UN calls first ever crisis talks on SUPERBUGS
World leaders will gather this week for the first ever crisis talks on superbugs. The meeting at the UN this Wednesday will tackle the growing scourge of superbacteria, which are resistant to...
Russian and Italian biologists decode rare genetic disease that may help disabled
Scientists from Russia and Italy have found a way to unravel the Dopamine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome, DTDS. Experiments have shown the nematode C. elegans to be perfectly suitable as a model...
Cannabis: the new Californian gold rush
Two years ago, the city of Adelanto, a crumbling outpost in California’s Mojave desert, was facing a bleak future as it teetered on the brink of bankruptcy and struggled with double-digit...
India… Towards a national health policy
The Supreme Court’s order directing the Centre to ask States to end theoppressive practice of sterilising women in large camps is a timely reminder that the country must urgently adopt a...
Thailand to enforce law to eliminate Zika breeding spots
Thailand authorities seek to curb the Zika epidemic by eliminating breeding grounds of mosquitoes that can transmit the virus. The Thai Public Health Ministry announced on Friday it would revive a...
Could bad buildings damage your mental health?
Screaming sirens, overcrowding, traffic; life in the city isn’t always relaxing. These stressors aren’t simply inconvenient or irritating, though; research has suggested that urban living has a...
Vaping helps smokers kick habit, UK study finds
E-cigarettes may have helped some 18,000 smokers in England kick the tobacco habit last year, according to research released today. The survey-based study was not a clinical trial, which means the...
US doctors: Zika money ‘essentially all spent’
Money to fight the spread of Zika virus in the United States is “essentially all spent,” top US doctors said Tuesday, urging Congress to come to agreement on new funding measures. The...
