Fighting Diseases
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Nipah virus: Central team in Kerala to carry out investigation, suggest measures for prevention
This outbreak of the viral infection has resulted in two deaths in the state so far – one in August and another this month.
Scroll Staff
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Nipah virus: Use of monoclonal antibody allowed, India reaches out to Australia for doses
Six persons have tested positive for the virus in the current outbreak in Kerala’s Kozhikode district and two have died.
Scroll Staff
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Kerala: Nipah cases rise to six, over 900 under observation
A 39-year-old man who was under observation at a hospital in Kozhikode was the latest person to have tested positive.
Scroll Staff
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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No patient with rare disease has benefitted from Centre’s policy that assures financial help: BJP MP
Varun Gandhi was referring to the National Policy for Rare Diseases aimed at helping families from prohibitively high expenses for treating rare diseases.
Scroll Staff
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Is leprosy making a comeback in India? Government and health experts differ
An estimated 135,485 new leprosy cases were detected in India in 2017.
Ramesh Menon, Indiaspend.com
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Leishmaniasis to Elizabethkingia: Five little-known diseases to watch out for in 2017
Experts are keeping a close eye on these 'emerging diseases'.
Derek Gatherer, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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What India needs to do to win the fight against tuberculosis
The way forward is to invest in TB control, take public health benefits – free drugs and testing – to the unknown number of privately-treated patients.
Madhukar Pai & Nimalan Arinaminpathy
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We now have a cheap and effective cholera vaccine
A cheap vaccine has been shown to be effective in a trial of more than 260,000 people in Dhaka.
Akshat Rathi, qz.com