Public Health
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What was behind the mystery illness that struck Eluru in Andhra Pradesh
Around 600 people fell sick last month in a mini-epidemic.
M Somasekhar
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Covid-19: Working with Britain’s NHS, I think Mumbai’s hospitals should borrow these ideas from UK
India’s commercial capital spends more on roads than on health. That should change.
Eesha Gokhale
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A newly designed vaccine may eradicate polio once and for all
A challenge in eradicating polio comes from a version of the vaccine itself, which relies on live but attenuated virus. A new vaccine may be the answer.
Patricia L Foster, The Conversation
Trending
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China targeted Indian power grid after Galwan Valley clash, suggests study: NYT
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Covid-19: Little evidence for surface transmission – so you can stop disinfecting every object
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Ramachandra Guha: Despite denouncing the Mughal and British empires, Modi is imitating their hubris
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Can god be disproved using the laws of physics? An expert explains how it depends on perspective
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I was on the WHO team that went to Wuhan to study the origins of coronavirus. Here’s what we found
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Gujarat: Nine tested positive for Congo fever, alert issued in Rajasthan
Gujarat Health Department officials said four patients have so far died of the fever in the state.
Scroll Staff
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Encephalitis: SC issues notice to Centre, Bihar, UP on plea seeking urgent steps to control disease
The PIL also sought direction to the Centre and state governments to create necessary infrastructure for treatment.
Scroll Staff
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Bihar: Only 43% of doctors and 29% of nurses employed in government hospitals, state tells SC
The state made the admission about the woeful state of its health infrastructure in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on Monday.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Workers of Paris’s unique zinc rooftops from 19th century fear their iconic trade is ‘dying’
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Watch: On Tamil Nadu visit, Rahul Gandhi takes on class 10 student in a push-up challenge
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Watch: From relatives to Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh, animating old photos with AI tool is a new trend
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Watch: Meet the AIIMS nurses who administered the Covid-19 vaccine to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Europe’s last matriarchy: Glimpses of women’s life on Kihnu and Manija islands in Estonia
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Assam: Japanese encephalitis claims 21 lives, says Union health ministry; 69 cases reported in total
The Congress said it hoped the Centre will rise from ‘its deep slumber’ to prevent any epidemic.
Scroll Staff
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Bihar: Team of doctors probing children’s deaths blames administrative failure, ‘state’s apathy’
The doctors, under the banner of the Progressive Medicos and Scientists’ Forum, said most of the children were malnourished and had no treatment for it.
Scroll Staff
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Bihar: Centre says it is working on long-term plan to tackle acute encephalitis syndrome
Choubey said that the government was committed to providing benefits to the children suffering from the disease under the Ayushmaan Bharat scheme.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Golden Globes 2021: ‘Nomadland’, ‘The Crown’ among top winners
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Watch: In animated film ‘Wind’, dreams of flight and a better life
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Watch: A documentary revisits S Sukhdev’s life and career
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‘A Married Woman’ writer Manju Kapur: ‘Prejudices can be stoked so easily’
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‘Own the Room’ trailer: Five student entrepreneurs compete for a $100,000 prize
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Bihar: Two men whose children died of encephalitis are among 19 booked for protesting against deaths
The group had blocked the traffic during Nitish Kumar’s visit to a neighbouring district last week.
Scroll Staff
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Bihar encephalitis outbreak spreads to 20 districts but officials report decline in number of cases
The toll rose to 152 on Sunday after two children died at a hospital in Muzaffarpur district.
Scroll Staff
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Bihar: Part of roof collapses in Muzaffarpur hospital battling encephalitis outbreak, no one injured
A patch of plaster from the roof fell off outside the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Former president Josep Bartomeu among several arrested as police raid Barcelona offices: Reports
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Tennis: Novak Djokovic ties Roger Federer’s record for most weeks as world No 1
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Virat Kohli is the pinnacle of the game: Glenn Maxwell keen to learn from RCB captain in IPL 2021
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India vs South Africa: From Shikha Pandey to Shafali Verma, talking points from ODI and T20I squads
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We’re still there: Jurgen Klopp confident Liverpool can finish season strong