Not even a glimmer of hope for health worldwide, warns report
Epidemic of chronic diseases, social inequalities and COVID-19 will worsen the future of global health
New study may help address drug resistant pneumococcal diseases
Indian researchers have identified three drug target sites in the genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae, paving the way for developing …
Experts call for action against spread of mycetoma
At the sixth international conference in Sudan they said it’s essential to set goals and milestones to trigger collaborative research on …
For the first time, Delhi govt plans to start bird hospitals
The proposal is part of the Animal Health and Welfare Policy 2018, recently discussed in a government meeting
After floods, rats plague the people of Kerala
An epidemic of ‘rat fever’ or leptospirosis has struck the state, claiming 9 lives
Temperature increase could accelerate rise in antibiotic resistance
Temperature and population density could facilitate transmission and thus increase in antibiotic resistance, say scientists
One in every 10 asthma patients in the world is in India
90 per cent of childhood asthma and 50 per cent of adult asthma is caused due to environmental allergens
Scientists find use of fly ash in mosquito control
Fly ash, a harmful byproduct of coal-based power generation, has found a new use - mosquito control
Changing animal behaviour in different terrain can impact spread of diseases: Study
Pathogens like novel tuberculosis could exploit forms of communication among banded mongooses to spread
Indian scientists detect new strain of dengue virus
The new genotype was found in patients who were infected suffered due to one of the worst dengue epidemics in Tamil Nadu
Gorakhpur child deaths not the only case of mismanagement in government hospitals
There is no scientific consensus on the cause of encephalitis that has been claiming lives every year in the Gorakhpur region since 1978. But an …
Scientists demonstrate new approach to kill drug-resistant strains of bacteria
Preliminary observations indicate a potent multi-site effect on the cells making it hard for the bacteria to develop resistance
The number of new flu viruses is increasing, and could lead to a pandemic
How is it the flu has managed to stay around for so long, and why haven't we beaten it yet?
Lifting heart's burden
Heart diseases have been on the rise in the recent past but now a new research says that the trends can be reversed
Watch your waistline
Hormone replacement therapy after menopause could lower the risk of getting heart diseases, advocates' a new study
Flight of fury
Dutch greens decry the expansion of Schiphol airport and jam the main runway, ready to face trial for high crime
Stent stunts
An improved version of a device that keeps blood vessels inflated -after cholesterol deposits have been ballooned out of them - has been …
Balloon benefits
Though laser seemed to be technically more advanced as a tool for removing heart blockages, a recent study shows that it cannot be trusted completely
Plague bacteria may be hiding in common soil or water microbes, waiting to emerge
Where do plague bacteria go between outbreaks? New research demonstrates that they can survive and replicate inside amoebae that are widely …
Catching viruses
Brand new infectious maladies such as Jacobson's disease have begun to plague the world, despite better sanitation and medication in developed …
Nigeria’s missing virus hunters: University decline robs country of virologists
Nigeria should create an enabling environment for scientists to function effectively and maximally
Did dinosaurs go extinct due to malaria?
A new research shows that the first vertebrate hosts of malaria were reptiles including dinosaurs
Study links violence to early signs of heart, blood vessel diseases in women
Victims of physical violence were one and a half times more likely to suffer from narrowing of the main blood vessels in the neck that carry …
Body Burden 2015 - State of India's Health
The theme-based, yearly publication investigates how our health is a victim of environmental degradation. This year, we will untangle the web …
Unravelling the Bombay plague
Room 000: Narratives Of The Bombay Plague is the story of the plague that killed thousands in Mumbai in the late 1890s. Very little was known …