Natural Disasters

 Fowl fever

Bird flu in Hong Kong, again

Publication Date: 
30/03/2003
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Birds, Research, Hong Kong, Diseases
India

 Perseverance pays

Learning from Lorenzo's oil

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
Vibha Varshney
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Medical Research, Oil, Finance, Science, Technology, Research, Diseases
India

 Bioterrorism? Child's play

At a recent meeting of the World Medical Association in usa, doctors warned that terrorists could very

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
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Plague, Biological Weapons, United States Of America (US), Diseases
India

 Perpetually ill prepared

Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh

Publication Date: 
30/01/2003
Pranay Lal
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Children, Health Policy, Medical Research, Child Health, India, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur, Diseases
Air Pollution

 Best among the worst

WHO identifies top 10 health risk factors

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
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Air Pollution, Malnutrition, Health Effects, Women, Health Care, Smoking, WHO, Diseases
India

 Genes and dreams

Scientists are on the breakthrough of better malaria drugs

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
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Malaria, Medical Research, Drugs, Immunisation, Genetic Cloning, Genetic Engineering, India, Developing Countries, Diseases
India

 Recurrent scourge

Spread of rat fever in Kerala, once again points to the lacuna of the authorities in controlling the disease

Publication Date: 
30/10/2002
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India, Kerala, Diseases
India

 Waterhunt

Going thirsty in the Kerala backwaters

Publication Date: 
29/09/2002
M Suchitra, M P Basheer
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Pollution, Water Pollution, Waterlogging, Water Resources, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Epidemics, Governance, India, Kerala, Diseases
India

 Encephalitis returns to haunt Assam

japanese encephalitis has claimed more than 100 lives in Assam recently. But more than the disease, official apathy and poor preventive measures are responsible for the deaths. Because, though the

Publication Date: 
30/08/2002
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Livestock, Epidemics, Assam, Diseases
Environment

 Row over review

Two years ago, a report in the New England Journal of Medicine crea

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
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Medical Research, Drugs, United States Of America (US), Diseases

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