Bitterly sweet 'n' sticky

In court

Fishing fish drug

Taking wing

Flying doctors save lives in remote areas of East Africa

Outbreak

Malaria control in Assam mired in corruption, mismanagement

In Court

Bytes

No sex please, we're Indians

Barefoot health care

A good way to be kinder to elephants is to stop riding them

When animal tourism resumes in Bali after COVID-19, there is an opportunity to do better by the lives of animals

These new sorghum varieties might help sub-Saharan Africa meet nutritional needs

Sorghum is a significant crop cultivated in sub-Saharan Africa, with 300 million people depending on it

Odisha needs to better manage its snakebite burden with concerted efforts

Lack of awareness, inadequate health provisions & the dominance of forest areas and traditional healers are Odisha’s major challenges

Bihar braces for dengue outbreak after floods, cases cross 1,100 mark

Patna is worst hit as several areas are still water logged and serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes

Women's Day: These 900,000 health workers have no reason to celebrate

No end in sight for these accredited social health activists who have not received remuneration for months 

Three decades on, stigma still stymies HIV prevention and treatment

Unless stigma is addressed, the aim of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 is unlikely to become a reality

TB's hidden links

About 40-70 per cent of tuberculosis patients suffer from mental health disorders. As India has more than one-fourth of global TB cases and deaths,…

Why the Budget should increase allocation towards health and family planning

Low spending by India in these two areas has caused growing inequality, insufficient access and poor quality of healthcare services

Anti-AIDS treatment aims at tolerating virus

Ayurveda practitioners in Kerala are experimenting with a novel approach to tackling AIDS: herbal medicines that increase the patient's immunity …

Dhaka to give drug policy a free-market dose

Under pressure from transnationals, the Bangladesh government is likely to ease restrictions on producing and importing medicines.

Supreme Court to consider doctors' appeal

The Supreme Court will decide whether medical practitioners can be held guilty of criminal negligence under the Consumer Protection Act.

Laboratory-made antibodies work miracles

Scientists have genetically engineered specific antibodies to prevent organ rejection in transplants and to combat cancer. This opens up new …

People play key role in anti-filaria project

A programme implemented in central Kerala shows how an illness can be controlled if the community is involved.

Old malaria control method regains ground

Destroying mosquito larvae with the help of fish is not only environment-frinedly, but a profitable venture too

Bum deal at the summit

A lot of sound and fury signifying nothing: that was the Social Development battlefield at Copenhagen

Face off with cancer

It's simple. Cut the face out, remove the tumour, and put the face back on. Surgeons are doing it in Hong Ko