Artemisinin resistance dents the anti-malaria armour
The emergence of resistance to the artemisinin drug, a potent anti-malarial medicine, now threatens to affect the big gains achieved
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Did WHO’s TB care advice cause more MDR-TB cases?
Between 1993 and 2002, the World Health Organisation violated sound medical care by urging low- and middle-income countries to follow
Read MoreVaccine trial for Zika virus to start soon in humans
The first Phase-1 human clinical trial of a vaccine for Zika virus is set to begin in the coming weeks, with
Read MoreHolding Olympics in the time of Zika virus
The World Health Organisation has confirmed that the Olympic Games scheduled to be held in August in Rio de Janeiro
Read MoreZika can be transmitted by oral sex
A report has for the first time indicated that Zika virus can be transmitted by oral sex. The study was
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When pills make us worse: Monitoring the adverse effects of medicines
By Debaleena Basu A healthy 21-year-old youth was admitted to a hospital for an elective surgery. All preoperative physiological parameters
Read MoreWill the Zika infection rate during Olympics be lower?
In an open letter to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, 150 scientists and doctors had cited several reasons why
Read MoreGet ready for plain packaging of tobacco products
Following Australia’s example, for this year’s World No Tobacco Day on May 31 the World Health Organisation is calling on
Read MoreGlobal ‘switch’ to reduce vaccine-derived polio cases
Beginning Monday, April 25, India will stop using the oral polio vaccine (OPV) with all three strains of the poliovirus
Read MoreA ‘turning point’ in the Zika outbreak
More than 50 years after the infectious pathogen, rubella virus, was identified as the cause of an epidemic of congenital
Read MoreTreating sugar addiction to reverse obesity prevalence
In the last 30 years, the number of obese people in the world has been steadily increasing. According to the
Read MoreLet larger pictorial warnings stay
Nearly one million tobacco-related deaths take place in India every year, and in 2011, the total health expenditure burden from
Read MoreParliamentary committee recommends smaller pictorial warnings
Health Ministry’s plan to introduce pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the display area on the front and back
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