Journal finally retracts the discredited hydroxychloroquine paper
The paper published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents was withdrawn because of concerns about the ethical approval for the research.
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Day: May 6, 2025
Does 2022 H5N1 bind, replicate better in the respiratory tract?
Based on lab studies, researchers found the currently circulating H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4.b virus attaching better in the human respiratory tract
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Bovine H5N1 displays pronounced neurotropism in many mammals
Pronounced neurotropism of the 2024 H5N1 virus belonging to the 2.3.4.4b clade is highlighted by high viral loads in the
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Preventing malaria using genetically modified malaria parasites
Genetically modified malaria-causing parasites do not cause disease; they instead prime the immune system during the initial stage of their
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Diabetes, India’s growing epidemic
From around 200 million in 1990, the number of people with diabetes has quadrupled globally to over 800 million in 2022 while
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Study in Scotland finds zero cervical cancer cases among women vaccinated early
This study showed a greater risk reduction than predicted for girls vaccinated at age 12 or 13 years A population-based
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Study shows fatal spread of H5N1 virus from ferrets to suckling kits
The study demonstrates that H5N1 2.3.4.4b clade infection in lactating ferrets leads to mastitis-related disease and transmission to suckling pups,
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India will fail to meet 2025 TB ‘elimination’ target
Not only will India fail to “eliminate” TB by 2025, it will not even be able to meet even the
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Why Cambodia’s novel H5N1 reassortant virus needs close monitoring
All available data suggest human infections caused by the reassortant virus are attributed to direct poultry-to-human transmission, with no evidence
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WHO’s database on polio cases hides more than it reveals
Besides wild poliovirus cases, the WHO registry has data of only the circulating VDPV cases and not the cases that belong
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Why is WHO cagey about publishing Meghalaya polio case details?
Despite knowing the results of the case on August 12, and the follow-up results of the child’s immunological profile and
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Biology transformed: On the Nobel Prize in chemistry
The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to David Baker for succeeding in the seemingly impossible feat of building new proteins
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Regulation role: On the 2024 Medicine Nobel
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology, or Medicine, awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, is for their discovery of microRNA, small
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