Health

Obesity has primarily been driven by high caloric food intake and people being more inactive. Credit: nathanmac87/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Diet and Lack of Exercise Main Reasons for Dramatic Rise in Diabetes

Sundeep Ruder 07/04/2016

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the first...

India has for long been a breeding ground for mosquitoes and mosquito-carried diseases, and so its authorities should be on the alert for a possible Zika virus invasion in the near future. A mosquito. Credit: turkletom/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Two Women Contract Zika Virus in Vietnam

Reuters 05/04/2016

The Vietnam government has confirmed two women have contracted...

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Ebola and Zika Epidemics are Driven by Pathologies of Society, Not Just a Virus

David Sanders 04/04/2016

To tackle Zika and other viral outbreaks, we need...

As tobacco companies shut shop, the Government stands firm for now on its new warning policy. Credit: Ava Randa

Government, Tobacco Companies Engage in Staring Contest Over New Pictorial Warning Rule

"Whatever needs to be done to curb tobacco consumption...

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Laws Against Cigarettes And Tobacco Need to be Strictly Implemented, Say Experts

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 02/04/2016

Large pictorial warnings on cigarette packets are a good...

An electron micrograph of a representative cell 24-48 hours after being infected with CAVA strains. Source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005483

New Temperature Sensitive Poliovirus Strains Show Potential for Use in ‘Next-gen’ Vaccines

T.V. Padma 01/04/2016

The three strains are adapted to cold temperatures but...

A representation of the surface of the Zika virus with protruding envelope glycoproteins (red) shown. Credit: Kuhn and Rossmann research groups, Purdue University

Ultra-HD Map of Zika Virus Reveals Important Structural Secrets

Nandita Jayaraj 31/03/2016

An up-close and personal view of the notorious virus...