Delhi's walking medicine bank

Omkar Nath Sharma has made it his vocation to collect unused medicines and distribute them to the poor

Yar Tsa Gumba

A miraculous mushroom, over-exploited, is on the brink of extinction

Pickle, tea and a spice

Weeds of fortune

A researcher reflects on progress fighting hepatitis C — and a path forward

The development of treatments over the past 30 years reflects the amazing progress the field has made in tackling hepatitis C in a relatively …

गरीबों तक भी पहुंच पाएगी कोरोना वैक्सीन, 150 से भी ज्यादा देशों ने मिलाया हाथ

जिन 165 देशों ने इस समझौते में रुचि व्यक्त की है, वो दुनिया की लगभग 60 फीसदी आबादी का प्रतिनिधित्व करते हैं

Alarming increase in global use of antibiotics, India is the largest consumer

A research published in a medical journal has sounded an alarm on overuse and misuse of antibiotic drugs

Umbilical discord

As a result of air pollution in Delhi, strains of toxic metals like lead and cadmium are increasingly finding their way into the womb

The ideal gap

A two-and-a-half-year gap is ideal between births for the health of the babies

Asthma at home

What's cooking tonight?

Cooking smoke can increase the risk of catching tuberculosis

Sounds bad!

Finishing touches

Ayurvedic massage can reduce body's toxin levels by 58 per cent

World Health Assembly to discuss reforms

Health activists push for funds with no strings attached

Dying practice

Lack of medicinal plants forces village doctors out of trade

Against the grain

COVID-19: Trials for cure at a glance

Scientists across the globe are working to develop vaccines for the novel coronavirus disease while exploring whether existing drugs can be …

Clinical trials for Ebola drug begin in Liberia

The drug was originally developed for other viruses

Stem cell breakthrough gets Nobel in medicine

British scientist John B Gurdon and his Japanese counterpart Shinya Yamanaka honoured

Rohana’s healer of maladies

Meet Jaganath Singh who has been treating farm animals with herbs and plants for the past 80 years

"Forests are the main source of herbs"

Meghalaya's abundant flora is the basis of its traditional healthcare system. Now, rapid urbanisation and breakdown of the community structure …

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

In short

Letting go a good thing

After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio-environmental vector management project

Urban malady

A Japanese study suggests that city life contributes to premature death