Findings of third National Family Health Survey

Tainted milk

Fight over non-existent biscuits

Gut factor

Why people in the West are more prone to allergies?

Cough syrup can harm children: Experts warn of contamination risks

Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the dangers of glycol poisoning 

2022 too short, too far: How food systems evolved for the hungry

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Why UNICEF wants to raise $255 million this year for eastern, southern Africa

The additional funds will support children with adequate, life-saving nutrition services

Population populism: How redundant is UP’s two-child policy?

The recent UP Population Policy aims to reduce the state’s current total fertility rate, which is 2.7, and bring it down to 2.1 

Highlights of 2016 UNICEF report on the state of the world's children

The UNICEF report, titled The State of the World's Children 2016, makes startling revelations on prevalence of inequity in child health, …

World Health Day: Diabetes, the modern killer

The prevalence of diabetes in adult population has nearly doubled since 1980 rising from 4.7 per cent to 8.5 per cent

Food allergies on the rise

Increase in number of cases reported across the world; prevalence rate in India could be 3 per cent

Vaccine units need booster shots

Health ministry orders them to resume production but offers no action plan

Study underlines air pollution link to increased risks of pre-term birth, birth weight and pregnancy complications

Singleton pregnancies in 2000-2015 in Kansas, US examined

Fine air particles linked with high blood pressure among teen Londoners: Study

The association was found to be stronger in girls

Institutional deliveries on the rise across most states, shows NFHS-5 report

Kerala tops the charts, north-eastern states need to buck up, says survey 

World’s first malaria vaccine will be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi

At least 120,000 children in each of the three countries will receive the vaccine

Southeast Asia’s double whammy—child malnutrition and obesity

WHO/UNICEF report does a reality check on region’s 'double burden'

‘Treat severe malnutrition at home’

WHO proposes ready-to-use food. Health experts don’t agree

Poison on the plate

Study links toxins in food products to cancer and other diseases in children

Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Ringing in heaps of trouble

Food for taught

Should Karnataka expand the midday meal scheme without fine-tuning it?

UP children to be vaccinated every month against polio

Consumed by hunger

Polio vaccination strategy under scanner