Parliamentary committee flags concerns over ‘grossly insufficient’ funding for department of health research

The committee also noted that the demand was much lower compared to Rs 3,467.65 crore demanded for 2022-2023

ICMR releases guidelines for artificial intelligence use in the health sector

Guiding document outlines 10 key patient-centric ethical principles for AI application in health sector 

COVID-19: Did SARS-CoV-2 originate in raccoon dogs from Wuhan wet market? New data gives links

Meanwhile, Israel reports new COVID-19 variant — a combination of BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants of Omicron

Women and Men in India 2022: Sex ratio improves but female participation in workforce still low

Social factors, educational qualifications & gender discrimination in terms of wages & opportunities reasons for low share of women in …

India in midst of a nasty H3N2 outbreak — worst of seasonal flu viruses

Three deaths reported so far this season; the virus wreaked havoc in United States in 2018 as well

Bird flu pandemic threat as high as in 1997; focus on wild bird migration routes, say experts

Experts urge investment in developing newer generation vaccines based on mRNA technology 

Devil in the details: Focus on US energy department’s ‘low confidence’ in COVID lab-leak theory is must

A low confidence level generally indicates that the information used in the analysis is scant, questionable, fragmented, or that solid analytical …

Paediatric beds fill up in West Bengal as adenovirus spreads, 3 deaths recorded

Doctors have seen an at least 50 per cent increase in cases this year compared to usual

Governments discuss over 300 proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations

This is the 2nd meeting where countries worldwide came together to strengthen the mechanism in place to mitigate public health threats

70% of all maternal deaths in 2020 were in sub-Saharan Africa: UN report

Not only is sub-Saharan Africa the fulcrum of maternal deaths, but most HIV-related indirect maternal deaths also occur here

India recorded 24,000 maternal deaths in 2020, second only to Nigeria, UN report shows

Globally, there were 287,000 maternal deaths in 2020, only a marginal improvement from 309,000 in 2016 when the Sustainable Development Goals …

लुटता हिमालय: एक साथ कई चुनौतियों ने बढ़ाई मुश्किलें

बेहद नाजुक माना जाने वाला भारतीय हिमालय क्षेत्र बेतहाश�…

Element of mystery: Lead poisoning is a huge public health concern for India; here’s why

Lack of screening systems; inability to determine source of exposure and lax implementation of safety norms compound the problem

Himalayan plunder: Ecology changing for the worse due to loss of forest cover, drying springs

States in the northeastern region faring the worst

Ayurveda: Regulation of this alternate system of medicine is urgently needed on many fronts; here is why

Ayurveda’s popularity has arisen since the pandemic; but many still equate ‘natural’ and ‘traditional’ with ‘…

Marketing of formula milk preventing breastfeeding of infants

3-part Lancet paper finds exploitative market thrives despite WHO recommendations, violating World Health Assembly code 

Rise of AMR could result in up to 10 million annual deaths by 2050: UN report

Some 24 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty due to rising AMR, the UNEP said

After cough-syrup, now eye drops: India-made solution causes 1 death, several infections in US

This could be particularly damning for India’s drug regulatory system since it is coming on the heels of cough-syrup-associated deaths in …

WHO publishes zero-draft of pandemic treaty: Equity, IPR take centre stage

Many believe draft unlikely to survive in current form due to Big Pharma, particularly in EU

Budget 2023-24: Marginal rise in health budget not enough to keep up with inflation, experts say

Lesser allocation for health over the years also indicates that we need to go a long way to reach the target of spending 2.5 per cent of GDP for …

Economic Survey 2022-23: Health not a priority? Just over 2% of GDP spent

Out-of-pocket-expenses remained dangerously high till 2019-2020

H5 pandemic in the making? Minks may become the bird flu vector for humans

Spain’s bird flu outbreak in minks hints at a mutating virus    

Global health spending at record high post COVID-19, but can this be sustained?

India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan received barely 15% of the development assistance for health for COVID-19

Passive euthanasia: Supreme court removes red tape, sets 48-hour timeframe

Earlier, passive euthanasia was a three-tier process and cumbersome for all involved

‘Immediate action’ needed on sub-standard drugs causing deaths: WHO

At least 300 deaths reported so far in The Gambia, Uzbekistan and Indonesia, most children