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Amendments to Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act are a mixed bag

The Union Cabinet’s approval of the amended Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Bill 2020 was reported on January 29.

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06/02/2020
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Virus across borders

This week Kerala reported its third case of coronavirus, a student of a university in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the viral outbreak that has spread globally in less than a month.

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06/02/2020
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Explained: Why 98.6°F is no longer ‘normal’ for the body

The thermometer reading of 98.6°F has been a gold standard for a century and a half, ever since a German doctor laid it down as the “normal” human body temperature.

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06/02/2020
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Coronavirus ourbreak: ICMR gets nod for ‘restricted use’ of two anti-HIV drugs

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has obtained permission for “restricted use in public health emergency” of two second-line HIV medications for use against the novel coronavirus (nCoV)

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06/02/2020
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Poor ventilation in public transport responsible for transmission of airborne tuberculosis (TB) infection in South Africa, says study.

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11/11/2019

South Africa is one of the countries with the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, 322,000 TB cases reported in South Africa in 2017.

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Ghanaian president urges African countries to fight climate change vigorously

Ghanaian President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo urged African countries here on Thursday to strengthen the fight against climate change and rescue the African continent from effects of carbon emissions.

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18/10/2019
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Malawi: National CPAP program is a boon for more than half of newborns with respiratory illness

Malawi has the world's highest preterm birth rate, with almost 1 in 5 babies born prematurely , but the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) programme introduced by the health ministry as par

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26/09/2019
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The Zambian agri-tech app making farming cool

In Zambia, where agriculture accounts for 35% of the country’s GDP, farming is a way of life. One agri-tech company is bringing the future to Zambian farms.

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23/08/2019
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