Revenue targets, management staff making doctors pawns in corporate hospitals: Study
‘Corporate hospitals have reduced patients to factories’
Hysterectomies are rising across India; and that is not good
Undergoing hysterectomy at younger ages can have adverse health impacts including osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases
Mumbai reports first case of Zika virus
Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. These mosquitoes are responsible for carrying dengue …
State of India’s Environment 2023 (In Figures): A Down to Earth Annual Report
For the first time, the performance of India’s states have been analysed and ranked on four key parameters
Coronavirus update: A million cases in India and counting
Record number of cases for the third day in a row Only US, Brazil have a higher tally India’s testing rate 2nd-lowest among countries …
COVID-19: Should we really bet on hydroxychloroquine
British Medical Journal has questioned the logic of using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19
COVID-19 emerged due to forest destruction: indigenous leaders
Protecting indigenous and forest rights could also help to find treatments for such diseases, they said
कोरोनावायरस से भारत में पहली मौत
डब्ल्यूएचओ ने कोरोनावायरस को वैश्विक महामारी घोषित किया, भारत ने विदेशियों के वीजा पर पाबंदी लगाई
Coronavirus update: India becomes first country to suspend visas of all foreign nationals
Visas of diplomats, officials, UN / International Organisations officials’ employment visas are exempted
दिल्ली में कोरोनावायरस के एक मामले की पुष्टि
भारत में कोरोनावायरस ने दस्तक दी है। दिल्ली और तेलंगाना में एक-एक कोरोना वायरस के मरीजों की पुष्टि हुई है
How important is birth environment for you now?
Environmental factors at birth, such as temperature and altitude, can affect the baby's fertility later, show recent studies
COVID-19: Is South Korea new epicentre outside China
World Health Organization hints at possible pandemic
Lead exposure led to 30% global cardiovascular deaths in 2019
5.5 million died due to cardiovascular diseases caused by lead exposure in 2019; 95% impact in LMICs
Investing in ending TB: WHO study shows potential benefit of $39 for every dollar spent in screening, prevention
Released modelling study for Brazil, Georgia, Kenya and South Africa ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on March 24
India plans to deploy antibody tests for COVID-19
Centre also releases age break-up of those who have tested SARS-CoV-2 positive
Nearly 4.4 million girls will be at risk of female genital mutilation in 2024, warn UN agencies
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, must amplify survivors' voices to raise awareness, inspire collective action
UN drives campaign for youth as COVID-19 pandemic ups anxiety among 90%
WHO, ’Big 6’ youth orgs team up to help ‘lockdown generation’ build lives
Surging bird flu cases may increase human infection risk, warn UN agencies & WOAH
Urge countries to strengthen disease surveillance and improve hygiene at poultry farms
COVID-19: 7 in 10 Indians believed normalcy would return in a year, claims study
42% Indians believed it would take 4-12 months to contain the pandemic
COVID-19 update: Considerable transmission will continue through 2022, says IHME
More than half of the world still susceptible to Delta variant towards the end of 2021, says IHME
Urgently need $7.7 billion to save lives from Delta, emerging COVID-19 variants: WHO
Huge gap in ACT-Acceletor funding needed to deliver crucial medical supplies across the world to combat COVID-19
20 साल से कम उम्र के 9 में से 1 युवा व किशोर है कोरोना संक्रमण से प्रभावित: यूनिसेफ
यूनिसेफ ने कहा है कि कोरोनावायरस संकमण के चलते युवाओं की एक पूरी पीढ़ी की सेहत, रहन-सहन के तरीके व उनके पूरे जीवन में ...
Need emergency action to avert measles and polio epidemics, warn UN bodies
$655 million would be needed to address the immunity gaps in non-Gavi eligible countries and target age groups
Data democracy: WHO bats for passing on genomics tech to developing world
Inaccessible tech not justifiable; Focus required on inadequate finances, lab infra, highly trained personnel
WHO: Off-track progress in Africa could kill 70,000 cervical cancer patients
26 countries have introduced HPV vaccine, but just 31% girls under 15 received its first dose in 2022 in the African region