World Mosquito Day: Here are Some of the Most Dangerous Mosquito-Borne Diseases
admin It has been more than 125 years since the role of mosquitoes as the transmitters of malaria was discovered on 20 August 1897 by British physician Ronald Ross. Ross was…
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AIIMS Madurai: Students Await Promised World-Class Medical Education as Campus Remains Unbuilt
“We have no hopes of seeing our college campus before we graduate,” said Srinivas, a third-year MBBS student from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) college, Madurai. Standing…
Over 4.4 Billion People Worldwide Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water: Study
Well over half the world’s population—4.4 billion people—cannot access safely managed drinking water, a new study has shown. That is more than double the estimates made in by the World…
Swachh Bharat’s Impact on Infant Mortality: Experts Urge Caution
Early this month, a paper in the journal Nature drew a heartening and widely reported conclusion about India’s Swachh Bharat Mission, the sanitation programme launched 10 years ago. It said…
Botany of Empire” Review: How Plant Classification Shaped Colonial Power and Modern Biases
Two recent calamities, geographically distanced, began in the death of trees. A landslide annihilated two villages of Wayanad district in Kerala. Two oceans west, in Brazil, a new viral disease…
Wegovy Weight Loss: The Science and The Hype of Supplements
It was sometime during the COVID-19 pandemic when Wegovy and Ozempic hit mainstream awareness. Since then, they have taken the weight loss industry by storm. It’s worth noting from the…
A New Hope in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Wounded Sudanese refugees, who fled conflict from West Darfur, receive medical support from MSF and health ministry staff at a hospital in Adre, Chad June 16, 2023 in this handout…
India Thinks About Making Morning-After Pills Harder to Get. Doctors Worry This Could Hurt Women
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation is mulling banning the sale of over-the-counter oral emergency contraceptive pills (ECP), and to convert these drugs to prescription-only because of ‘irrational use’. How…
Study Reveals How Depression Changes Brain Networks: Suggesting Future Predictions and Biomarkers
Depression symptoms may come and go, but a new study has found that the condition changes internal communications in the brain, regardless of whether people feel depressed or not. Using…
How India’s New Age Health-Tech Startups Are Plugging the Holes in Healthcare Infrastructure
When racing car engineer Mudit Dandwate nearly lost an uncle to undiagnosed sepsis in an Indian hospital, he made it his mission to improve patient monitoring in the country of…