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During Meeting on Encephalitis, Bihar Health Minister Busy Thinking About Cricket

The Wire Staff 18/06/2019

More than 100 children have lost their lives to...

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Rapid DNA Analysis Helps Diagnose Mystery Diseases

Charles Chiu 18/06/2019

Emerging sequencing technology could be used to develop computational...

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After Mamata Meeting, West Bengal Doctors Agree to Call off Strike

Banerjee asked the police officers present in meeting to...

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Bihar: Who is Responsible for the Death of 100 Children?

Umesh Kumar Ray 17/06/2019

Most ASHA workers complain that there isn't enough ORS...

A doctor holds a placard at a government hospital during a strike demanding security after the recent assaults on doctors in Kolkata. Photo: Reuters

Doctors’ Strike Adversely Affects Bihar as Encephalitis Continues to Kill Children

Doctors across the country are striking to protest the...

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Ebola’s Spread Shows How Science Needs Societies to Succeed

Kate Kelland 17/06/2019

The current Ebola epidemic underscores the importance of trust...

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A Doctor’s Strike Was Inevitable in West Bengal’s Broken Health System

Soumitra Ghosh 17/06/2019

Years of neglect of the public healthcare sector has...