Foul Debris

The UCIL plant is still a health hazard

‘Policies will infuse objectivity in health research’

Several health and research policies in the country are either in draft stage or just recommendatory in nature. This hampers regulation of …

Drug trials: Irked NHRC issues notices to Centre and Andhra Pradesh government

Says respond else face action

India’s mysterious diseases: What is NCDC doing?

There is enough evidence to show that National Centre for Disease Control on diseases is not equipped to deal with the country’s …

BHOPAL: the bad dream continues

Bhopal is a metaphor for disaster, industrial and human. It has been the object of much speculation and typically endless litigation. A case …

SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

No community transmission of COVID-19 in India, health ministry repeats

Silent on deadline for Indian COVID-19 vaccine; says human trials yet to take off  

Air pollution is group 1 carcinogen, says WHO agency

Our cities urgently need action plan to meet clean air targets, given the high level of air pollution and increased incidence of lung cancer

HPV vaccine deaths: Parliament panel indicts PATH, health officials

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded agency bypassed ethics and rules while conducting clinical trials for vaccine which was administered to …

Hepatitis afflicts many HIV/AIDS patients, but there is no policy for them

Health ministry and AIDS control body keep shifting responsibility; no statistics available on patients with co-infection