Another plague in the offing

The rash of leptospirosis cases in Mumbai during the current monsoon points towards the gradual breakdown of health services in burgeoning …

Colonisation continues

The story of bioinvasion for beginners

Big promises to curb hypertension, but no funds

India does not have sufficient funds or plan to eradicate non-communicable diseases

Fine air particles linked with high blood pressure among teen Londoners: Study

The association was found to be stronger in girls

Fabric filter

Cotton sari filtration, heating kill most bacteria in water

Choking link

Ultrafine pollution particles can penetrate very deep into the lungs

Contaminated water

Suffocating Kolkata

Air pollution has put the city of joy on top of the lung cancer map in the country

Bytes

Bytes

TB part of urban culture

Science & Technology - Briefs

SARS-CoV-2 changes classic feature of virus becoming endemic: Shahid Jameel

Shahid Jameel, former head of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, speaks to DTE about how a virus mutates, the trajectory of COVID-19,…

New diseases are the result of environmental degradation

After being instrumental in the eradication of smallpox, D A Henderson , director, Centre for Civilian Biodefence, Johns Hopkins University, USA,…

Poison cures

A poison used in chemical warfare is being used to treat children with cerebral palsy

Unknown ailment

Canine calamity

Get out of doldrums

Low spirits can upset the heart's rhythm and increase the risk of coronary diseases

Infectious and wholesome

Socially cold

Tanzania

Blinded by smoke

Heart surgery made easy

Hype about salt

To eat or not to eat is not the question, says a critic of 'low salt' theory

Experts in the dark