Missing evidence

Questions are being raised about the authenticity of forensic samples of Bhopal gas victims, crucial for establishing the cause of deaths. Have …

The new obesity

A growing number of people are unable to shed those extra pounds despite strict diet regimes and long hours of workout. Evidence shows that the …

Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial drug

It has an efficacy rate of over 95 per cent, claims company

Hidden hunger?

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

New victims

India is nowhere close to herd immunity, countrywide serosurvey shows

Upcoming winter season and festivals could heighten COVID-19 challenge, say officials

India’s COVID-19 vaccine: Study investigators say August 15 deadline unachievable

Indian Council of Medical research suggests a month’s time to complete three phases, global experiments taking months

Superbug threat is for real

But Indian government does not think it is significant

ICMR launches three new diagnostic kits

They will help reduce costs of detecting pathogens in food, estimating iron levels in blood and determining vitamin A levels in blood under …

‘Stem cells – more hype than hope’

Scientific community calls for more stringent regulation of basic stem cell research and clinical trials

Can endosulfan be exported?

Supreme Court asks panel to explore possibilities of disposing of the pesticide  

Brief

ICMR D-G is wrong; Kawasaki disease in children post-COVID has been reported in India

Shut down schools if positivity rate goes up to more than 5 per cent: IAP chief

Deaths due to non-communicable diseases increased by 37 per cent since 1990

Kerala, Goa, and Tamil Nadu have the largest share of non-communicable diseases, according to the 2016 India State-level Disease Burden study

Probiotics market thrives sans regulations

Indian food safety authority yet to specify deadline for notifying regulations for food products containing 'friendly' microorganisms

Supreme Court issues notices on unethical drug trials

1,727 persons have died during drug trials between 2007 and 2010, says public interest petition

Scientists get legal notice for highlighting health hazards of endosulfan

Excel Crop Care asks them to withdraw report, apologise publicly by July 28

Endosulfan: India in denial

Agriculture minister claims several states had asked him not to ban the pesticide

Convalescent plasma therapy may go off Indian protocol for COVID-19: ICMR

PM Modi urges citizens to follow precautions during upcoming festive season

COVID-19: SC asks Centre for way to make tests free at pvt labs

Solicitor General says private labs roped in since government labs insufficient; contradicts ICMR’s position

India launches vaccine against Japanese encephalitis

Can the indigenously developed JENVAC curb spread of brain fever?

Ethics on trial

Five per cent of the clinical trials conducted across the world will be in India by 2012. They are vital for confirming the efficacy of a new drug,…

India’s diabetes burden likely to increase

First phase nation-wide study finds diabetes prevalence highest in Chandigarh

Rising trend

Poor and the young are new victims of hypertension

Checks on drug trials

Court intervention prompts guidelines for drug trials. Pharmaceutical companies lobby to dilute them