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Zimbabwe launches long-acting HIV-prevention injection, Lenacapavir

Zimbabwe launches long-acting HIV-prevention injection, Lenacapavir

5 hours ago

5 min read

Is India forever a generics-only player?

Is India forever a generics-only player?

18 Feb 2026

2 min read

KAVYA MENON

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right: ‘Landmark step to eliminate period poverty’

17 Feb 2026

3 min read

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Zimbabwe launches long-acting HIV-prevention injection, Lenacapavir

Zimbabwe launches long-acting HIV-prevention injection, Lenacapavir

5 hours ago

5 min read

Is India forever a generics-only player?

Is India forever a generics-only player?

18 Feb 2026

2 min read

KAVYA MENON

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right: ‘Landmark step to eliminate period poverty’

17 Feb 2026

3 min read

Chief executive officer, child rights and you, a non-profit in Delhi

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right: ‘It's gender-inclusive constitutional justice’

17 Feb 2026

5 min read

A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change

A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change

17 Feb 2026

4 min read

Menopause, hormones and the brain: how hormone therapy could help protect against Alzheimer’s

Menopause, hormones and the brain: how hormone therapy could help protect against Alzheimer’s

George E Barreto

16 Feb 2026

4 min read

Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter — but now we’re learning more

Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter — but now we’re learning more

13 Feb 2026

4 min read

Civil society, scientists raise alarm over safety gaps in WHO pandemic pact

Civil society, scientists raise alarm over safety gaps in WHO pandemic pact

Shimali Chauhan

12 Feb 2026

3 min read

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right: “This petition is my effort to support both health and education”

12 Feb 2026

1 min read

Diabetes risk rises early for South Asians in US despite healthy lifestyle, researchers warn

Diabetes risk rises early for South Asians in US despite healthy lifestyle, researchers warn

Nandita Banerji

11 Feb 2026

3 min read

Loneliness at work matters more than we think

Loneliness at work matters more than we think

11 Feb 2026

4 min read

Sustainability, dying in circles

Distressing link between unsafe water & plastic pollution: Informal workforce tackling crises disincentivised

Dixita Pariaker

09 Feb 2026

3 min read

Interviews

Jacinta Kerketta

“Writing dispelled the fear within me”

Preetha Banerjee

10 Jan 2026

6 min read

Dia Mirza has established herself as a versatile actor and producer in the Indian film industry as well as a committed climate crusader

“Apply yourself to solutions to feel less despondent”

03 Jan 2026

4 min read

‘Depopulation would mean fewer people contributing to advancement of knowledge’

‘Depopulation would mean fewer people contributing to advancement of knowledge’

16 Oct 2025

6 min read

‘Incentivise diagnosis of silicosis’

‘Incentivise diagnosis of silicosis’

26 Apr 2025

2 min read

‘Silicosis is a silent epidemic’

‘Silicosis is a silent epidemic’

19 Apr 2025

4 min read

‘Integrate health, physiology to assess heat impacts’

‘Integrate health, physiology to assess heat impacts’

Himanshu Nitnaware

05 Apr 2025

4 min read

Blogs

KAVYA MENON

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right: ‘Landmark step to eliminate period poverty’

17 Feb 2026

3 min read

Chief executive officer, child rights and you, a non-profit in Delhi

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right: ‘It's gender-inclusive constitutional justice’

17 Feb 2026

5 min read

A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change

A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is on the cards. Here’s what could change

17 Feb 2026

4 min read

Menopause, hormones and the brain: how hormone therapy could help protect against Alzheimer’s

Menopause, hormones and the brain: how hormone therapy could help protect against Alzheimer’s

George E Barreto

16 Feb 2026

4 min read

Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter — but now we’re learning more

Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter — but now we’re learning more

13 Feb 2026

4 min read

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right

Menstrual health, now a fundamental right: “This petition is my effort to support both health and education”

12 Feb 2026

1 min read

Loneliness at work matters more than we think

Loneliness at work matters more than we think

11 Feb 2026

4 min read

Sustainability, dying in circles

Distressing link between unsafe water & plastic pollution: Informal workforce tackling crises disincentivised

Dixita Pariaker

09 Feb 2026

3 min read

Videos

Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal: Is a Nipah vaccine within reach?

Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal: Is a Nipah vaccine within reach?

This development comes at a critical moment. On January 26, two healthcare workers in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district tested positive for the virus

07 Feb 2026

1 min read

Sanjeev Singh from Amrita Hospital, Faridabad talks about Antimicrobial Resistance AMR

Sanjeev Singh from Amrita Hospital, Faridabad talks about Antimicrobial Resistance AMR

27 Nov 2025

1 min read

Sandeep Bansal’s message on World AMR Awareness Week 2025

Sandeep Bansal’s message on World AMR Awareness Week 2025

23 Nov 2025

1 min read

Naresh Trehan’s message on World AMR Awareness Week 2025

Naresh Trehan’s message on World AMR Awareness Week 2025

21 Nov 2025

1 min read

Sunita Narain’s message on the World AMR Awareness Week WAAW 2025

Sunita Narain’s message on the World AMR Awareness Week WAAW 2025

18 Nov 2025

1 min read

Madhya Pradesh cough syrup deaths: Toxic components and substandard facilities

Madhya Pradesh cough syrup deaths: Toxic components and substandard facilities

14 Oct 2025

1 min read

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