Eliminating dengue by infecting mosquitoes with naturally occurring bacteria

Novel research holds promise as India prepares to begin trials

Mother Teresa, the saint who fought against stigma of leprosy

She established a number of mobile leper clinics as early as September 1957

Curative combo

Fun time for fungi

Fungal infections stalk the corridors hospitals in the Capital

Rats on the rampage

Parasite-struck

Dangerous make-up

A warning against indiscriminate selling and buying in a new fad: herbal drugs

Beware of the bindi

Significant selenium

Terror of Mato Grosso

The kiss of death

An early monsoon and increasing drug resistance spark off malaria fatalities in Assam

Cutting cholesterol

A new drug for lowering blood cholesterol is a blessing for heart patients

The toxins of war

Are chemicals used during the Gulf War causing sperm mutations among the war's soldiers?

In Focus

Catching up with the killer

The mouth trap

Latest studies on rhesus monkeys point to the risk of contracting the AIDS virus via the mouth

Singeing in the veins

High levels of an amino acid in the blood could be responsible for heart disease

Matters of the heart

Death-watch

Secondhand victims

Safe bite?

THAILAND

India

Surgery for blood pressure

Surgical control