Bird flu: reducing vaccine dosage to cover more people
Published in The Hindu on June 28, 2007 Even as Indonesia has forced the World Health Organisation to find ways to provide access to bird flu vaccines by developing countries…
Editorial: Unravelling the genetic make-up
Published in the Hindu on June 4, 2007 The battle to eradicate Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that causes yellow fever, dengue and chikungunya, has got a shot in the arm…
Editorial: Access to bird flu vaccines
Published in The Hindu on May 9, 2007 If the developing countries that bore the brunt of bird flu outbreaks felt aggrieved at being suppliers of H5N1 virus samples to…
Editorial: Screening for gestational diabetes
Published in The Hindu on April 14, 2007 The recent decision by the Tamil Nadu Government to screen all pregnant women visiting government-run prenatal clinics for gestational diabetes – the…
Catherine Verfaillie: Another stem cell fraud surfaces
Published in The Hindu on April 12, 2007 Even as the U.S. senate debates on expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, it may be remembered that the claims…
How to prevent your child from getting diabetes
Published in The Hindu on March 29, 2007 Screening for gestational diabetes has got a shot in the arm. All pregnant women in Tamil Nadu will soon be screened…
Studying the prevalence of HIV in TB patients
Published in The Hindu on March 22, 2007 Even as “Difficulties in working alongside the better-funded efforts to tackle AIDS permeate many aspects of TB prevention, treatment and research ……
Editorial: A significant pilot study
Published in The Hindu on March 21, 2007 Tamil Nadu has been in the forefront in implementing HIV/AIDS prevention and control measures since the early 1990s and the latest initiative…
