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• Winter Cuts Short Eastern Equine Encephalitis in New York

  

  The Onondaga county of New York reported the second human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in September this year.New York County Map (Source geology. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Bed Bugs: Potential Vectors for Chagas Disease?

  

  In a recent article published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, it has been postulated that the common bedbug (Cimex lectularius) may... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• BDS+MBBS Trained Doctors for Rural India: Second Class Care Or Disruptive...

  

  Just saw this news piece on The Hindu:Frankly, I am not sure whether I should be outraged or applaud the Dental Council of India. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Anthrax Outbreak in Cattle in Croatia

  

  Croatia has reported an outbreak of anthrax in a herd of cattle. Out of 40 heads of cattle two have come down with the disease and eventually succumbed to it,... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• 500 Sea Lion Carcasses Wash up on Peruvian Beaches

  

  Last January, animal lovers the world over were shocked to learn that over 400 dolphin carcasses had washed ashore in Peru. There was extensive news coverage,... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Lassa Fever Outbreak in Benin

  

  A few days ago, I wrote about how an outbreak of plague was threatening to rake up high numbers (and still is!) in Madagascar and yet it seemed to have been... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Sexual Transmission of Ebola: Fact Or Fear-Mongering?

  

  The WHO has come out with a message regarding the potential of sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus. In its statement, titled: “Ebola virus in semen of men wh... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• “Open Medicine” Closes Down Raising Questions on Sustainability of Open Access...

  

  One of the first open access, online journals I started reading was Open Medicine, not because I was a crusader for open science of anything, but simply... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• World AIDS Day 2014 Theme

  

  December 1 is celebrated as the World AIDS Day and the theme this year is: Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-Free Generation Arguably one of the most effective... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Monkeys Mar Malaysia’s March Against Malaria

  

  As great as the alliteration sounds in the title of the post, the underpinnings of the issue are rather serious.Although thought to be an emerging disease, the... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Is the British Government Deserting Volunteers in the Battle Against Ebola?

  

  If this “The Telegraph” news article is to be believed, then the 1500 or so British volunteers that the NHS is despatching to Sierra Leone as a part of a massiv... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The Plague Hits Madagascar: In the Shadows of the Ebola Crisis

  

  While the whole world has been in panic mode about the “Ebola Crisis” that has been evolving in western Africa in the past few months, a new problem has... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• World Toilet Day: Recommitting to a Clean India

  

  The Swachchha Bharat (literally translates to “Clean India”) mission has been somewhat derailed by jingoistic publicity stunts and political gimmicks to gain... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• A Stroll Through Lodhi Garden

  Yesterday I took out my new DSLR Camera for a spin. I went to the Lodhi Gardens, early in the morning, and snapped a fair number of pictures. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• MCQ #2 Answer

  If you want to take another stab at the question, have a go at this before reading on further!The criteria for a hospital’s Baby Friendly accreditation... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• MCQ #1 Answer

  Want another shot at the question? Have a go at it here before you check out the answer! If the baseline district prevalence of TF in 1–9-year-old children is... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• MCQ #1: Trachoma

  I have been getting a fair number of MCQs and requests to clear up doubts from time to time and I have always tried my best to try and answer them. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Box of Pox: The Return of the Smallpox

  

  According to a CDC media release, vials labeled “Variola”, more commonly known as Smallpox, were found in an unused storage room in a laboratory at the NIH,... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Diseases of Displaced People: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

  

  Scabies, polio, tuberculosis, malaria, and a host of other diseases have been blamed on the penurious conditions that refugees are often forced to live in when... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Thoughts on H-index (and Google Scholar Metrics 2014)

  

  The 2014 Google Scholar Metrics have been released a week or so now. The list for the top twenty journals in Health and Medicine are: [drumroll]Top 20 Journals... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 HEALTH, MEDICINE