Steer clear!

Different 'strokes'

Antifreeze

Scientists figure out the common cold "handshake"

Wider ambit

Move to increase scope of international health laws

What next?

Half a teaspoon of baking soda every day can help prevent autoimmune diseases

The same should not be done without consulting a physician

Five little-known diseases to watch out for in 2017

Emerging diseases on which the experts are keeping a close eye

Why evolution must be at the centre of fighting parasitic infections

Each year more than 200 million cases of malaria are recorded across the globe

Ineffective magic bullets: Antibiotic resistance is now the leading cause of deaths across the globe

Young children were found to be particularly affected by AMR

THAILAND

Human factor in swine flu

The ill effects

Warming climate spawns disease epidemics

Still reeling

New SARS cases in China

Mote monitor

A new instrument to detect tiny polluting particles that vehicles emit

MARINE MALADY

Buffalo blight

Drug overkill

Irrational drug prescriptions are giving rise to drug-resistant bacteria

ECO COURT

Quake sickness

Quest for clean air

Bad for wildlife, bad for people

Swine flu tamed?

H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu

Rare Disease Day: 475 million across the world affected by rare diseases, says study

Rare Disease Day is observed on February 29

Humans susceptible to viral strains borne by chimpanzee

SIV strains mutate upon entering cells to overcome human-specific barriers to infection

Blueprint to tackle non-communicable diseases released

It has a list of good practices and gives structure to an otherwise unregulated field