Loss and grief at 14,000 feet: A shepherd’s fight to save his dying flock

The sheer number of migratory sheep & goats reaching Lahaul-Spiti from Chamba demands an allocation of sufficient vaccinations, medicines …

As told to Parliament (March 24, 2023): India has eliminated leprosy, as per WHO criterion

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Why pregnancy brings distress for women in Sierra Leone

A crumbling health system deters women from going to hospitals, making the West African country home to the world's highest maternal death rate

Health of India’s states: What the latest health report means

Although non-communicable diseases now contribute more to India’s disease burden than communicable diseases, it does not mean that …

Between 1990 and 2016, 2,843 climate disasters affected 4·8 billion people: Lancet report

The report was jointly prepared by 24 academic institutions and intergovernmental organisations based on 40 indicators

Poor health to food insecurity

Not only low income levels, but also adults suffering from chronic diseases adversely impact a household’s food security

COVID-19: Shut pet markets, animal protection organisation urges PM

The animal rights organisation said that both SARS and COVID-19 were caused by viruses linked to wildlife markets in China  

Minor change in your diet can reduce water use for agriculture: study

Dietary change can potentially improve resilience of Indian food system in the face of future groundwater decline

2016, the year that was: health and medicine

Health spent a lot of time in the spotlight in 2016 and it was a major issue in numerous government reviews

Warning labels should be made mandatory in India: Experts

Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswn had said last week that his ministry would concur with health ministry on the matter

BATting for disease

A new study maps the transmission landscape for diseases emanating due to contact with bats

The season of death

Come winter, air pollution will breach record levels across cities, causing illnesses and several avoidable deaths. Where do our faults lie and …

Respiratory, cardiac diseases on the rise

In ten years from now, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai together will record the highest number of premature deaths caused by air pollution

Dengue, another climate alert

It is clear that this variable weather is not a freak event, but points to the changes that are beginning to influence our monsoon lifeline

Dengue outbreak: Infighting between Delhi government and municipal corporation blamed

According to the Delhi government, till now 4,769 dengue cases have been recorded in the national capital

Humanity may lose gains made in global health due to climate change: study

Researchers say that emissions from coal plants damage the respiratory system and increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases

Digging for diseases, past and present

Scientists are turning to ancient grave sites to unravel the mysteries of human ailments

Jharkhand government fails to control spread of Japanese encephalitis

The disease which was confined only to one district till last year has now spread to 12 districts

Emergency call

Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does not …

Resistant to fluorosis

Camels are less susceptible to the medical condition than other animals, including humans

Heat behind rise in mystery fever?

Yet to identify a pathogen, Bihar officials say fever cases rising because of high temperature

Fowl play

January 3, and all is not well in Hong Kong. With four people dead, and 11 confirmed and six suspected cases of A (H5N1) infection, the new …

Large-scale child deaths in tribal Maharashtra

from April to August this year, almost 300 children fell prey to malnutrition in just two blocks (Akkalkua and Taloda) of Maharashtra's Nandurbar …

Mounting Evidence, Collapsing Public Health

Contamination