Researchers develop single dose Ebola vaccine, call it ‘Trojan Horse’

To address any possible safety concerns associated with this vaccine, the team developed two next generation candidate vaccines

Jharkhand confirms anthrax deaths

Health department starts screening of cattle; National Centre for Disease Control team to camp for a week

The problem of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of diseases

Studies show people are receiving treatment for ailments which may never have serious implications on their health

Tamil Nadu to provide medical help to tribals of Attappady

Kerala and Tamil Nadu hold secretary-level talks to arrange for patients to be referred to Coimbatore Medical College

Spare change

Resources devoted to health care systems are neither divided equitably nor in proportion to the distribution of health problems

Tackling a menace

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World’s first malaria vaccine will be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi

At least 120,000 children in each of the three countries will receive the vaccine

AIIMS surgeon enters Limca Book of Records

Conducted maximum joint replacements at highest altitude

New equipment makes it easier and quicker to prevent damage after stroke

Cooling gel pads are now easily available in the Indian market

MONEYMAKERS

Genes, Dreams and Reality

Don't blame your genes. Environment and lifestyle cause cancer

Choking link

Ultrafine pollution particles can penetrate very deep into the lungs

Liquid asset

What exactly is this US patent on the cow urine-antibiotic combination?

Aided by war

AIDS may rise in Pakistan

Mizoram’s malignancy

Cancer gnawing at the northeast state

Pox permit

WHO allows genetic modification of smallpox virus

Prenatal exposure to ultrasound waves may not be safe

A new antibiotic discovered that quells resistance

New antibiotic may work where others have failed

Promising anti-malaria vaccine tested

Pesticides may cause Parkinson's diseases

Cigarettes lower immunity

Probiotics Not as safe as believed to be

Trans people twice as likely to die as cis men, women: Lancet study over 5 decades

Mortality risk among trans people did not decrease between 1972 and 2018; the risk may be higher in other countries due to social stigma, study …

Zika virus has spread to several parts of India, finds ICMR

Cases from Telangana, Jharkhand confirm local transmission; experts push for more testing

Gujarat recipients gung-ho on COVID-19 vaccine

The state will vaccinate about 440,000 healthcare workers and 355,000 frontline workers in the first round