Ivermectin: why a potential COVID treatment isn’t recommended for use

There is currently insufficient evidence to support the use of ivermectin in treatment of COVID-19

Illicit drug markets expanding, compounding global crises: UN

Drug users’ estimate at record high; Trafficking networks challenging health services, law enforcement responses

Sustainable Development Goals: A paradigm shift in United Nations' fund flow

A report cites the changing funding patterns of the UN and its reliance on corporate partners

WHO nod for new TB drug

Issues guidelines for use of bedaquiline that can treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

Miracle medicine

Bananas that are actually vaccines. Potatoes that kill bacteria. Tobacco plants that fight tooth decay. Medical science has more tricks up its sleeve

Our discovery can help cancer patients

Amarnath Maitra , professor in the department of chemistry, University of Delhi, has developed a new way of administering drugs to the human body.…

Simply Put: Patanjali’s magic COVID-19 pills

Amended drugs and cosmetics Bill has strict provisions for clinical trials

Proposes fine up to Rs 3 lakh and punishment up to a year

Rice remedy

Llama antibody makes rice a weapon against rotavirus

On a wing and a prayer

Vulture revival projects give hope

Bad shot

Swine flu injection may raise sleep disorder risk

What happens to WHO ?

Will the WHO have a say in the global drug trade or will it be marginalised ?

Fat-finding mission

On-off switch for fat formation identified

A palliative gesture

Tulsi helps tablets disintegrate faster

Cochrane library's database not an unequivocal blessing

Beating the cholera bug

Reetha effect

Ranbaxy settles patent row out of court

Business in typhoid

Not the morning after remedy

Overuse of emergency contraceptives can kill

South Asia

Scientists' interest v the public's

Coordination, collaboration key to solving crisis of antibiotic development

The crisis around antibiotic research is a global problem and would need global solutions, experts at CSE event highlighted

India joins global research hub on antimicrobial resistance

The country is the largest consumer of antibiotics in the world — consumption increased by 103 per cent from 2000 to 2015, the highest in …