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Plastic Bottles Contaminate Medicines, Shows Study

Deepak Patel and Nitin Sethi 31/05/2016

Contradicting what the health ministry said in March, the...

A rice mill worker holds up rice fallen onto the ground in Udon Thani, Thailand, September 16, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Jorge Silva/Files

Extreme Weather Causing Toxins in Food to Increase, Scientists Say

Kagondu Njagi 31/05/2016

Aflatoxins, moulds that can affect plant crops and raise...

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What’s in a Pack? Sickness, Death and the Power of a Lethal Lobby

Jayna Kothari 31/05/2016

The tobacco industry and its political backers have delayed...

Air pollution

Air Pollution in India Now A “National Crisis”

Soumya Sarkar 13/05/2016

Indian cities dominate the list of the world’s most...

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African Scientists a Step Closer to Testing for TB in a Matter of Minutes

Gerhard Walzl 13/05/2016

According to the WHO, 1.5 million people died from...

A child receives a polio vaccination during an anti-polio campaign on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan

Latest Battle to Wipe Out Polio Begins With Vast Vaccine Switch

Kate Kelland 16/04/2016

Stopping transmission of the contagious viral disease that has...

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...