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BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...- What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola as cases outpace responseA rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly in Congo and Uganda. The Bundibugyo virus has no approved treatments. Health workers face challe...
- Raccoon poop on your deck? The CDC cleanup steps most people skip and why it mattersRaccoon droppings on your deck hide a serious health threat. Microscopic parasite eggs from raccoon roundworm can linger for years, even af...
- That dusty cabin you're opening this weekend could be hiding a deadly virusSpring cleaning at cabins can be dangerous. Hantavirus, carried by mice, spreads through droppings and urine. Inhaling dust from these can ...
- 7 surprising benefits of red bananas and how they compare with yellow varietiesRed bananas offer a unique flavor and impressive nutritional profile, boasting vitamins C and B6, potassium, and magnesium. These fruits su...
- Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journeyArgentina is investigating if it's the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, coinciding with a surge in domestic cases. ...
- Dr Subhash Babu, first Indian scientist to be awarded Bailey K. Ashford MedalThe American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) is the world's largest scientific organization in tropical medicine, and the ...
- 'Antivirals may work against Monkeypox'As per the study published in British medical journal Lancet, researchers analysed patients' response to the first off-label use of two ant...
- What are neglected tropical diseases and how has Covid-19 interrupted its control measures?Some common neglected tropical diseases are Buruli Ulcer, Dengue Fever, etc.
- Global warming likely to raise disease risk for animals
- Furry saviours: UK begins trials to see if ‘Covid dogs' can sniff out deadly virusThe trials will establish whether these dogs can be used as a non-invasive, early warning measure to detect coronavirus.
- Sun Pharma, NIV join hands to fight zika, chikungunya, dengueUnder the agreement, Sun Pharma will provide drug molecules to NIV for testing against zika, chikungunya and dengue in model systems, the c...
- Diseases carried by humans linked to Neanderthal extinctionScientists from universities of Cambridge and Oxford Brookes in the UK have reviewed the latest evidence gleaned from pathogen genomes and ...
- Kolkata most polluted metro; India has highest PAH level: StudyAmong major metropolis, Kolkata was found to be most polluted city with its pollution levels recorded highest among 8 tropical Asian countr...
- Government's role important as pharmaceutical companies hesitate to invest on tropical disease researchEbola, it seems has been around for over 40 years, and periodically has outbreaks in the poorest parts of Africa. And then what?
- Global warming takes malaria risk to hilly areasThose living in the mountains or higher altitudes across the world will soon face the wrath of the world’s deadliest vector borne disease–m...
- ICRISAT takes up research on diseases, pests that damage cropsICRISAT and DST of Central government recently launched a plant protection project to carry out a research on diseases and insect pests tha...
- Indian drug makers welcome to join 'patent pool' prog: GSKIndian drug makers and research cos can join 'patent pool' programme to develope low cost drugs for 16 neglected tropical diseases.
- Govt plans grants to pvt cos to cure neglected diseasesThe government may soon give non-repayable grant-in-aid to pharmaceutical companies for inventing new drugs for neglected tropical diseases...
- Global AIDS research body keen on IndiaA global biotech drug research consortium developing AIDS vaccine - Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD) - is keen to have a pre...
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