Delhi HC quashes Centre’s ban on drug that helps women with childbirth

Oxytocin was earlier banned as it was being illegally given to cattle to increase milk production

National action plan on antimicrobial resistance urges multi-sectoral initiative

Antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, is a global public health threat, as antibiotics and antimicrobials are becoming …

Dengue strikes early yet again

Dengue is known to spread after monsoon, but in the past couple of years, cases of the disease have been recorded in summer as well. This year …

Missed calls from patients can help monitor TB treatment, says government

A special treatment kit which eases the procedure of treatment is being tested in two states

The ideal gap

A two-and-a-half-year gap is ideal between births for the health of the babies

Turmoil in academia

Tenure of Medical Council of India’s governing body set to expire; Centre unclear about next move

Access to drinking water, sanitation improve across states, urban-rural divide remains: NFHS-5

Despite progress on sanitation front, several states reported every third or fourth person having no access to improved facilities

All tuberculosis patients to be screened for COVID-19

Studies show up to 4.47% of COVID-19 patients have prevalence of tuberculosis  

'Like MDGs, India may fail to achieve SDG targets on malnutrition'

Push to prevent cancer, strokes

Government wakes up to threat of non-communicable diseases

Women interrupted

Surgical removal of uterus causes unnatural menopause, leads to memory decline

ICMR to get more funds, power

Fight over non-existent biscuits

Endgame begins

Experts say India needs to move beyond oral vaccine to battle vaccine-generated polio

Vaccine units need booster shots

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

Government backtracks on decision to have bigger pictorial warnings on tobacco products

Health activists and experts believe the government has succumbed to pressure from industry

Government backtracks on decision to have bigger pictorial warnings on tobacco products

Health activists and experts believe the government has succumbed to pressure from industry

Central Government Health Schemes now open to all senior citizens in Delhi

Doctors will now have to prescribe only those medicines and procedures that have been listed under schemes

TB turns invincible

Discovery of a deadly form of TB in a Mumbai hospital  underscores mismanagement

Coronavirus update: Has India got its first COVID-19 reinfection case

Doctors at Ahmedabad private hospital claim 54-year-old woman has retested positive for COVID-19

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A simple yet rare solution

Iron deficiency in newborns can be checked if doctors wait for two minutes before cutting the umbilical cord

New formula proposed for compensating victims of drug trials

For the purpose of monetary compensation, injuries and adverse effect of clinical drug trials will be classified into four types

Doctors should not be made to work for more than 12 hours, orders Delhi government

While this may prove to be a good move for quality healthcare, a lot will have to be done to ensure its implementation

Budget banks on insurance; neglects deteriorating public healthcare

Stress on insurance poised to benefit the private sector