Fighting disease
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Long before coronavirus, the West had scapegoated China for spreading smallpox
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Polio vaccine shortages pose a great risk to children, even if India is ‘polio free’
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The dangerous silence over catheters in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
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At least 14 children die of diphtheria in Delhi hospitals over past two weeks
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Living with scoliosis has more than its fair share of twists and bumps
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Kerala: Three of a family die of mysterious virus, health department asks people not to panic
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Meliodosis, the tropical disease kills thousands every year but remains neglected
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To contain pandemics, scientists are hunting down viruses that might spread from wildlife to humans
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‘Feeling lousy’ and ‘off colour’: Disease outbreaks have influenced the way we talk
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How humans have forced disease-causing microbes to adapt and evolve
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Through time, humans have evolved to survive and beat devastating infectious diseases
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From smallpox to AIDS, how the world has battled infectious diseases
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A small group of researchers are making big strides in combating kala azar
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India has been talking about defeating kala azar since 1947 – and now has a good chance of doing so
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'I felt like my body was on fire': A TB survivor describes the excruciating pain of the cure
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A nomadic tribe in Rajasthan has researchers asking: can camel milk control diabetes?
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How I survived swine flu and Delhi’s poor public health system
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Why the rest of the world doesn’t suffer from leprosy like India does
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We need new antibiotics to beat superbugs, but why are they so hard to find?
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Number of dengue cases in India could be 300 times higher than official estimates