Seven new cases of Kala-azar reported in one week in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
Eighteen cases have now been reported in the district this year, casting serious doubt on the government’s plan to eradicate it next year
Gender bias in medicine and medical research is still putting women’s health at risk
Women’s health has too often been considered a niche area — even though it involves roughly 50% of the world’s population
Displaced from the hills: Livelihoods of tribal communities in Eastern Ghats under threat
Importance of biodiversity for communities dependant on agriculture has assumed greater significance with new farm laws, which may result in …
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman’s work on mRNA vaccines wins Nobel Prize for Medicine 2023
Such vaccines have saved millions of lives and prevented severe disease in many more, allowing societies to open and return to normal conditions
Wastewater is a valuable source of information — Africa’s scientists need to use it to find drug-resistant bacteria
Once sewer networks are in place, standardised protocols for assessing antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment plants must be established
Drones deliver medicines in Africa
A US-based company transports life-saving drugs, 148 vaccines and blood units to 2,000 health facilities across Ghana
Mountains of Sanjeevani
The Uttarakhand government's initiative to spend Rs 25 crore on an elusive mythical herb should trigger a wider quest to identify, document and …
Is pregnancy a disease?
The development of birth-control methods that use the body's immune system may be more convenient than condoms and pills. But several groups …
Anti-AIDS treatment aims at tolerating virus
Ayurveda practitioners in Kerala are experimenting with a novel approach to tackling AIDS: herbal medicines that increase the patient's immunity …
Checking population growth through the ages
The concept of family planning control dates back to the ancient Greeks. Though many scientific advances have been made in the field since then, …
Dirty games with the mind
A new study on the connection between marijuana abuse and human cognition throws more light on the long-term effects of drug addiction
No youth-pills
Human growth hormone, the drug hyped for being able to reverse the process of aging is exposed for its inefficiency
Fear no starch
By the turn of the century, you can dig your teeth into anything starchy and yet maintain good dental health -courtesy, genetically engineered plants
Success is a mindgame
A memory drug developed by Indian scientists could hold the key to a ultimillion dollar global market
On the comeback trail
The scientific community is trying hard to combat communicable diseases which have made a comeback
Face off with cancer
It's simple. Cut the face out, remove the tumour, and put the face back on. Surgeons are doing it in Hong Ko
Wings of change
Researchers are trying to end malaria at its very root: by genetically modifying mosquitoes that carry the disease
Losing jobs in the jungle
Irula tribals are rich in the knowledge of traditional medicine. They used to catch snakes and practise herbal medicine for a living. Today they …
New viruses on the prowl
Humans have exposed themselves to a host of new viral diseases by playing around too much with the environment
Heart condition
South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems South Asians are at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular …
Karanda: Rural India's rich fruit
Karanda is a versatile but under-exploited plant found throughout the dry regions of India. It is cultivated for its edible fruits in Rajasthan, …
Medicine Nobel 2021 to Julius and Patapoutian for work on stimuli and nerve impulses
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian discover heat receptors and ion channels that further our understanding on pain
Dearth of doctors: Odisha lets pharmacists prescribe meds from a list
As many as 1,286 posts of doctors of the 8,729 sanctioned for government hospitals are vacant.
Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo gets Medicine Nobel for his contributions to paleogenomics
Pääbo sequenced of the entire genome of Neanderthals; he also discovered the previously unknown hominin, Denisova
Number of antibiotics, investment not sufficient to minimise threat of wide-spread infection
Of the 12 antibiotics companies that have gone public in the past 10 years, only 5 are still active today