Paraguay now malaria-free

The country has worked on eliminating the disease for more than five decades and finally found success

Misleading ad endorsements by celebrities: Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 has loopholes

On one hand, the Bill has penalty provisions for the endorsers and on the other it is giving them a route to get away

Odisha minister endorses CRY-VCRO campaign on child health, malnutrition

The six-month-long campaign reached out to children and mothers of 131 villages of five tribal districts in Odisha

New study suggests kidney disease may be linked to pesticide exposure

Patients with chronic kidney disease were found to have higher amounts of organochlorine pesticides in their body

Government hospitals on sale!

India is eagerly handing over its public health facilities in towns and villages to private players. Is this the end of public healthcare?

Overabundance of a protein one of the causes of Parkinson’s disease: study

Parkinson’s disease results in declining physical functions, most noticeable of them being uncontrollable tremors

Rajya Sabha passes HIV Bill amid protests over crucial clause

As per the Bill, treatment will be provided "as far as possible" removing legal obligation to tend to patients

For a good night's sleep

Most urban Indians dread bedtime. Sleep disorders ensure that 93 per cent of the people living in cities don't sleep well or worse, are not able …

UN General Assembly discusses antimicrobial resistance

This is only the fourth time a health issue has been taken up by the UN General Assembly

Scientists suggest cap on yearly antibiotic use

They also propose phasing-out use of antimicrobial growth romoters in animals with a deadline of five years

Climate change blamed for anthrax outbreak in north Russia

A total of 72 nomadic herders have been hospitalised in the town of Salekhard in the Arctic Circle

Centre sends team to assess malnutrition deaths in Odisha

Ninteen infants have died due to malnutrition and related diseases in Jajpur district in the last six months

World Cancer Day: 'Toxins in the environment are a major problem'

With the rise in the number of cancer cases reported in India every year, prevention and affordable treatment will become critical in battling …

Delivering business

What the increase in caesarean operations worldwide tells us about the science and politics of birthing

Necessary evil

Otherwise considered vital for human health, vitamin A is now believed to endanger the well-being of new borns, if consumed in excess

Striking out strokes

The discovery of a new drug, TPA, provides succour to hapless nervous stroke victims. Most importantly, the drug helps in arresting serious and …

Read this properly

Recognised specifically as a brain disease uptil now, reading disorders are now linked to the language concerned

AIDS messages: tell-all, or nothing?

What do Sushma Swaraj and George W Bush have in common? A mutual contempt of condoms, for one. The us president is known to prefer spreading the …

The link between blood pressure and suicides

Hidden hunger?

There is a rush to cash in on micronutrient deficiency in India through fortification of food

National Family Health Survey out

The Gates accounts

Air pollution linked to autism

Exposure to diesel particulates, heavy metals doubles the risk

Gujarat industries under scrutiny

Court asks government to ascertain workers’ safety

202 new industrial chemicals