Trial and error

Recent notifications offer no security to clinical trial participants

No two-finger test for rape

Health ministry does away with the controversial test; medicos demand use of rape kit

SC slams health ministry for unchecked clinical trials

Says trials of all new drugs must be supervised by health secretary

H1N1 caught India sleeping

Govt neither denies nor accepts adverse event in Serum Institute COVID-19 vaccine trial

Health secretary claims all procedures followed but refuses to divulge details

Kerala's Pathanamthitta district has highest number of diabetics

All men and women above 30 to be screened for diabetes in 100 districts by March 2021

Lungs, beware

Switching to ozone-friendly inhalers is not going to be easy

Pentavalent takes its toll

The vaccine is suspected to have killed at least 13 infants. Experts want data analysed

Health ministry invites bids for plastic-wrapped mosquito nets

Environmentalists oppose; say plastic not good for environment

Leprosy looms

Latest survey dismisses government’s claims of disease elimination  

CAG report finds promotion irregularities at ICMR institute

Irregular payments of over Rs 2 crore at NICED; Promotions ante-dated by upto 34 months

Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair

Calls them misleading and unjustified

Leprosy returns

Public health experts blame it on government complacency  

Spending on junk food

Officials push five-in-one vaccine

Pentavalent vaccine linked to child deaths in Sri Lanka, Bhutan; ball in high court

Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies

Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre

Deficient programme

Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food?

Draft organ donation rules propose stiff penalty on illegal trade

Small health centres to get licence for organ retrieval

Illogical formula

Lopsided drug trial compensation plan marginalises the unemployed and homemakers

As told to Parliament (February 12, 2021): CSE expose on honey adulteration taken note of by Centre

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Clinical trials: compensation may be given only if injury directly relates to trials

Health authority says final decision on the matter may take time

Degree without honours

Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health

Curing the ills of pharma FDI

Foreign investment in existing pharma companies will be allowed with riders

Pharma companies determine what patients buy

Indo-US deal undermines food safety