dangerous and persistent
Hard time for honeybees
Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …
New diseases are the result of environmental degradation
After being instrumental in the eradication of smallpox, D A Henderson , director, Centre for Civilian Biodefence, Johns Hopkins University, USA,…
‘PESTICIDES’ IN DRUGS
Sharad Pawar’s provision for protecting test data in the Pesticides Bill could spill over into trade agreements and hit the drugs industry, too
Hatching Superbugs
At a time when chicken consumption is at an all time high in India, a study by Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment shows poultry …
Take Unani medicines seriously
HAKIM MOHAMMED KHALID SIDDIQUI, director of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, tells VIBHA VARSHNEY that …
100 days without COVID-19: How New Zealand got rid of the virus
New Zealand committed relatively early to a clearly articulated elimination strategy and pursued it aggressively
New ruse in Big Pharma's old game
Drug multinationals are lobbying for a devious patent linkage system to block the entry of competitive generics