Why antibiotic resistance is getting worse in India
Powerful, newer generation drugs are being sold far more frequently for no apparent reason
Insurance becomes a hurdle
Government health insurance schemes have made life more difficult for the rural poor, finds Aparna Pallavi
Beyond a flailing state
Health ministry cannot provide basic services, the finance ministry cannot collect taxes and the chaos of governance worsens
Children of a lesser god
Ankur Paliwal finds out why Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in
What ails Bundi?
Dinsa Sachan scours the Rajasthan district’s health centres for answers
Big tobacco blows new smoke rings
A third front has opened up in their war on Australia’s cigarette packaging rules
Patent issues delaying Ebola cure
Canada's exclusive licensing rights of its Ebola patent to a US firm are holding up global development of a vaccine
How to cope with heat waves
Accurate weather prediction and coordinated action plan hold the key
Coordinated international response must to eradicate polio, says WHO
Since May 2014, there has been new spread of poliovirus in central Asia and a poliovirus originating in Central Africa was reported from the Americas
Russia ravaged
Crackdown on bad drugs
SAARC ministers adopt Delhi declaration on public health
Supra-national laboratory for TB and HIV/AIDS to come up in Kathmandu with India bearing the major cost of the project
Cancerous chlorine
Mission health for all
What prime minister needs to do to make good his promise on making 12th Five-Year Plan a health plan
New study links diabetes with stress
People with type-2 diabetes have weakened biological ability to recover from stress
Out of pocket health spending has risen in rural India: study
Even after adjusting inflation, spending has increased 25 per cent in six years
Walking or cycling to work reduces health risks in India
Study makes case for investment in public transport, pedestrian and cycling routes
Budget banks on insurance; neglects deteriorating public healthcare
Stress on insurance poised to benefit the private sector
One national, eight regional paramedic institutes to open soon
Around 6.6 million allied health professionals short in India, finds a report
Tax hike on cigarettes can prevent four million deaths in India: report
ADB report points out that the amount of money spent by the poorest 10 million male smokers on cigarettes a day can actually help them buy 1,400 …
WHO proposes reforms following criticism over handling Ebola
WHO was too slow to react, admits WHO director-general
Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011: report
Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would …
Dengue cases in 2012 highest in four years
216 people across the country died of the disease
Gutkha ban has reduced consumption of tobacco in India: WHO
India is the world’s largest consumer of smokeless tobacco; nearly one million people die in the country every year due to tobacco use
Delhi smog lifts partially
Pollution build up in recent days corresponded with peak traffic hours and freight movement