Differentiated TB Care: Tamil Nadu’s novel initiative results in reduced TB deaths
Deaths within two months of TB diagnosis (early TB deaths) have reduced from more than 600 in April 2022 to less than 350 in December 2022
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Month: May 2025
No cause for alarm: On the Omicron recombinant XBB.1.16 in India
More than three years after the pandemic began, newer variants, an uptick in cases, hospitalisations, and even deaths are being reported from
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Sucralose impairs mouse immune responses, and WHO has advised people not to use sucralose
A recent study, published in the Nature, provides evidence that high doses of sucralose — a calorie-free sugar substitute that is 600
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No neutralising antibodies found after Japanese encephalitis vaccination
A small trial in vaccinated children in Gorakhpur district has found seroprotection against the virus decreased sharply in fully vaccinated children
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Scrub typhus: combination therapy can save more lives
Mortality rate was same in the combination therapy arm and two monotherapy arms, but there was faster resolution of complications in the combination therapy group
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Studies in mice reveal neural mechanism of fear conditioning
The capacity to sense the feelings of others is not unique to humans, and the biological mechanisms are shared with other mammals
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WHO has not abandoned COVID-19 origin investigation
Two years after the WHO’s visit to China to investigate the origin of COVID-19, the WHO has “abandoned” the second phase of the investigation
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Climate change will increase hydropower generation in India
There is a greater likelihood of increased hydropower generation but the risk arises from very high inflow due to extreme
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Breast cancer: more insights into how hormonal therapy works
Work carried out by researchers from the Integrated Cancer Genomics Laboratory at the Advanced Centre for Training, Research, and Education in Cancer
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Why India has not witnessed any surge in COVID-19 cases for months
Daily COVID-19 cases in India are low despite the newer Omicron subvariants, recombinants possessing greater immune escape and transmissibility The
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Is Omicron variant XBB.1.5’s superior binding causing higher transmissibility?
XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible variant that has been detected yet, and it has already spread to over 29 countries so far
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Sooner or later, India has to develop Omicron-based boosters
Vaccines based on Omicron variants are better than the ones based on the ancestral strain, but the older vaccines are still effective
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Scaling up the pace of COVID-19 genome sequencing
Three years after strict enforcement of its Zero-COVID strategy, China abandoned it abruptly, leading to a jump in cases each
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