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Faltering hopes?
17 March 2022 2:25 PM GMTRecent pandemic outbreaks in countries with high vaccination percentage have raised a question mark on the prospect of herd immunity
Measured haste
7 April 2020 5:24 PM GMTAs COVID-19 rages on, efforts to develop a vaccine or repurpose an existing one for the same are being carried out across the world but prudence is...
Need to spend more
31 Oct 2019 2:35 PM GMTWhile diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage India, the budgetary allowance for health has steadily dipped in the last few
Accessing local options
7 Aug 2019 3:32 PM GMTTo prevent India from witnessing urban food deserts like USA, increased access to locally grown food must be included in urban planning
Putting the world at risk
23 May 2019 3:27 PM GMTThese state laws do not have an impact immediately but they are setting the stage for overturning the Supreme Court order
Detriments of poor diet
8 April 2019 4:52 PM GMTAs more people die from poor diet, study highlights how low consumption of healthy food is better than high consumption of unhealthy foods
Health of India's states
22 Nov 2017 3:34 PM GMTNon-communicable diseases reportedly contribute more to India’s disease burden than communicable diseases. But the latter is still a concern.
Save our Seas: Call for Action
10 July 2017 2:18 PM GMTThe UN’s first conference to save the oceans is a grand show of intent to reset our relationship with the largest sink of carbon dioxide and the...
Real potent life of lead
20 April 2017 3:19 PM GMTLong-term impacts of lead exposure have finally been revealed: reduced IQ levels and lower socio-economic status
Food basket in danger
28 Feb 2017 4:36 PM GMTLatest data suggests a decline in the nutritional quality of food. What is stripping our food of nutrients? Can authorities cope with the challenge?...
The Universe in particles
9 July 2015 10:46 PM GMTOn June 3 this year, billions of collisions occurred in a 27-km-long circular tunnel between Switzerland and France. But this is not a cause for...
WHO’s problem is it anyway?
18 Jun 2015 11:20 PM GMTThe 68th World Health Assembly (WHA), the annual meeting place for policymakers from the 192 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), was...