Editorial: Sharing bird flu samples
Published in The Hindu on June 23, 2007 Member states of the World Health Organisation have recently agreed to
Read MoreEditorial: Devising a more equitable system
Following the recent meeting in Jakarta to resolve the impasse, Indonesia has agreed to resume sharing its bird flu virus
Read MoreBird flu: reducing vaccine dosage to cover more people
Published in The Hindu on June 28, 2007 Even as Indonesia has forced the World Health Organisation to find ways
Read MoreEditorial: Unravelling the genetic make-up
Published in the Hindu on June 4, 2007 The battle to eradicate Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that causes yellow fever,
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Why developing countries need access to bird flu vaccines
If the developing countries that bore the brunt of bird flu outbreaks felt aggrieved at being suppliers of H5N1 virus
Read MoreEditorial: Screening for gestational diabetes
Published in The Hindu on April 14, 2007 The recent decision by the Tamil Nadu Government to screen all pregnant
Read MoreCatherine Verfaillie: Another stem cell fraud surfaces
Published in The Hindu on April 12, 2007 Even as the U.S. senate debates on expanding federal funding for embryonic
Read MoreHow to prevent your child from getting diabetes
Published in The Hindu on March 29, 2007 Screening for gestational diabetes has got a shot in the arm.
Read MoreStudying the prevalence of HIV in TB patients
Published in The Hindu on March 22, 2007 Even as “Difficulties in working alongside the better-funded efforts to tackle AIDS
Read MoreEditorial: A significant pilot study
Published in The Hindu on March 21, 2007 Tamil Nadu has been in the forefront in implementing HIV/AIDS prevention and
Read MoreEditorial: Developing drugs for the poor
Published in The Hindu on March 9, 2007 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken some notable steps to address
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Yoga for treating early stages of diabetes
Management of type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed patients with near normal HBA1c level need not always be through
Read MoreEditorial: Cord blood in public banks
Published in The Hindu on February 16, 2007 Nearly eight years after it issued a set of guidelines for banking
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