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Blue Whale Is a Red Herring – Let’s Talk About Suicides, Shall We?

Soumitra Pathare 10/09/2017

Up until the Indian authorities started panicking about the...

Nurse gives a red ribbon to a woman to mark World Aids Day at the entrance of Emilio Ribas Hospital, in Sao Paulo

Rising Resistance to HIV Drugs Jeopardises Progress in AIDS Battle

Kate Kelland 21/07/2017

in six out of 11 countries surveyed, researchers found...

A woman smokes a beedi or local cigarette hand-rolled with tobacco leaf on a roadside in New Delhi

Tobacco Industry Subverting Anti-Smoking Campaigns: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay 20/07/2017

The industry's interests are in "irreconcilable conflict with the...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus takes over as WHO director general on July 1. Credit: Reuters

From Financing to Divergent Interests, a Spectrum of Challenges Await the Next WHO Chief

Priti Patnaik 10/06/2017

The 70th World Health Assembly saw the election of...

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Days Before Confirming Three Zika Cases, WHO Moved India to Same Category as Brazil

Anoo Bhuyan 02/06/2017

India was moved up from the safest category 4...

An aedes aegypti mosquitoes is seen in The Gorgas Memorial institute for Health Studies laboratory as they conduct a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Panama City

No Zika, Says Key Disease Surveillance Portal, Contradicting Health Ministry, WHO

Anoo Bhuyan 29/05/2017

While the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme reports in detail...

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How Close Are We to Printing Our Own Body Parts?

Ian Birrell 27/02/2017

For people who are missing limbs, 3D printing can...