Month: May 2016

tuberculosis, STREAM clinical trial, TB research, infectious diseases, New England Journal of Medicine, UN General Assembly, Pretomanid, TB vaccine, MDR TB, XDR TB,

African Scientists a Step Closer to Testing for TB in a Matter of Minutes

Gerhard Walzl 13/05/2016

According to the WHO, 1.5 million people died from...

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Education Hasn’t Diminished India’s Preference For Boys

Tanay Sukumar 12/05/2016

The sex ratio of children ever-born (that is, including...

A hypodermic needle injection. Credit: stevendepolo/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Toward a Nationwide HPV Vaccination Campaign in India

Farah Khan 12/05/2016

Naysayers have forwarded unsubstantiated claims about lack of vaccine...

A field of sugarcane plants. Credit: scotnelson/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

An Agro-Ecological Way Through the Sugarcane Problem – Before We Quickly Resort to GM Crops

Radha Gopalan 12/05/2016

Given the challenges of climate change, deep agrarian distress...

Gilead’s Hepatitis C Drug Patent Approved by Indian Patent Office

Deena Beasley 11/05/2016

The Indian Patent Office's decision marks a setback for...

Record 1,284 Planets Added to List of Worlds Beyond Solar System

Irene Klotz 11/05/2016

Scientists announced the largest single finding of planets to...

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UAE Wants to Build a ‘Rainmaking Mountain’ – Are We All OK With That?

Tim Kruger 10/05/2016

Even if the rainmaking mountain is not itself geoengineering,...