Fowl fever

Bird flu in Hong Kong, again

Anti-venom eggs

Tobacco turns a new leaf

Can yield drugs

AIDS virus weakening

Claims Belgian study

Malaria manipulation

Parasite controls biting behaviour of mosquitoes

Where did leprosy originate?

Maybe in East Africa, but not in India, says a new study

Health pyramid

Of foods that heal

Entamoeba mapped

Paves the way for a healthier gut

Nanotechnology can

Small is useful

TB knows colour?

Vitamin D deficiency weakens defence

Data doubled

Genetic information on avian influenza virus

Weak shield

Chickenpox vaccine fails to work in most children

Age no bar

Mercury can affect even adolescent brains

Anti dose

Antibiotics lose favour with the pharmaceutical industry

Drug resistance

How the gene responsible acts

Poorly nursed

Most Himachal mothers breastfeed for just two weeks

Mouse model

To study Down syndrome

Biased air pollutants

Increases due to global warming, claims study

Immunity divide

New vaccines against TB of little help in developing countries

Fungi fight malaria

Especially helpful against mosquitoes resistant to pesticides

Fish test

...for diabetes

Hooked on iron

New study stresses need to review treatment of hookworm

Herbal cure to cancer

Demand for fair pricing of medicines at WHO forum

Delegates say that a frank discussion among all stakeholders would help identify strategies to reduce medicine prices and expand access for all

Brush up law

As many tooth-care products contain harmful tobacco