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Amid concerns over reports of gastrointestinal illness among students in Wayanad, Health Minister K Muraleedharan said preliminary investigations indicated that the cases were not linked to Shigella.

NASA and Roscosmos are investigating worsening air leaks on the ISS after astronauts were told to prepare for a potential emergency return.

An estimated 16% of expected cancer diagnoses across Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and the UK were missing between April and December 2020, compared with pre-pandemic trends.

Daraxonrasib, an experimental drug by Revolution Medicines, nearly doubled median survival for pancreatic cancer patients in a late-stage trial presented at ASCO 2026.

The strategy is intended to reduce the risk of infections linked to mosquitoes, including dengue fever, West Nile virus, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever and St Louis encephalitis.

Phase 3 trial finds targeted therapy lowers recurrence or death risk by 83% in early-stage RET-positive lung cancer patients.

The MoU is expected to be signed during the national workshop on R&D in Water to be held on June 1 at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre here, the ministry said in a statement.

Tentatively scheduled for mid-2027, the mission aims to demonstrate India's capability of human spaceflight by launching a team of three members to a low-Earth orbit of 400 kilometres for three days and bringing them back safely by landing in Indian sea waters.

ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 radar data suggests possible subsurface water-ice near the Moon's south pole, especially in Faustini crater. Cold, permanently shadowed regions show radar signs that may indicate ice beneath the surface.

El Nino occurs when ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Equatorial Pacific become warmer than normal, which can disrupt weather systems globally.

NASA has announced its goal to set up a lunar base in March and listed out concrete steps on Tuesday. NASA aims to land astronauts on the moon in 2028.

As the death toll keeps rising, senior WHO experts stated on Wednesday that it might take up to nine months to develop an Ebola vaccine against the Bundibugyo virus.

India's Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, accepted the award on behalf of ISRO at the AIAA's ASCEND conference.

In the rapidly expanding obesity treatment market, where Lilly competes with Novo Nordisk, the results were consistent with Wall Street estimates and could make retatrutide the most effective weight-loss medication.

Marco Rubio slammed the WHO saying they "failed miserably" during the Covid pandemic and "covered for China" as the outbreak spread in 2020.

Japanese scientists have found gold nanoparticles that act like liquid and change structure with temperature and pressure at the air-water interface.

Calling for stronger 'risk-informed preparedness', Helen Clark urged governments and health agencies to identify potential threats early and prepare for them before they worsen.

The British-based cruise ship reported that one crew member had become unwell and that there were 48 active cases of probable gastroenteritis.

Artemis III will help NASA prepare for their next big goal, which is to land astronauts near the south pole of the Moon during Artemis IV.

European health officials report no mutation in the respiratory virus behind a deadly cruise ship outbreak, with genome sequences matching past South American strains.