Elderly & lonely

India has more elderly people than ever before. Most of them have little social security and cannot afford healthcare. While the government seems …

No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report

Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade

India struggles to keep its children healthy, say experts

Lack of credible data and co-ordinated action slow country’s efforts to contain malnutrition

India bans import of animal-tested beauty products

Becomes first South-Asian country to go ‘cruelty free’

In the wrong ministry?

Biotech Regulatory Authority will have too much power, no checks

Get your own vaccine

Road accidents top reason for adolescent deaths: WHO

HIV/AIDS, suicide among other top causes. The good news is that rates of cigarette smoking are decreasing in 10-19 years age group in some countries

Diabetes drug ban spells trouble for patients, doctors

Experts say pioglitazone difficult to substitute and health ministry has imposed ban without a back up plan

Allocate 3 per cent of GDP to healthcare, says Indian Medical Association

Recommendations for Union Budget 2013-14 include wooing private sector; public health experts sceptical

Superbug prompts antibiotics policy

Standard treatment guidelines will determine drug prescription

Superbug threat is for real

But Indian government does not think it is significant

Budget brings no relief to health sector

FM does not mention Universal Health Coverage, combines rural and urban health missions while making allocations

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National plan on non-communicable diseases

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law

Lung infections to panic attacks: Those who ‘beat’ COVID-19, but did not recover

Amid studies hinting at long-term impacts of COVID-19 infection, the world, including India, has started monitoring people who recovered from the …

Deaths due to non-communicable diseases increased by 37 per cent since 1990

Kerala, Goa, and Tamil Nadu have the largest share of non-communicable diseases, according to the 2016 India State-level Disease Burden study

Assam’s rural health practitioners face uncertain future

High court derecognises their diploma; state yet to work out a plan to absorb them

After extensive lobbying, two-finger test finally removed from proforma for medical examination of rape victims

Uniform protocol and further research in forensic medicine required

Government's expert panel recommends 'first come, first served' policy for registering new drugs

Activists accuse panel of pitching for pharma industry and ignoring patients' interest

Parliament committee indicts drugs regulatory authority

Drugs which are banned in developed countries are approved in India without clinical trials

Supreme Court issues notices on unethical drug trials

1,727 persons have died during drug trials between 2007 and 2010, says public interest petition

Ads term gutkha ban unfair

Analysts call the ads misleading; health ministry plans action against industry

Will appellate body uphold grant of compulsory licence to cancer drug?

Hearing on Bayer's appeal against manufacture of generic version of Nexavar to conclude this week