Licence revived, production halted

Government-run vaccine units fail to resume supply for immunisation programme

Big promises to curb hypertension, but no funds

India does not have sufficient funds or plan to eradicate non-communicable diseases

Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB

A section on tobacco consumption added to the national programme for TB control

Polio vaccine compulsory for those travelling to select countries

India is in no mood to risk the polio free status it achieved earlier this year

Experts contest new vaccine policy document

Say they were not consulted

Cap on trans fats

No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report

Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade

India bans import of animal-tested beauty products

Becomes first South-Asian country to go ‘cruelty free’

In the wrong ministry?

Biotech Regulatory Authority will have too much power, no checks

Get your own vaccine

Superbug prompts antibiotics policy

Standard treatment guidelines will determine drug prescription

Sub-standard drugs bigger problem than counterfeit drugs: health activists

Problem of poor quality drugs cannot be solved with technology alone, they say

Superbug threat is for real

But Indian government does not think it is significant

IN SHORT

In short

National plan on non-communicable diseases

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law

After extensive lobbying, two-finger test finally removed from proforma for medical examination of rape victims

Uniform protocol and further research in forensic medicine required

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

PM Modi urges citizens to follow precautions during upcoming festive season

South-east Asian nations pledge to eliminate measles by 2020

Doctors say it may hamper people from acquiring natural immunity

Ads term gutkha ban unfair

Analysts call the ads misleading; health ministry plans action against industry

Audit of India's water bodies confirms their polluted status

CAG assessment reveals governments' inaction in curbing water pollution

Rising trend

Poor and the young are new victims of hypertension

Who controls

Gutkha sympathiser

Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others