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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

Using fun elements such as challenges, goals and rewards, games are playing a significant role in learning, lifestyle management and disease awareness.

The battle to reduce road deaths

In the move to a more sustainable and safer future, tackling road accident injuries and fatalities will require a more concerted effort.

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Cyber scams are rising globally, targeting the vulnerable, especially youth. Understanding tactics and regional efforts is key to a safer cyberspace.

Disaster scars mount, even after the clean-up

Disasters like Cyclone Alfred aren’t over when the debris is cleared, but there are some things you can do to help cope with the mental health toll.

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Doherty: Public health, trust and preparing for the next pandemic

It’s inevitable there will be another pandemic so the real challenge is to back public health, researchers and to trust the evidence.

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Regional inequity in menstrual health persists in India

Central, eastern and northeastern India lag behind in access to the government’s menstrual health and hygiene programmes. This needs to change.

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Do anti-ageing treatments actually work?

There is no dearth of treatments that claim to hold back ageing. No magic pill exists that is proven to work – but we do know of some that might.

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Should you use weight loss drugs? First, measure obesity right

There’s a boom in the use of weight loss medications with more new ones on their way, but they are recommended only for the clinically obese.

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Lessons from a viral outbreak

Recent viral outbreaks such as hMPV highlight the need for routine surveillance, effective risk communication and boosting healthcare infrastructure.

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Trump’s withdrawal from WHO will not make America great again

Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the World Health Organisation will serve to propel China.

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HMPV is a silent threat to respiratory health

HMPV infections can look like other lung illnesses and it can be hard to make a correct diagnosis.

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Time to stop burning the midnight oil

Irrespective of Indian corporate honchos’ take on longer work weeks, employees need the right to disconnect.

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Confronting India’s silent killer

Preventing silicosis demands integrating technological, public health and sustainable livelihood solutions.

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A way to normalise help-seeking for student mental health issues

Web-based intervention that uses shadow social marketing may be more effective than standard approaches.

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How games can inform, educate and raise awareness

The battle to reduce road deaths

The ‘scamdemic’ affecting everyone

Disaster scars mount, even after the clean-up

Doherty: Public health, trust and preparing for the next pandemic

Regional inequity in menstrual health persists in India

Do anti-ageing treatments actually work?

Should you use weight loss drugs? First, measure obesity right

Lessons from a viral outbreak

Trump’s withdrawal from WHO will not make America great again

HMPV is a silent threat to respiratory health

Time to stop burning the midnight oil

Confronting India’s silent killer

A way to normalise help-seeking for student mental health issues

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