Science & Technology - Briefs
Golden cure
World Bank pledges to eliminate river blindness from Africa
Forty years after its project to fight river blindness, World Bank says the disease exists only in conflict-hit African nations
Cigarette smoke may lead to cataract
Toxic tales from God's own country
As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government
Progress in measles elimination has got stalled, says WHO
Developing countries mostly hit. More than 145,000 people died of the disease in 2013