Editorial: H5N1 – No room for complacency
Though India is one of the six countries where the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) is considered endemic in
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IISc: A novel way to reduce cell damage found
Preliminary studies have shown a way to reduce cell damage and blunt the effect of one of the factors responsible
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Discouraging cigarette sales by prohibiting its sale in the loose
The acceptance of a proposal to prohibit the sale of cigarettes in the loose, and raise the minimum age from
Read MoreIIT Madras: A novel way to produce safer drinking water
Making drinking water a lot safer by killing an overwhelming number of bacteria and most viruses is now possible. A
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Strengthening the care of the newborn
Tamil Nadu has come to realise in a most tragic manner the high mortality risk faced by preterm babies (those
Read MoreUsing a diabetes drug to treat TB shows promise
Thanks to metformin, a drug that is commonly prescribed for type 2 diabetes patients, treating TB — both the drug-sensitive
Read MoreL’Aquila’s bizarre verdict reversed
Justice has finally been done. A few days ago, an appeals court in L’Aquila, Italy, acquitted six Italian scientists who
Read MoreEditorial: Sterilisation targets endanger lives
It is at once sobering and shocking that the sterilisation procedures (laparoscopic tubectomy) carried out on 83 women at a
Read MoreEditorial: The continuing polio challenge
Polio has bounced back with a vengeance in Pakistan. Compared with 53 cases reported during the period January to September
Read MoreEbola: Australia not to send health workers to Africa
In what can be best described as a damp squib, Australia has assured financial aid — $20 million over the
Read MoreEbola: Australia’s unjustified ban
On Tuesday, Australia became the first developed country to ban travel from the three Ebola-hit West African countries —
Read MoreEditorial: Going by medical evidence
Published in the Hindu on October 29, 2014 The reaction of the Governors of New York and New Jersey
Read MoreEditorial: Loosening tobacco’s deadly grip
A few months after steeply increasing taxes on tobacco products, the government has come up with another much-needed measure to
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