Health

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Delhi’s Chikungunya: Unpredicted Outbreak, Predictable Suspects

Mohuya Chaudhuri 29/09/2016

A large number of chikungunya cases have occurred due...

Is Your Cloth Mask Saving You From Air Pollution?

Richard E. Peltier 24/09/2016

As per WHO, 98% of cities in low- and...

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Do Dogs Threaten People’s Right to Safety in Public Spaces?

Janaki Lenin, Meghna Uniyal and Abi Tamim Vanak 22/09/2016

People can't avoid being attacked if authorities mandate that...

India has an estimated one lakh patients with thalassaemia, a genetic disorder in which the blood cells cannot make sufficient amounts of the iron-containing pigment haeomoglobin. Credit: ssoosay/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

India’s Ignoring Its Rare Disorders and Their Orphan Drugs Led to the Thalassaemia Crisis

T.V. Padma 22/09/2016

Neither national nor state health policies make any reference...

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Here’s the Clever Chemistry That Can Stop Your Food Rotting

Simon Cotton 20/09/2016

Anyone for a 2,516-day-old burger?

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Fossil Evidence Reveals That Cancer Goes Back 1.7 Million Years

Patrick Randolph-Quinney and Edward John Odes 14/09/2016

Cancer is not the modern disease many believe it...

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Are Statins Safe to Treat Heart Disease?

K.S. Parthasarathy 09/09/2016

"The debate over the harms and benefits of statins...