Polluting fuels choke Chinese households

Extensive domestic use of coal in China has led to an increase in the incidence of respiratory illnesses, which are now among the leading causes …

Sequel to a murder story

It is dangerous to breathe in most Indian cities, and even though the government accepts this, precious little is being done about it

El Salvador

Innocent victims

The cost of pollution

A heart condition

People with breathing problems are more vulnerable to heart diseases caused by air pollution

Caught in a haze

Indian scientists contest the UNEP report on the aerosol-caused Asian brown cloud

Smokescreen

US EPA endangers health

Fluorescent signature

Troubled by breath

Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma

SARS Wars

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is making the world sneeze. Even as the global health community struggles to unmask a new, deadly, …

Bitter is better

Eating bitter food can help cure repiratory diseases

Cancerous spread

Smart alien's relentless strike

SARS motivates researchers to redefine space invasion

Double whammy

Fresh outbreak of SARS, avian flu

Frontier guards

Invaded and ravaged by germs and pathogens every moment of its existence, the human body has developed its own lines of defence. Among the lesser …

Return of the smog

Winter, lack of rainfall and air pollution have made the smog in Delhi even more dangerous

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EPIDEMIC HAVOC

Global fund for research

Paradox, at the altitude

Mild asthma gets better at higher altitudes

Killing pollution

Tailpipe row

WHO guide on clean indoor air

Air pollution and our right to clear air

As Delhi’s air pollution levels reach alarming highs, even non-smokers in the city have started developing smokers’ lungs. But the …