Short on paramedics

Hospitals employ untrained staff due to acute shortage of qualified paramedics in the country

Leprosy returns

Public health experts blame it on government complacency  

Centre confirms three pentavalent vaccine deaths

Union health ministry says 17 other deaths of infants reported in Haryana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were not linked to five-in-one vaccine

Government launches new health programme for adolescents

Earlier schemes were confined only to sexual and reproductive health, say health officials

Don't ignore the deadly sign

Government buckles under pressure from tobacco industry and halts order on large pictorial warnings on tobacco products. Will profit prevail over …

Licence revived, production halted

Government-run vaccine units fail to resume supply for immunisation programme

India bans import of animal-tested beauty products

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

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

Superbug threat is for real

But Indian government does not think it is significant

Assam’s rural health practitioners face uncertain future

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

Ads term gutkha ban unfair

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

PMO orders huge cuts in social sector spending for 2015-16

Employment guarantee, rural road and sanitation schemes among those likely to be affected

Fatal resistance

The strong and mighty bacteria are all around us. They have hardened themselves to fight back the antibiotics administered to patients. This is …

Troubled Beautiful Minds

They are there—each residential area has its mentally disturbed people; each family has anecdotes of crazy relatives. Nobody wants to …

Deafening Noise

Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, …

India struggles to keep its children healthy, say experts

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

Vaccine units need booster shots

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

India performs badly in breastfeeding, ensuring healthy diet to children

A report blames ineffective policies, lack of budget and the absence of better monitoring policies for poor performance

Family farms are vital to world food security, says FAO report

UN organisation urges public sector to develop family farming as a sustainable source of the world’s food needs

Contraceptive chaos

Copper-T better in emergency, but doctors do not encourage its use

At home with nature

Terrace, windowsills are a great space to nurture birds, butterflies

Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair

Calls them misleading and unjustified

Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey

Survey will help measure progress of development goals and formulate district-level plans better, says health ministry

Time to nail pesticides

Centre forms expert committee to frame policy to check residues in fruits, vegetables

National Health Profile 2015: Suicides on a rise, cancer cases may grow by 15 per cent in five years

India’s public spending on health is among the lowest in South East Asia and BRIC countries