US comes clean

Diesel becomes a dirty word in the official US environmental lexicon

Re-examined

Air pollutants alone may cause acute asthma attacks

Rash of ailments

Followed by new scheme to track diseases

Chikungunya virus assumes epidemic proportions

How the disease became an epidemic

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

Bytes

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

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TB part of urban culture

Science & Technology - Briefs

Health in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around health

Hearty drug

Mad beef?

'Infected' British beef is being banned all over Europe

'Bee'ing blues

INDIA

Contaminated glow

Befuddling the enemy

Troubled future

It's all in the tomato

Eating tomatoes may keep heart problems away

TINY ENEMIES