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As the WHO raised an alert for cough syrups manufactured in India that led to the death of 69 children in The Gambia, authors Dinesh Thakur and Prashant Reddy discuss their years-long crusade to highlight the glaring loopholes in medicine manufacturing in India.

With more states confirming cases of Avian Influenza, aka bird flu, we ask experts — is it safe to consume chicken and eggs at this time?

"When the research was published, the government made this warning mandatory. It upset a lot of baby food companies. And today, we are saving babies because of this knowledge," says Varanasi's 91-year-old Annapurna Shukla.

Although there is no discovered vaccine for either humans or animals, the primary treatment for human cases is intensive supportive care.