No Need

Requirement doesn't drive immunisation

Off Beat

Tinkering, not marking the great leap

The microbes strike back

Diseases that were cheerfully believed to have been eradicated are inexplicably cropping up again in India in deadlier, drug-resistant forms

Under-five child mortality drops 53 per cent from 1990 to 2015: report

Despite progress, a large number of children are still dying due to preventable causes. Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia are the regions …

World Health Day focus on controlling vector-borne diseases

Dengue poses tough challenge; over 40 per cent of the world population is at risk from dengue, says WHO

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Malaria forecast

Meteorology can predict incidence five months in advance

Vaccine Eloquent

Universal vaccination became part of government policy in 1978. A quarter of a century since, progress has been fitful. In some parts of the …

75% emerging infectious diseases zoonotic: UN Report

Document emphasises on importance of a ‘One-Health’ approach to manage and prevent zoonotic disease outbreaks and pandemics

Devil is in the details

A WTO meeting of ministers is hailed as a success

No healthcare for Simplipal tribals in Orissa

Drug abuse

Can render ineffective the only antimalarial medicine against Plasmodium falci

Glaxo pulls out anti-malaria drugs

Fine print hassles

Chemical manufacturers shaken by India's signing POPs convention

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Award for ecosecurity

For his outstanding work in fighting malaria, V P Sharma gets the Green Scientist Award 2001

Herbs to heal malaria

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Big mini revolution

Mutations that make malaria drugs ineffective discovered

Gene kelch13 associated with malaria resistance

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Why do we need to worry about antimicrobial resistance in the time of COVID-19?

As more and more antimicrobials are used to control the virus and the co-infections, this indiscriminate use will further increase AMR

World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns

Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …

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Dengue - reality bites

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