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Impact Of Budget 2017 On Healthcare Sector: High On Ambition, Low On Vision

Much has been written and spoken about India’s healthcare system, its creaking facilities, its shortage of doctors, its lack of insurance coverage and the rising burd...

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Sustainable Development

A Groundbreaking Report On Gene Editing Says We Shouldn't Create Enhanced Humans

An international group of experts engaged with the ethical and regulatory problems facing gene editing and came to a surprising conclusion. Gene editing for the purpose of ...

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Environment

On Top Of Everything Else, Climate Change Helps West Nile Disease To Spread

In case there weren't enough reasons to be freaked out about climate change, here's another one: a new study shows it can make it easier for West Nile disease to spread. Su...

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Health

Targeting Old Scourges

The reference in the Union Budget to new elimination targets for some major communicable diseases barely hints at the enormous burden carried by millions in India with tube...

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Health

Public Health: Increased Prescriptions Sign Of Awareness?

Depression, though widespread in India, is rarely accorded priority in the public health system, which is burdened with cases of TB and dengue as well as non-communicable d...

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Sustainable Development

This AI Can Diagnose A Rare Eye Condition As Well As A Human Doctor

Diagnosing medical conditions is among the more classic examples of actually useful, achievable real-world machine learning. Machines have data, lots of it, and they have t...

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Health

Bringing Health Care To India, One Family At A Time

Independent project is finding individual solutions to improve the lives of patients in rural India.
Many people are aware of the rise of diabetes globally, as well as...

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Sustainable Development

Water-Sensitive Innovations To Transform Health Of Slums And Environment

Polluted water and inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene cause around 80% of diseases and one in four deaths in developing countries. The world is recognising tha...

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Health

Five Little Known Diseases To Watch Out For In 2017

The phrase “emerging disease”, to describe an infectious disease that is new to humans or which is suddenly increasing its geographical range or number of cases...

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Sustainable Development

Preparing For The Next Epidemic: A First Step By Bill Gates

At a time when world leaders are understandably focused on terrorism and other security threats, another enemy is being largely overlooked—the next epidemic. We don&r...

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