Sanuba Khan

Consider a hypothetical scenario—a world leader issues a warning about a global health crisis and the repercussions of being under-prepared for such an epidemic. Say, this warning was telecasted across the world a few months ago, in…
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A group of organizations, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) and All India Peoples Science Network (AIPSN), have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enable access to free testing and free treatment…
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In less than three months after being discovered in Wuhan, China, the novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 (short for, Coronavirus disease 2019) has claimed nearly 5100 deaths and affected more than 137,000 people in 112 nations. For this…
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‘Krokodil’ is a more popular name for desomorphine amongst addicts. Desomorphine is an opiate-like drug which is similar to heroin and is a synthetic derivative of morphine. It was used in Switzerland and Russia to treat pain as it was an…
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Every year, summers get warmer and winters are late to arrive. Climate is changing and it has gained importance in the public discourse, and rightly so. But, even as the causes driving climate change are more or less understood, an…
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Chronic diseases are increasingly becoming a major factor in rising mortality and morbidity globally. One such illness is the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) which affects the functioning of the kidneys and leads to premature death, in…
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More and more researches have been showing the medical evidence of cannabis to treat many diseases. The Autoimmune disorders (AIDs) is one among them. AIDs occur when the body’s immune system loses the ability to differentiate between…
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