A rapid jaundice detector can effectively reduce neonatal deaths in Africa

This device wil be useful in rural areas of Africa and South Asia where expensive laboratory equipment needed for jaundice test is unavailable

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Ayurveda: Regulation of this alternate system of medicine is urgently needed on many fronts; here is why

Ayurveda’s popularity has arisen since the pandemic; but many still equate ‘natural’ and ‘traditional’ with ‘…

Sewage treatment plant failure leads to jaundice outbreak in Shimla

More than 1,000 people get jaundice as city’s sewage mixes with the drinking water supply

Old wisdom, new threats

Traditional knowledge has long been under threat but the proposed text of talks at World Intellectual Property Office is unlikely to protect it …

India’s mysterious diseases: A timeline

India has witnessed at least 33 unknown fever and 12 acute encephalitis syndrome outbreaks since 2019

Inflatable incubator design wins James Dyson Award

The device, which costs just $400, has the same features as a modern incubation system costing $45,000

Malnutrition count up in Orissa

24 die of jaundice in Maharashtra's textile city

Ichalkaranji does not have the facilities to care for the 3,500 persons taken ill by Hepatitis E