Over 36,000 screened for Ebola in India

Of the 700 passengers being tracked, most are in Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, West Bengal and Delhi

India finalises national action plan on antimicrobial resistance

The government terms antimicrobial resistance as a serious threat to global public health

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 …

India’s mysterious diseases: Why are they happening?

The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme is not working as it was conceptualised, say experts

India’s mysterious diseases: ‘We need a public health system’

Human health management is dismally low in India, says T Jacob John, virologist and former professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore

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 …