Year: 2017

Rayagada: A house destructed after flash floods in Rayagada district, Odisha on Monday. Credit: PTI

Odisha Floods: Relief Reaches Dongoria Kondh Tribe as Situation Improves

The vulnerable Dongoria Kondh were marooned from the rest...

Trump holds a healthcare meeting with Senate Republicans at the White House in Washington

Trump’s Last-Ditch Effort to Save Senate Healthcare Overhaul

Steve Holland 20/07/2017

Trump called 49 Republican senators to the White House...

A woman smokes a beedi or local cigarette hand-rolled with tobacco leaf on a roadside in New Delhi

Tobacco Industry Subverting Anti-Smoking Campaigns: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay 20/07/2017

The industry's interests are in "irreconcilable conflict with the...

A penguin's skeleton on display in a museum. Credit: marcelabr/pixabay

This Is Why We Think We’re in the Middle of a Sixth Mass Extinction

Lakshmi Supriya 20/07/2017

What has escaped many researchers is that a species...

Children lining up for their one meal per day at a school in Bandarero, Northern Kenya. Credit: OCHA/ Daniel Pfister

Hunger Worsens, Crops Scorch and Livestock Die as East Africa’s Drought Intensifies

IPS World Desk 20/07/2017

“This is the third season in a row that...

There have been a number of reports of re-emergence or persistence of diphtheria in several Indian states. Credit: Reuters/Karoly Arvai/Files

Persistence of Diphtheria in India Signals Need for Accessible Drugs for Neglected Illnesses

Yogesh Jain 20/07/2017

The fact that a disease affects only a small...

Dr Lee Cantrell, who helps run the California Poison Control System, in his office with a collection of vintage expired medications, at the University of California San Diego Hospital in San Diego, CA on FRiday, July 7, 2017.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker for ProPublica)

The Trouble With Drug Expiration Dates

Marshall Allen 19/07/2017

Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs,...