Famines in India are a nightmare of the past

A WHO study notes that While India has achieved impressive levels in food production, equitable distribution is still a distant dream. Chronic …

Mothers' gift

The benefits of breastfeeding babies include better intelligence, lower risk of cancer and asthma, and much more...

For children's sake

Public pressure forces US agency to reconsider proposed move to suspend paediatric drug testing rule

Demand charter from children for education, health sectors

Report>>Ensuring Universal Access To Health and Education in India, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, Delhi 2007

'I am rewriting Ayurvedic knowledge'

Vaidya Balendu Prakash is presently carrying out research work on Rasayan Shastra (metal therapy), based on ayurveda. He has been successfully …

Why diseases are "mysterious"

The government's public health system is completely defunct. Of late, there has been an alarming rise in disease outbreaks in the country. …

Malnutrition count up in Orissa

Lending voice: This Odisha journalist helps tribal women & girls take charge of their own health and share their stories

Jayanti Buruda has trained Malkangiri tribal women in journalistic practices such as writing scripts, preparing field reports, and shooting and …

Coronavirus: Passengers from China to be screened at Indian airports, advisory issued

Second death in China; second case in Thailand reported

World Health Assembly: health issues of women, children and elderly in focus

Health facilities available for older people are unequally distributed across the world

A year later, the government’s promises on mental health still unfulfilled

No update on Mental Health Care Bill, other promises

A healthy child, a healthy nation

Bhopal's nightmare of green and apathy

Our country, our mess

How's India doing in providing basic social services?

Unhealthy decision?

A new bill on environment-related risks is rejected by the Delhi Assembly

After the dust settles

The air in Nepal's capital city is breatheable again

In court

Killing spree

Slow off the mark

Discussions begin on norms for soft drinks, but urgency lacking

Double whammy

Fresh outbreak of SARS, avian flu

How effective?

Bytes

Gene therapy advance

New Indian technology licensed to US company

Nothing gay about section 377

Exposure to vehicular pollution may increase risk of dementia

More than 90% of the world population is lives in areas with higher than recommended levels of air pollution