World Heart Day: Why India needs clear front-of-pack warnings on food items
Not all consumers understand what’s written on the packet because it is not written in the language they understand. Many do not read the label
COVID-19: Need to relook human relationship with wild, domestic animals, says report
But should not come at the cost of ignoring needs of local / indigenous communities, warns report
How antimicrobial resistance and zoonoses are linked
AMR and its relationship to human and animal morbidity is one of the biggest challenges facing modern medicine
Could forest loss have triggered the COVID-19 pandemic?
Scientific evidence shows that the felling of tropical forests creates ideal conditions for the spread of diseases
Measles outbreaks show legal challenges of balancing personal rights and public good
Health officials must protect citizens from communicable diseases, but within the legal framework
Training health workers can help manage hypertension in villages
Early detection and management of hypertension is necessary to prevent complications, but shortfall of trained health workforce, particularly in …
South Africa to impose tax on sugary drinks from April 2018
South African parliament has passed a tax bill on carbonated drinks, which are now the third most commonly consumed beverage among very young …
Why we should test everyone's genes to predict disease
If a test could reveal the diseases you and your family might be more likely to get, would you get it?
New global standard adopted for making trade in plants and seeds safer
There is an increasing risk that pests carried by seeds could establish themselves and spread after planting
South Africa mulls tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, WHO welcomes move
This is one of the interventions proposed in the country’s strategy for 2015-2020 for prevention and control of obesity
Choking during Diwali
We burn over 40 recognised and other dangerous firecrackers, and all of them release toxic fumes into dense winter air
Japanese encephalitis continues to claim lives; Odisha, UP worst-hit
Hundreds of children are dying despite health officials claiming 100 per cent immunisation
Why we cannot ignore the poor
One thing is clear—the solutions must work for the poor, for them to work for the rich
‘Adaptation’ and ‘mitigation’ can reduce impacts of global pandemics
Mitigation programmes can save nearly US $360 billion over the next 100 years, says new study
Lethal nanopowder
Researchers develop water-soluble carbon nanoparticles that arrest growth of mosquitoes beyond the larval stage
Monkey business
Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a …
Goodbye Dolly
Both her birth and death stirred a raging debate. Dolly -- the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell -- was put to death on February 14, …
Steeled up
Unable to bear pollution any longer, people in Kotdwar force Uttarakhand to commission an independent assessment of steel factories in the region
No Escape
A recent US study has conclusive evidence on the deadly nature of fine particulate matter in the air. These unseen particles, mostly emitted by …
Health of humans, livestock interlinked in Africa
Researchers have found a strong link between the number of illnesses among family members in a particular household and the number of livestock …
Two fruits that can prevent heart strokes
Cholesterol oxidation that leads to accumulation of lipids in the arterial wall often causes heart attacks
WHO should take a holistic view
Though the global health organisation talks about chemical residues in food, it has not put special emphasis on pesticides. It is also silent on …
Utterly bovine
UK researchers claim the Mad Cow disease is caused by Indian animal feed imports; India rubbishes hypothesis
Health must be fast-tracked for 2030
The world needs more and better skilled health workers to attain the SDG targets and continue to foster global health beyond 2030
Gambusia: This solution could actually be an invasive problem
Andhra Pradesh releases 10 million mosquitofish in waterbodies to control malaria, dengue