Assam in the grip of brain fever

Between fungi

India gets ready for banana war

A fungus that threatens popular Cavendish bananas traced in the country

Clue to save turtles

Agriculture runoff triggers fatal tumours in green sea turtles

Mounting Evidence, Collapsing Public Health

Contamination

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New study on Delhi’s wastepickers, sweepers, security guards establishes link between air pollution & lung disease

Around 75-86 per cent respondents had abnormal pulmonary function, shows study

Human evolution didn’t stop at split from chimpanzees, 155 tiny new genes identified: Study

Some of the new genes linked with growth defects, diseases, say scientists

Water, Africa’s Gold: One crisis too many

Africa is caught in a vortex of poverty, water and disease

World Heart Day: Cardiologists insist on 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products

The measure is also critical to meet the sustainable development goals 

Born in May? Celebrate life, and good health

New study shows people born in October have the highest risk of diseases

Check for chikungunya

In a first, Indian scientists develop vaccine against the disease

Ebb and flow of Kawasaki

Scientists say the spread of the mysterious disease may be linked to wind patterns

Encephalitis kills 22

Shut off

Court passes order against noise pollution

On the prowl

Insecticides are being used to control a virus in the US

White death

Data-wise

A database is imperative, yet is nowhere in sight

Aerial raid on mosquitoes

Bytes

CAG bares Orissa muck

Flays state government for inadequate, dirty water supply

New diagnostic kit distinguishes between dengue & chikungunya virus.

Eastern UP's encephalitis menace

Knowledge of medicines by indigenous communities receding