TB prevention: BCG revaccination study in high-risk adults to begin in 23 States
Since the government felt that a trial would take too long to complete and wanted to implement BCG revaccination at
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Eight months on, States wait for 3HP TB preventive drug
Though the Central TB Division has not supplied 3HP drugs to States since its roll-out in March, Tamil Nadu and
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False alarm: On the outbreak of influenza-like illness in China
Nearly four years after the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province in China, resulting in
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U.S. data underscore benefits of chickenpox vaccination
Twenty-five years of data (1995-2019) from the U.S. show a sharp drop in the incidence of chickenpox and shingles in
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Always modified my Twitter use in accordance with eLife board’s feedback: Michael Eisen
Responding to the journal’s clarification for firing its Editor-in-Chief, Michael Eisen told The Hindu: “I disagree completely with their assessment of
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‘eLife grieves the tragic losses of civilian lives, both Israeli and Palestinian’
The decision to replace Eisen was made due to his pattern of behaviour around communication and his decision to not
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eLife journal firing the editor Michael Eisen could negatively impact freedom of speech
The dismissal of journal editor Michael Eisen, fired for sarcastic tweets on the Israel-Palestine conflict, will have a chilling effect
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NICED makes quick detection of drug-resistant H. pylori possible
Since it takes weeks to know drug resistance through culture, drug-resistant studies of H. pylori are seldom carried out here; empirical treatment using
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IITM Pune demonstrates cloud seeding can produce rainfall
The approximate cost of producing water through cloud seeding was 18 paisa per litre; the cost will drop by more
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Afghanistan: ‘All four earthquakes were in the same fault system’
In a short span of about a week, a region about 40 km from Herat, Afghanistan was struck by four
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Possible pathway for Long COVID pathogenesis uncovered
Researchers assessed the metabolite profile of individuals with Long COVID and found serotonin abundance is reduced both during acute COVID-19
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Egypt is racing to eliminate hepatitis C
Egypt was able to achieve huge success with hepatitis C due to population-based surveys to understand the hepatitis C epidemic
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How a 6.3 magnitude quake caused another of same intensity
The first shallow focus earthquake of 6.3 magnitude, which occurred near the far western terminus of the Hindu Kush Mountain
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