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Topic: Disease

A UK health study has collected a whopping 100,000 full-body scans, and Neanderthals had ‘family recipes’

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

ICMR detects two cases of Human Metapneumovirus, HMPV, in Karnataka

The respiratory virus is circulating globally, and is associated with respiratory illnesses in various countries.

UK approves three vaccines amid ‘Blue-tongue outbreak’

Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA) will be issuing licenses for three vaccines that have been proven to reduce some of the clinical signs experienced by animals with the disease.

Our mouth acts as more than a means of communication. It can help identify internal diseases

Ulcers or sores in the mouth can be caused by diseases like Crohn’s disease and coeliac disease, which affect multiple organs. They can lead to recurrent ulcers and the patient can notice gastrointestinal symptoms.

How to tackle India’s snakebite problem — go beyond ‘big 4’, overhaul 100-year-old protocol

Snakebites in India considered a ‘poor man’s problem’ with little investment in their prevention & treatment. Experts flag need to improve medical infra & focus on community awareness.

Alzheimer’s can be diagnosed as early as 30—and symptoms aren’t what you’d expect

Those living with young-onset Alzheimer’s disease show more rapid – and aggressive – changes in their brain.

SubscriberWrites: India needs a sustainable approach to diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases

Investing generously in creating facilities for drug development in genetic diseases along with supportive regulatory mechanisms will be fruitful, writes Sudha Bhattacharya.

Where do mosquitoes go in winter? The answer will help in disease outbreak

Unlike warm-blooded animals, mosquitoes can’t control their own body temperatures. So, the warmer it is, the more active they are; but there's more.

Nature wants you dead every time you breathe a cocktail of pathogens. Yet you don’t fall sick

In 'Infectious', Dr. John S. Tregoning mentions how the human body is cornered on all sides by nature-borne attackers.

In Firozabad, ‘dengue-like’ disease has killed 32 kids in 11 days. No one knows what it is

‘Mystery’ disease causes uncommon symptoms like inflamed liver and water retention in stomach. Samples sent to NIV Pune for investigation.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.