Bharat Biotech has begun chikungunya vaccine Phase I trial
The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has begun a Phase I human clinical trial of the indigenously developed chikungunya vaccine three months
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Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes less capable of spreading Zika, chikunguya
With conventional vector controlling measures against dengue- and Zika-causing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes failing, several countries have started caged and even
Read MoreSeventy-year journey of Zika virus
Zika is an arbovirus infection which occurs through the bite of several different species of Aedes mosquitoes, including the Aedes
Read MoreRidiculous excuse for India’s shocking cover-up of Zika virus cases
It may well be said that the surveillance system put in place by the Health Ministry achieved a measure of success in identifying
Read MoreDon’t ignore the adults in deworming
A year after the Health Ministry started the massive public health exercise of using a single dose of Albendazole drug
Read MoreThree Zika cases reported in Ahmedabad, India in Januray 2017
The dreaded Zika virus has finally reached the Indian shores. On May 15, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Read MoreIndian researchers use a novel approach to kill TB bacteria
A team of Indian researchers has been able to achieve 100-fold reduction in TB bacterial load in lungs of mice
Read MoreEuro VI diesel emission norms can avert nearly 174,000 premature deaths
Despite tighter nitrogen oxides (NOx) emission norms for diesel cars, buses and trucks in several countries, the actual amount of
Read MoreBreaking the drug-resistant TB transmission cycle important
Nearly two months after the Health Ministry set a highly ambitious target of working towards elimination of tuberculosis by 2025, a
Read MorePreterm babies don’t gain growth by early initiation of complementary food
Babies born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation) have a higher energy requirement than babies born full term and
Read MoreIndia to treat all HIV positive people irrespective of CD4 count
Two years after the World Health Organisation recommended that antiretroviral therapy (ART) be initiated in people living with HIV irrespective
Read MoreNumber of wild poliovirus cases drop in Pakistan, Afghanistan
In the last six months, there have been only eight wild-type poliovirus (type 1 and type 3) cases reported in
Read MoreThe big test for malaria vaccine RTS,S
Beginning next year, the World Health Organisation will begin pilot tests of the injectable malaria vaccine RTS,S (or Mosquirix) on
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