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Drug sleuths off to Indonesia to trace source of ‘dead’ polio strain in vaccines

Himani Chandna -
Lakhs of children were said to have been administered oral polio vaccines from a batch tainted with the type 2 polio virus, which was eradicated years ago.  

Africa will ‘produce’ a mosquito that will actually fight malaria

Sandhya Ramesh -
WHO says 88% of world’s malaria cases occur in Africa, and that’s why countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali & Uganda are adopting ‘edgier’ methods to combat it.

No, coffee doesn’t need a cancer warning, US FDA says

John Tozzi -
Research by international bodies like WHO and others have confirmed its non-carcinogenic nature and reduced risks of heart diseases, type 2 diabetes.

Discarded antibiotics make a comeback as fight against superbugs gathers pace

Himani Chandna -
Move assumes significance as WHO has termed antibiotic resistance as one of the ‘biggest threats’ to global health.

Modi govt wants to beat WHO standards on doctors with ‘non-doctors’

Prateek Gupta -
India's doctor to population ratio will be 1:902, better than WHO's standard 1:1000, if the 7.63 lakh AUH doctors are included.

Increasing taxes on alcohol will add 500 healthy years to every 10 lakh people: WHO study

Manisha Mondal -
Study by WHO researchers found that taxation most cost-effective way of reducing alcohol effects; based on data from 16 countries, including India.

Indian cities are choking but there have been just 6 air pollution convictions in 2014-16

Sanya Dhingra -
Uttar Pradesh, the state with four of the world’s 10 most polluted cities, registered just two cases in 2016, NCRB data shows.

Is India’s abysmal doctor-patient ratio a self-made crisis?

ThePrint Team -
WHO prescribes a doctor-patient ratio of 1:1000. To meet the same, India would need at least 5 lakh more doctors. Experts weigh in on the abysmal doctor-patient ratio.

Just 1 doctor to treat 11,000 patients: The scary truth of India’s govt healthcare

Himani Chandna -
Data paints a scary picture of India's healthcare, shows country needs at least 5 lakh more doctors to meet world standards

Atul Gawande, the man Jeff Bezos & Warren Buffet picked to head a US healthcare venture

Sandhya Ramesh -
Atul Gawande, a Boston-based surgeon, also teaches at Harvard Medical School and is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine.
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Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

Yuthika Bhargava -
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

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Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Smruti Deshpande -
Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

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Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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