COVID-19: Kerala needs to revisit approach

As area-specific control measures are failing on the ground, the state needs to explore alternative strategies

Convalescent plasma therapy doesn't really help beat COVID-19: ICMR-backed study

No lowering of mortality in multi-centre trial; disease progression towards severity also not impacted; shortness of breath reduced

As good as embryonic stem cells

Spotted rice gets clean chit

The fate of 400,000 tonnes of rice hung in balance for more than a year

ICMR COVID-19 study: ‘Treat finding on 6.5% mortality rate for comorbid patients post-discharge with caution’

Finding should not be confused with long covid-related mortality as researchers did not analyse that, experts tell DTE

Zika virus: US relaxes travel warnings to India

US health agency changes India’s status to “current or past transmission but no current outbreak” from the earlier “…

Cancer incidence in India higher than expected from earlier projections, says new data

National Cancer Registry Programme data also states that women are most at risk from cancer

COVID-19: India gets first tranche of 5 lakh antibody rapid test kits

New kits to be used for surveillance, not diagnosis

Gandhi at 150: He walked 18 kms a day and avoided using cars, rickshaws

He was ahead of his times in choosing sustainable transport for his tours and travel

Follow Up

ICMR scientists identify new biomarker for malaria

Researchers from National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur has identified a genetic sequence in the body of malaria parasite

Training health workers can help manage hypertension in villages 

Early detection and management of hypertension is necessary to prevent complications, but shortfall of trained health workforce, particularly in …

LIES, DAMN LIES AND ENDOSULFAN

KUSHAL P S YADAV blows the lid off dirty tactics adopted to give clean chit to endosulfan

One Health: What it is & how it can be implemented in India

Nexus of science, social science, indigenous knowledge and policy necessary

World No-Tobacco Day: ICMR calls for ban on e-cigarettes

In a white paper released on May 31, the council noted that e-cigarettes and other such devices contained not only nicotine solution, which was …

COVID-19: SC asks Centre for way to make tests free at pvt labs

Solicitor General says private labs roped in since government labs insufficient; contradicts ICMR’s position

ICMR to get more funds, power

Covaxin effective against UK Strain: What does this mean in absence of efficacy data?

Being a whole-virus vaccine doesn’t give Bharat Biotech product any advantage at this stage, say experts

Grounded

Endosulfan aerial spraying banned in Kasaragod

Zika virus has spread to several parts of India, finds ICMR

Cases from Telangana, Jharkhand confirm local transmission; experts push for more testing

Gujarat recipients gung-ho on COVID-19 vaccine

The state will vaccinate about 440,000 healthcare workers and 355,000 frontline workers in the first round

Minister claims no data for pollution-related deaths in India, studies say otherwise

Dr Harsh Vardhan said in Parliament on Friday that there is no conclusive data available in the country to establish direct correlation …

Uncertain outcome, high cost: Why WHO doesn’t recommend convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19

Studies published in late 2020 and early 2021 made a case for plasma therapy in treating COVID-19

Microcephaly can't be ruled out in Rajasthan Zika outbreak

National Institute of Virology study says Gujarat witnessed pre-outbreak virus strain

Diagnose the discord

Latest data shows that cancer is rising sharply in India. It's time we understood the intriguing facts from cancer registries to frame a more …