April 24, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 24, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Public Health

AdolescentsMental healthPublic HealthSuicides

2014-2019: Suicide rates in adolescents aged 14-17 years higher in females

While suicide rates are generally similar among males and females in the 15-29 years age group in India, the suicide rates during 2014 and 2019 among female adolescents aged 14-17 years in India were two-six times higher than other Southeast Asian countries, while suicide rates among male adolescents were in line with global average

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Public HealthStampede

Preventing celebrations from becoming tragedies – A public health approach to avoiding stampedes

From a public health perspective, the avoidable deaths from stampedes necessitate careful planning in places that regularly or occasionally host significant events

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Genome sequencingPublic HealthPublishing

Time NIV changes course to prioritise public health over paper publication

NIV should quickly make genome data available in a public database so that researchers in India and elsewhere can analyse

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HealthImmunisationMeaslesPublic Health

U.S. measles cases till March surpasses all of 2024

As of March 20, the total number of cases reported across the U.S. stands at 378, with Texas and New

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HealthImmunisationInfluenzaPublic Health

No mismatch between circulating flu strains and vaccine strains

WHO recommends the influenza strains to be used in the vaccine for the coming flu seasons months in advance based

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Communicable diseaseHealthPublic Health

100-day TB elimination campaign far from achieving main objective

Compared with the corresponding period last year, the total TB notifications across India increased by only 44,585 and not over

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Communicable diseaseDengueNon-communicable diseasesPublic HealthScience

Dengue early warning system predicts risk two months in advance

Moderate rainfall spread over the entire duration of the summer monsoon season led to increased dengue deaths in Pune compared

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Communicable diseaseNutritionPublic HealthTuberculosis (TB)

Household nutritional support can avert 0.36 million TB deaths

A new modelling study suggests that over 361,000 deaths and over 880,000 new TB cases can be averted by 2035

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Communicable diseaseHealthPublic Health

Nothing alarming about China’s human metapneumovirus cases

Five years after the SARS-CoV-2 virus overwhelmed hospitals in Wuhan, China, acute respiratory diseases caused by viruses including the human

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Communicable diseaseGM technologyMalariaPublic HealthResearch

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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Avian influenzaCommunicable diseasePublic HealthResearch

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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Communicable diseaseHealthPublic HealthTuberculosis (TB)

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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Avian influenzaCommunicable diseasePublic Health

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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