South Asia

Transfusion of stored blood can cause health problems

Vector control, drug infusion to check filariasis

Mosquito-specific pesticide in the offing?

Virus scare

Add telaprevir

Breastfeed longer

Cell towers, a health risk

Panel recommends restrictions on mobile phone towers

Science and Technology - Briefs

More to junk food than meets the eye

Rising trend

Poor and the young are new victims of hypertension

Mills pollute Uttaranchal hills

Open cast mining threatens Assam

Simply Put: Growing up in North India

As told to Parliament (August 8, 2023): Central Electricity Authority suggests not retiring coal power plants before 2030

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Lateral Thoughts: Will WHO norms on artificial sweeteners help consumers?

Guidelines are just beginning of process of purging these toxins from food chain

‘COVID-19 has become endemic in India’

The risk of a future severe wave in the country is very low, says expert

Low and middle income countries have seen greatest rise in obese children between 1990 and 2014: Report

At least 41 million children around the world obese or overweight, it says

Science & Technology - Briefs

Fighting fire with fire

Side effects of a drug can be subdued by using another

What exactly are cattle fed?

In Punjab, too much limestone powder and urea: adulteration hardly a bother for feed-makers

Dengue outbreak in Delhi

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Findings of third National Family Health Survey