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Malaria kills 45 times more in India than current estimates

London: Malaria kills over 1.2 million people every year worldwide, twice as many deaths as thought earlier, while deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in India could be more than 45 times higher than what is currently estimated, a new study has claimed.



Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation who collected data on malaria deaths from 1980 to 2010 found that 1.2 million people died of the disease in 2010 worldwide.

The figure is double than the 650,000 malaria-related deaths reported in the World Malaria Report released last year by the World Health Organisation....more    

Babies have sense of fair play: Study

London: Believe it or not, babies as young as 15 months have a basic sense of what's fair, says a new study. In the study, researchers at University of Washington found that children could notice the difference between the equal and unequal distribution of food or drink and reacted with surprise to perceived unfairness. That altruistic awareness and concern for others was also linked to their willingness to share a...