As told to Parliament (March 17, 2023): Over 44 million cases of COVID-19 confirmed in India
All that was discussed in the House through the day
The ideal gap
A two-and-a-half-year gap is ideal between births for the health of the babies
India’s sex ratio improves, but 9 million girls went ‘missing’ in last 2 decades to foeticide
Wealth, education and fertility are the key factors behind improvement
Ventilators for COVID-19: Crisis looms in several states even after 50,000 allocated
More than 7,000 of the Centre-allocated ventilators are lying idle
'Like MDGs, India may fail to achieve SDG targets on malnutrition'
Women interrupted
Surgical removal of uterus causes unnatural menopause, leads to memory decline
Endgame begins
Experts say India needs to move beyond oral vaccine to battle vaccine-generated polio
Push to prevent cancer, strokes
Government wakes up to threat of non-communicable diseases
India reports 21 cases of COVID sub-variant JN.1, now a WHO ‘variant of interest’
We need to be on the alert, but there is no need to panic, says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
TB turns invincible
Discovery of a deadly form of TB in a Mumbai hospital underscores mismanagement
Over half of prescribed antibiotics in India can lead to AMR, finds National Centre for Disease Control
High use of antibiotics found; recommends defined policies and monitoring consumption
Male birth control options are in development, but a number of barriers still stand in the way
There has not been a new form of male birth control since no-scalpel vasectomy in 1980s
Budget banks on insurance; neglects deteriorating public healthcare
Stress on insurance poised to benefit the private sector
Let’s talk sex
Awareness campaign changes attitude towards sexual health and family planning in Bihar
More Indians covered by health insurance but overall percentage still low: NHFS-5
Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest coverage but a decrease since last survey
Chikungunya kills three in Delhi
Municipal authority claims four deaths due to dengue, but the number may be higher
At home with nature
Terrace, windowsills are a great space to nurture birds, butterflies
Policy draft backs new vaccines
Health experts say new vaccines not essential enough to be in the national programme
Trial and error
Recent notifications offer no security to clinical trial participants
No two-finger test for rape
Health ministry does away with the controversial test; medicos demand use of rape kit
SC slams health ministry for unchecked clinical trials
Says trials of all new drugs must be supervised by health secretary
Govt neither denies nor accepts adverse event in Serum Institute COVID-19 vaccine trial
Health secretary claims all procedures followed but refuses to divulge details
Eight die of complicated form of dengue in Karnataka
Symptoms include low blood pressure, circulatory collapse and multiple organ failure
Kerala's Pathanamthitta district has highest number of diabetics
All men and women above 30 to be screened for diabetes in 100 districts by March 2021
Pentavalent takes its toll
The vaccine is suspected to have killed at least 13 infants. Experts want data analysed