First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Russia's samples of smallpox prompt world-wide concern
Smallpox was eradicated globally by 1980. But samples of the smallpox virus officially remain for research purposes in two places : a lab in Atlanta run by the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and
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Baxter filters come under scrutiny
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun an investigation into the deaths of a total of 33 kidney-dialysis patients in Spain, Croatia and most recently in Austin, Texas. The inquiry is
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White House targeted in anthrax terror campaign
The White House yesterday became the latest target of the anthrax terror campaign. A spokesman for the Bush administration confirmed that a small concentration of anthrax had been found in a sorting
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Officials voice new worry as anthrax taints off-site white house mailroom
Traces of the deadly anthrax germ showed up in a remote White House mailroom today, as health officials announced that more "hot spots" had also been found at the capital's main mail sorting center,
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Canada ranked tops in cancer research quality
American scientists conduct more than a third of the world's research on cancer treatment, but Canada, the Netherlands, Britain and Australia are doing it better, new research suggests. A
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Govt revives IPCL vaccine project, search on for partner
The promise of the healthcare sector has forced the Union government to hasten activity in the proposed Rs 300-crore vaccine project, originally conceived as a joint venture between petrochemical
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Cannabis should become Class C drug, says Blunkett
UK Home Secretary David Blunkett says possession of cannabis should no longer be an arrestable offence. He wants to reclassifying the drug as Class C. This will put it in the same category as
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Bayer to uphold 'Cipro' rights
The Bayer Chief Executive, Mr Manfred Schneider, was quoted on Tuesday as saying his company will fight to uphold its patent rights to Cipro, the antibiotic identified as the best treatment of
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Bayer upset as Canada overrides patent law
Bayer said it had "serious doubts" about the Canadian government's decision to override the patent on Cipro, its antibiotic used to fight anthrax. Canada maintains that Bayer was unable to meet its
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Ultrasound tests can make you left-handed
A Swedish study of 1,80,000 young men showed routine ultrasound examinations of the foetus can affect the brain and lead to left-handedness, Swedish radio