Year: 2018

A doctor checks for tuberculosis at a health camp. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Patient-Groups Worldwide Press India to Issue Compulsory Licenses for TB Drugs

Anoo Bhuyan 13/03/2018

"So many lives depend on it,” a letter submitted...

Dr. Rani Bang; with a patient in Gadchiroli. Credit: Abhijeet Safai/Wikimedia Commons and Rachita Vora

Interview: Rani Bang on Healthcare for Impoverished Women in Rural India

Sangeeta Menon, India Development Review 13/03/2018

Dr Rani Bang discusses problems faced in rural reproductive...

Representative image of a fly's brain. Credit: Jennet et al/Biomed Central Ltd/Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0

A Fly’s Blood-Brain Barrier Is More Permeable in the Evening

The Wire Staff 13/03/2018

Discovery of what makes the barrier more permeable could...

Santhal women carrying firewood in the buffer area of Simlipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha. Credit: Eleonora Fanari

To Respect Human Rights, the Government Should Strategise to Coexist First, Not to Evict

Neema Pathak-Broome and Eleonora Fanari 12/03/2018

Helping gram sabhas recognise their rights and discharge their...

By repeatedly exercising doubt, we can reinforce doubt's place in the fight against the hegemonic majoritarianism of modern India. Every “Wait a sec…” and “I don’t get it…” is pushback. Credit: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

The Narendra Modi Government’s Pursuit of Scriptural Authority Is a War Against Doubt

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/03/2018

Wherever there has been room for doubt about interpreting...

Borrelia burgdorferi, the pathogen that causes Lyme disease. Credit: CDC/Wikimedia Commons

Ticks Creep Into Canada, Bringing Lyme Disease (and Confusion) With Them

Viviane Callier 10/03/2018

Reported Lyme cases in Canada increased more than six-fold...

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Why Suicide Rates Among Pregnant Women in Nepal Are on the Rise

Bibha Simkhada and Edwin van Teijlingen 10/03/2018

Pregnant women and new mothers who feel powerless are...