Explainer: How is Tomato flu different from other viral fevers?

August 30, 2022

There is no swab or blood test to confirm Tomato fever. But as the clinical presentation is similar to Dengue, COVID and Chikungunya, clinicians may do tests...

Research

India tops Big Quit triggered by burnout, toxic workplace behaviour

August 30, 2022

Of the six countries surveyed, India was strikingly ahead of the rest, with 66 percent planning to leave their jobs. Despite the economic recession, workers...

In Focus

COVID-19 vaccines saved over 19 million lives

August 29, 2022

Dr Oliver J Watson and colleagues, in their study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, concluded that in 185 countries and territories, 31.4 million...

In Focus

In a first, Italian man tests positive for Monkeypox, COVID-19, HIV

August 26, 2022

The man was in Spain between June 16 and 20, where he had unprotected sex with other men. Nine days later, he developed a fever and suffered from a sore...

India@75

People live longer now, but still lower than the world average

August 25, 2022

The average life expectancy of Indians has increased from 35 to 70 years between 1947 and 2022, while the global average stands at 72.75 years. The world’s...

India@75

Time to celebrate menstrual freedom

August 24, 2022

As I traveled through the villages of UP in 2019 as the head of a menstrual hygiene campaign, I witnessed the attitudes of women toward the use of pads change...

First Check

Fact-check: No evidence to back unborn baby’s sex prediction myths

August 23, 2022

None of the pseudoscientific procedures help to determine the gender of the unborn baby. There are scientific ways though, such as ultrasound, DNA tests...

In Focus

Dolo-650 case spotlights pharma freebies for doctors

August 22, 2022

The top seven pharma companies together spent Rs 34,186.95 crores in marketing in eight years making drugs expensive, petitioners told the Supreme Court...

In Focus

Long COVID’s debilitating effects

August 19, 2022

Between 7.7 and 23 million Americans suffer from Long COVID, and roughly one million people are unable to work due to it at any given time People with Long...

Videos

Bombay Blood Group: One Of The Rarest In World

August 19, 2022

Bombay Blood Group, a blood type unfamiliar to many, is considered one of the rarest in the world. Only 1 in 10,000 people on the Indian subcontinent and 1 in...