Public Health Watch
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China is seeing an uptick in respiratory illness – should we be worried?
Several causes for the surge have been identified, which gives the confidence we are not dealing with a novel virus.
C Raina MacIntyre, The Conversation, Ashley Quigley, The Conversation , Haley Stone, The Conversation & Rebecca Dawson, The Conversation
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Centre asks states to review public health preparedness amid pneumonia outbreaks in China
The government said the measures are precautionary and that there is ‘no need for any alarm’.
Scroll Staff
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As dengue spreads to new areas around the world, it is becoming less predictable
Something unusual seems to be happening with the potentially fatal mosquito-borne viral disease.
Simon Bishop, The Conversation
Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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Former Kalakshetra Bharatanatyam teacher arrested on charges of sexual abuse
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Flaws in nutritional scheme for TB patients show challenges in feeding the hungry in Covid-19 times
The Nikshay Poshan Yojana scheme is well-intentioned but remains poorly conceptualised and executed.
Diptendu Bhattacharya & Vashita Madan
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How the Aam Aadmi Party’s Mohalla Clinics changed public healthcare in Delhi
Ahead of Delhi elections on February 8, a look at the hits and misses of the AAP government’s pet project.
Sadhika Tiwari, HealthCheck.in
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In India, 47% of poorest children and 30% of richest children are not immunised
Factors such as household wealth and parents’ literacy affect vaccine coverage.
Pankti Antani, HealthCheck.in
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Beware the vape: E-cigarettes pose an urgent threat to public health
Vaping devices were designed as a clean way of delivering nicotine, to help people stop smoking tobacco.
Elliott M Reichardt, The Conversation & Juliet R Guichon, The Conversation
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Rajasthan is trying to fix staff shortages at health facilities – but that’s creating other problems
The state has privatised the management of some its primary health centres. But the low wages have prompted many qualified staff to quit.
Menaka Rao
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One year on, states have not complied with the Supreme Court’s sterilisation surgery guidelines
States and union territories have failed to provide details of death audit reports and status of claims made under their sterilisation programmes.
Navneet Wadkar & Mohit Gandhi
The Reel
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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Over 18,700 dengue cases reported this year, Kerala tops the list
Tamil Nadu assumed the second spot with 4,174 dengue cases reported so far this year.
Scroll Staff
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What India can learn from China on tackling mental health
China runs the largest publicly-funded mental health programme in the world.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Golden Tobacco Ltd begins implementing 85% pictorial warning rule on its cigarette packs
Packets of two of the company's several several brands – Panama and Golden Gold Flake – bearing April 2016 as the manufacture date will carry larger images.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mumbai City win dramatic semi-final first leg against FC Goa
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India clinch medals in men’s javelin, discus and 1500m on opening day
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship