Drugged

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

Smart alien's relentless strike

SARS motivates researchers to redefine space invasion

Wash your hands, doc

Follow Up

Right medicine?

Doubts are raised over the efficacy of two herbal medicines for asthma

Infectious diseases spreading fast

What next?

‘Adaptation’ and ‘mitigation’ can reduce impacts of global pandemics

Mitigation programmes can save nearly US $360 billion over the next 100 years, says new study

Alarming increase in global use of antibiotics, India is the largest consumer

A research published in a medical journal has sounded an alarm on overuse and misuse of antibiotic drugs

Betel benefit

Compounds in paan leaf can kill several pathogenic bacteria

Green plans

Shaken and stirred

Swine flu tamed?

H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu

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,…

Offence is the best defence

Against Ebola virus

Science & Technology - Briefs

Light pollution spreads diseases

It is difficult to comprehend modern life sans nighttime light. But the amenity comes at a price. Bruno A S De Medeiros and Alessandro Barghini …

Unknowing vectors

Humans may be transmitting new and dangerous viruses to Antarctica

Less species, more diseases

Researchers blame increased human population

Drugs on EMI

People in an extremely backward Haryana town, where almost every fifth person has hepatitis C, are forced to seek treatment on EMIs

Marauding Marburg

A viral disease that has no cure leaves a trail of death

Human factor in swine flu

Infection threat from clean hospitals too

Dengue shadow over FIFA 2014

Three of the 12 games venues in Brazil—Natal, Fortaleza, and Recife—carry high-alert warning

Curative resolve

A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases