🌍 The world needs a legally binding treaty – Pandemic Accord – with support from an independent monitor. In its present form, the Pandemic Accord falls short of that goal, says virologist Shahid Jameel, as the last round of talks on the agreement begin.

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🧬 Researchers have deciphered the genetic profile of Indians with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a rare genetic muscle disease. This could help prevent misdiagnosis.

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🪸 How marine worm burrows, seaweed fossils, giant clams and corals are helping scientists look at past climate changes?

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🐃 Haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) kills cattle and buffalo mostly in south of India, according to data gathered from 26,305 outbreaks over 30 years.

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📙 A hike in gross domestic product (GDP), better education for girls and increased government spending on health have reduced antibiotic consumption in various states of India.

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🪱 Chemists have synthesized a new class of metal-based hydrogels that can wipe out Leishmania parasites which cause cutaneous leishmaniasis and trigger sores on exposed parts of the body.

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💦 Materials scientists have synthesised a nanoenzyme that can break down organic pollutants in wastewater under visible light.

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🦠 Microbiologists have deciphered how Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), a bacterium that causes TB, can lurk in human hosts for a long time.

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🔴 Researchers have synthesised a porous, ultralight aerogel that can adsorb radioactive iodine from vapour and aqueous mediums.

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Vaccine hesitancy is a growing concern that WHO has ranked as top ten threats to global health. Investment in behavioural sciences can make available vaccines more acceptable.

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🌊 Oceanographers have created detailed machine learning-generated maps to understand how much carbon dioxide the Bay of Bengal absorbs.

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💉 Neutrophils provide natural immunity against #malaria and could be used to develop new treatments or vaccines.

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💻 A team of researchers at Anna University in Chennai has accurately identified and categorized 108 foundational Bharatanatyam dance poses using advanced computational techniques.

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🔴 The path to an ideal #dengue vaccine is a tall order because of a lack of a suitable animal model and multiple serotypes. We might have to accept imperfection.

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