The Paris peacock (Papilio paris) is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in India’s northeast. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The overexploitation of 25 species of host plants valued for their medicinal properties threatens the swallowtail butterflies in the forest habitats of a part of Assam often referred to as the “citrus belt of the … Read more
Priests performing Pushparchana at Kanaka Durga Temple in Vijayawada on Tuesday on the occasion of Ugadi. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri ‘Krodhi Nama Samvatsara Ugadi’, the Telugu New Year, was celebrated with traditional fervour in the city on Tuesday. Temple managements organised the festivities in a grand manner, and ‘Panchanga pathana’ was the main event … Read more
File picture of Congress General Secretary in-charge (Communications) Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Tuesday said the liberal import policy of the Modi government is causing a “huge crisis” for the farmers in the country. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said soyabean is being sold by farmers in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan … Read more
In a wide ranging interview about his life after retiring as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci tells the BBC’s Katty Kay that 96% of the US population has a degree of immunity against the most recent Covid variant but urges people to get a booster shot that will … Read more
The new rules close the loopholes that enabled Dr He to evade regulations, which previously only applied to experiments on human beings in hospitals, for example for drug trials. The updated regulations cover all research institutions and everything relating to humans, including work on tissues, organs and embryonic cells. Source link
GPs say there is clear evidence of the negative impact of the cost of living on patients’ health. Source link
Medics working in some British hospitals face “slave-type” conditions, says a doctors’ group. Source link
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The dangers of school traffic is a major worry for many parents, a new poll finds. In fact, a third of more than 900 parents surveyed last spring said speeding and distracted parent drivers are their main … Read more
We are facing an unusual and unprecedented monkeypox outbreak but how worrying is it? Source link
