Sugar tax may be the bitter pill to cut obesity
After years of waiting, the World Health Organisation (WHO) finally took a stand on January 25 and urged governments to
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Zika: ‘I think WHO should declare an emergency’
The World Health Organization faced flak for its delay by two months in 2014 in declaring the Ebola epidemic as
Read MoreSounding the smoke alarm on sale of tobacco to minors
Thanks to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, tobacco companies in India may find it hard
Read MoreIndia sets an example in subsidised TB diagnosis
There is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy TB scenario in India. Of the 12 high-burden countries where the
Read MoreNo, zebra stripes not for camouflage
Contrary to the century-old notion that stripes seen on zebras offer certain kind of camouflaging protection against predators, a study
Read MoreIISc: endosulfan induces infertility in male mice
If an association between the widely used pesticide, endosulfan and male infertility has been found in the case of humans
Read MoreInter-group violence may be as old as 10,000 years
Now, scientists have found what may possibly be the earliest possible case of inter-group violence or warfare among hunter-gatherers. Ten
Read MoreFocus on quality at Jeevan Stem Cell Bank
After setting out a 70:30 ratio for storing public and private cord blood units when it started collecting units in
Read MorePakistan’s polio plan needs global support
After a year of relative success, the polio eradication drive in Pakistan received a setback on Wednesday (January 13) when a
Read MoreAn Ebola cloud with a silver lining
At the height of West African Ebola epidemic in 2014, the medicine chest was all but empty; no approved drug
Read MoreIIT Madras: designer alloys by chemical reactions
Nothing whatsoever will happen if large chunks of silver and gold kept in proximity even for infinite period. But the
Read More‘India should show leadership in TB research’
With a $9.1 million funding in 2014 by several Indian government agencies, India is ranked fifth in the world with
Read MoreLab-grown vocal cord tissue
For the first time, scientists have successfully grown vocal cord tissue in the lab that can produce sound when transplanted
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