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Study: Measles Shot Helps Ward Off Other Illnesses

LOS ANGELES — A new study suggests that the measles shot comes with a bonus: By preventing that disease, the vaccine may also help your body fight off other illnesses...

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Thought Factory

Piracy And The Right To Entertainment

Walking through a busy Pali market in Bandra, Mumbai, on Saturdays, it’s almost certain to see ladies haggling over the size and shape of fruits and vegetables with t...

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Environment

China's Green-Energy Revolution

China generates most of its electricity by burning fossil fuels, just as every rising economic power has done since the Industrial Revolution. But to focus on this single f...

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Environment

China’s Three Gorges Dam Is Threatened by Climate Change, Says Government Official

China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric plant in the world, stretching nearly a mile and half wide and over 600 feet high ? five times larger than the Hoover ...

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Health

Financial Support For Vaccination In India Till 2020: Gavi

India will continue to get financial assistance from Gavi, a global alliance for vaccination and immunisation, only till 2020 because as the country develops it will have t...

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Environment

Global Warming Slowdown Offers Only Fleeting Relief

Scientists show that long-term temperature rise is the inevitable consequence of increasing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. The so-called hiatus in global warmi...

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Sustainable Development

India: Food Safety Is A Must For Sustainable Development

Food safety is a theme having high priority and relevance among governments, civil society, the private sector and intergovernmental agencies across the globe. Changing con...

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Sustainable Development

Want My Vote? Let's Talk

The general election is fast approaching; yet current registration levels among young people are shockingly low, with a recent poll suggesting that in the UK less than a th...

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Health

Pregnant Women Advised To Get Flu Vaccination

Considering the contagious nature of influenza, doctors recommend that pregnant women get immunised against the disease. The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Soci...

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Hollywood

Meryl Streep Funds Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40

Meryl Streep has funded a screenwriters lab for women writers over 40, to be run by New York Women in Film and Television and IRIS, a collective of women filmmakers.
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