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Posted on December 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Measles cases continue to increase globally since 2016

There has been a 59% drop in measles cases between 2000 and 2018. Yet, since 2016, there has been a spike in the number of cases reported. There were over…

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Posted on November 16, 2019November 21, 2019

What led to spread of measles for nearly a year in New York

Though measles vaccine coverage is high in the U.S., the reason why the two outbreaks in New York City and New York State lasted for almost a year boils down…

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Posted on October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

To enslave youth, E-cigarettes use time-tested machinations of big tobacco

The e-cigarettes makers have been following the time-tested machinations of the big tobacco companies to a tee. Using flavours is just one of the many strategies that e-cigarette makers have…

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Posted on August 14, 2017August 21, 2017

Why BMJ’s advice to ‘stop taking antibiotics when you feel better’ should be ignored

Stopping antibiotics half way through the course, when a patient feels better, may not guarantee cure of the infection. A single analysis piece published on July 26, 2017 in the journal…

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Posted on February 11, 2017February 11, 2017

Waking up to MCPG toxin’s role in causing litchi mystery disease

There is evidence that as late as March 2014, Delhi’s National Centre for Disease Control, India (NCDC) and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (CDC) researchers were in the…

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Posted on February 5, 2017February 11, 2017

Lancet gets in touch with Current Science authors on litchi disease ethics issue

In response to an article I wrote on February 3 about Dr. Jacob John raising ethics issues about the way the authors of the Lancet Global Health paper had failed to properly acknowledge…

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Posted on February 1, 2017June 17, 2019

Toxins in litchi kill children in Bihar

Unexplained illness in children aged 15 years and younger in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, which claims many lives during an outbreak that occurs in May-June, has been solved. Scientists from the…

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Posted on January 28, 2017January 29, 2017

In defiance, several rogue U.S. federal agency Twitter accounts crop up

Resistance by scientists and show of support for science by the public is reaching a new peak ever since the Trump administration first stopped the U.S. National Park from using…

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