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A schoolboy rows his boat past partially submerged huts in a flooded paddy field after heavy rains in Balimukh village

Climate Change Linked to Surge in Japanese Encephalitis in Northeast India

Azera Parveen Rahman 14/10/2016

Doctors and health experts say the rise in the...

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US’s Inconsistent Policies on Pharma Could Compromise Global Access to Medication

Priti Patnaik 11/10/2016

A recently released UN report highlights international "policy incoherence"...

Is it Ethical to Have Children in Times of Climate Change?

Travis N. Rieder 01/10/2016

World Bank and WHO predict that sea levels will...

An Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads the Zika virus. Credit: riyagi/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Things Look Grave for Asia, But Zika Research Races On

Nandita Jayaraj 09/09/2016

Zika viruses have been found in tears, possibly explaining...

An aedes aegypti mosquito is seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, February 2, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker

Why You Might Have to Doubly Beware Zika if You’ve Already Had Dengue

Neelakshi Varma 08/09/2016

With grave repercussions for India, a recent study suggests...

A mosquito. Credit: bsgphotos/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Zika Virus’s Effects Getting Clearer, But Not on Why it’s Not Struck in India Yet

Raghavi Rao Kodati 29/06/2016

As the 2016 Olympic games are a little more...

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Major Study Sees Cellphone Radiation-Cancer Link But Remains Inconclusive

K.S. Parthasarathy 02/06/2016

The cancer risk, if any, from cellphone-use continues to...