Coronavirus update: Finance minister announces special package

Food and cash transfer announced under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana

Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities

The new coronavirus crossed the animal-human divide at a market in Wuhan, one of the largest Chinese cities and a major transportation node

Are you in danger of catching the coronavirus? 5 questions answered

What you should know about the novel Coronavirus

Niti Aayog's health index: Topper Kerala's performance slumps

The state performed worse than last time and those with a not-so-good overall score showed improvement

Walking or cycling to work reduces health risks in India

Study makes case for investment in public transport, pedestrian and cycling routes

COVID-19: A long economic quarantine

Forecast of high temperature, erratic rains and cyclone push India’s poor into a point of no survival return  

Promises alone cannot improve people’s health; government should know that

Now, government has promised ‘world’s largest health scheme’ whose implementation is not possible, at least in 2018.

‘Allocation for health services should be double of what it is’

Innovation in medicine and vaccine research a must now

Economic growth has done little to reduce child under-nutrition

Data taken from 121 health surveys and 36 countries has been analysed

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 …

Insurance becomes a hurdle

Government health insurance schemes have made life more difficult for the rural poor, finds Aparna Pallavi

Ominous Signs: How deadly cancer is for India

While cases have increased in all the 28 cancer registries in India, mortality has gone up in 14. People of northeastern states are most …

New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

While many children who are HIV-exposed and also HIV-uninfected are growing and developing well, some face greater risks

New physics needed to explain Universe’s expansion rate: NASA

Scientists are certain about veracity of a long-standing discrepancy in the value of the rate of expansion known as Hubble Constant

Ujjwala scheme: Experts, govt officials mum on LPG cylinder refills

While researchers and officials applaud government’s efforts in reducing household air pollution, none talk about how hardly anybody is …

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

Indians could have lived for 1.7 years more with cleaner air

Every 8th death in country is due to air pollution, finds first state-wide research on its impact  

What does Modicare mean for India's poor and sick?

In the absence of a proper public health infrastructure, what does Ayushman Bharat mean for millions of poor & sick? Kundan Pandey travels to …

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

Robotic surgeries to get cheaper [video special]

A patient has to usually shell out around Rs 50,000 more for a robot-assisted surgery