The multinational corporation says it will conduct an investigation parallel to the one being conducted by US FDA
Carcinogen Aflatoxin detected in FSSAI milk survey samples
Inter-Parliamentary Union calls for Universal Health Coverage
World not on track to achieve TB targets for 2020: WHO
India still has the biggest TB burden
Country also has most number of drug-resistant TBs
AFM cases not polio-like, says CDC
The cause of the neurological illness has not been identified but investigation is on
India bags top spot in child wasting rate: Global Hunger Index
The rate increased to 20.8 per cent among children under five this year
JNU to establish new centre for research in natural products
The main objective of the centre is to screen natural products to identify potential candidates for further optimisation and preclinical and clinical development as new drugs against parasitic diseases
No evidence to show CRISPR babies will die early: Scientists
The erroneous conclusion, made earlier, was caused by technical errors in how the mutation was identified in a population-health database
Down To Earth impact: ICMR to send team to study cancer in Odisha's Bargarh
Indian Council of Medical Reasearch team to study cancer in Odisha's rice bowl after Down To Earth reportage
US govt data shows 62% of pregnant black women not vaccinated for flu, pertussis
Low trust levels among black adults for vaccines, doctors
US doctors customise drug to treat girl with rare genetic disease
The drug Milasen was designed to treat only Mila Makovec suffering from a form of Batten disease — a rare, fatal and inherited disorder that affects the retina and the central nervous system
Cataract top cause of blindness in India, finds survey
The condition is responsible for 66.2 per cent of blindness cases in people above 50, according to the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey
Weight-loss smartphone apps may not be reliable: Study
The apps do not use authentic and scientifically approved data, and do not consider important determinants of calorie requirement such as the user’s activity level
Bihar braces for dengue outbreak after floods, cases cross 1,100 mark
Patna is worst hit as several areas are still water logged and serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes
More than a quarter of the world's population has vision impairment: WHO
The first-ever World Vision Report warns that ageing populations mean a dramatic rise in vision impairment world-wide
Research on fundamental cell process wins Medicine Nobel 2019
William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza had described how a cell senses and adapts to the level of oxygen available
The business of IVF: How human eggs went from simple cells to a valuable commodity
The new egg freezing boutiques in the US targets younger women in their 20s and 30s by offering them fertility loans, and drowns them into debt for frozen eggs they may never use
Inspection of medical colleges to become history soon
No final decision on NEXT, fee yet; NMC to take final call
Large graphical health warnings on tobacco packets more effective: Study
Such warnings help prevent initiation and motivate cessation, find researchers
Obituary: Coluthur Gopalan (1918-2019)
Father of nutrition science in India dies in Chennai
Genetically modifying mosquitoes to control the spread of disease carries unknown risks
Significant worry: A new breed of mosquito might emerge that is more difficult to control
Bargarh: How Odisha's rice bowl turned cancer field
Cancer stalks Odisha’s agriculture-intensive Bargarh district raising questions over its link with pesticide overuse
A year of Ayushman Bharat: 46.5 lakh treated, action against 341 hospitals for frauds
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan refuses to budge on IMA demand, says medical body ill-informed
Revised rates of Ayushman Bharat insufficient for private sector: IMA
A day ahead of a mega event to celebrate one year of Ayushman Bharat, IMA says it is a failure
