Kenya

Three is company!

A fertility treatment spawns babies with the DNA of three parents, instead of two

CHINA

A killer stalks Siliguri

Messing around with the environment has led to the emergence of new and deadly diseases

Tit for tat

Junk diet

Mighty millet

A new pearl millet variety resistant to downy mildew disease

Causes of deafness identified

Chikungunya chase

Nandan Kanan gets health cover

A moving target

Hand-foot-mouth virus strikes

Thane doctors say disease that affects children is spreading to other cities

Shaping genetic inheritance

Same genes express differently due to smoking, alcohol, stress

The chorus is dying

A virulent fungal disease is killing frogs in what might be the sixth mass extinction

Divide and rule

Malaria-carrying mosquito mutates into two different species

Nature’s mosquito repellent

Predator chemicals can prevent mosquitoes from breeding

Sanguine approach to circulation

The physics of blood flow gives a clearer view of its physiological role

First ever national survey shows the extent of South Africa’s TB problem

In 2019, 58,000 people died of TB in South Africa and 1.4 million people died from TB globally

"Cape Town's consciousness about water consumption has helped reduce demand"

Xanthea Limberg, mayoral committee member for informal settlements, water and waste services & energy speaks on water restriction rules …

Here is how nutrition may help overcome genetic risk of diabetes

B12 and folic acid supplements have a beneficial impact on genes associated with Type 2 diabetes, says research by the Council of Scientific and …

First ever case of H7N4 afflicting a human being reported in China

The virus, identified by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is of avian origin 

Fowl Play

Is an avian flu pandemic imminent? As panic sends the world into a flutter, the Indian response still struggles to take wing, discover padmaparna …

Shoot to protect

With the creation of a new variety of rice plant which is resistant to bacterial leaf blight, genetic engineering has once again made one of …

Simon Schama’s history of 18th and 19th century disease outbreaks speaks powerfully to the present

At the core of Foreign Bodies is Schama’s understanding that “all history is natural history”

Combination of heatwave & high air pollution may double risk of heart attack deaths: Report

Women at higher risk of fatal heart attacks during extremely hot days & older people on days with extreme cold or high PM2.5