Bureaucracy has no idea about health care trends

T Jacob John , professor of virology and paediatrics at Christian Medical College, Vellore, speaks to Raj Kishor Khaware on the state of health …

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

Choking link

Ultrafine pollution particles can penetrate very deep into the lungs

Contaminated water

Fabric filter

Cotton sari filtration, heating kill most bacteria in 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,…

Almost half a billion men, women suffered from lower respiratory infections globally in 2019: Report

The leading risk factors for LRI mortality, however, varied across age groups and sex

THAILAND

Viral cure

Fresh scare

Avian flu hits UK, strikes back in Pakistan

New hepatitis virus

Salt in UNICEF's cake of success

Looking through the eyes

IVORY COAST

GABON

Health in news on May 1

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

David and Goliath

Living in the shadow of fear