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Explainer: How Bad Is the ‘Polio Vaccine Contamination’ Controversy?

The Wire Analysis 03/10/2018

The alarm is warranted – the virus was found...

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Under-Five Mortality in India Below One Million for First Time in 5 Years: UNIGME

The Wire Staff 19/09/2018

The number came down to 9,89,000 from 1.08 million...

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How WHO’s Essential Diagnostics List Can Spur Innovation, Quality Assurance

Sambit Dash 17/08/2018

Low and middle income countries facing the double burden...

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Indian Scientists Find out How Zika Virus Causes Microcephaly in Infants

Pankaj Seth 15/08/2018

Researchers at the National Brain Research Centre performed experiments...

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WHO’s Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products Is Now ‘Live’

The Wire Staff 01/07/2018

After the UK ratified it last week, the legally...

Staff of the 'Doctors without Borders' ('Medecin sans frontieres') carry the body of a person killed by viral haemorrhagic fever, at a center for victims of the Ebola

Congo: Infection Alert After Dying Ebola Patients Taken to Prayer Meeting

Stephanie Nebehay 25/05/2018

Congo's ninth recorded outbreak of the disease is thought...

FILE PHOTO: A health worker sprays a colleague with disinfectant during a training session for Congolese health workers to deal with Ebola virus in Kinshasa October 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Media Coulibaly/File Photo

Congo, UN Deploy Specialists to Tackle Ebola Epidemic

Reuters 14/05/2018

Officials are racing to prevent the virus from spreading...