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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Baxter finds possible link in 53 deaths
Baxter International said yesterday that a chemical that it used to manufacture filters for dialysis patients might have played a role in dozens of deaths around the world. The Food and Drug
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New anthrax vaccine safer
The vaccines that are currently available to treat anthrax are highly toxic and have serious side effects as they are made through a simple culture of the bacteria and apart from the protective
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Trivitron bags ISO 9002:2000
Trivitron, a medical technology company, headquartered in Chennai with over 14 branch offices across the subcontinent operating in the area of critical care, cardiac care renal care, ultrasound
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New anthrax vaccine will come soon
The government claims it is ready to produce a recombinant anthrax vaccine, less toxic and more cost-effective than the ones currently available in the world, in another six to nine months.
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China cautions on food safety
Consumers in China have been warned to take extra care with food safety after tests showed high levels of pesticides and nitrates in some products, the official China Daily newspaper reported.
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Ban on smoking
The Supreme Court has once again emerged as the undisputed champion of public health. When it noticed that the pollution level of the Yamuna in Delhi had crossed the danger mark, it banned the
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Tuberculosis plagues Malkangiri
The Orissa government's Animal Disease Research Institute has confirmed claims of an Australian veterinarian that the alarming incidence of tuberculosis in a number of villages in Malkangiri had a
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Panacea Bio bags anthrax vaccine rights from JNU
The New Delhi-base Panacea Biotech has bagged the registration, production and marketing rights of the anti-anthrax vaccine developed by the Centre for Biotechnology in the Jawaharlal Nehru,u
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WTO may go easy on drug patents
World Trade Organisations members may have to decide in the nest nine days whether to launch world trade talks even if an agreement covering access to patented drugs cannot be reached. THE issue is
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NY hospital worker dies of anthrax
A hospital worker in New York succumbed to anthrax, first death from the disease not linked to the news media or the postal network. It is not known how Kathy Nguyen, who was 61, contracted the most