Economic growth has done little to reduce child under-nutrition

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

Pregnant women exposed to pesticides carry high risk of having kids with autism spectrum disorder

Exposure during early development can affect mood, learning, social interactions and behaviour, reveals a study conducted near agriculture sites …

Air pollution killed 7 million in 2012, says WHO

Revised estimates double number of deaths attributed to air pollution

Diwali is far, but smog is here

Slow wind speed and pollution build up chokes people; authorities fail to issue health alerts

HPV vaccination crucial to reducing cervical cancer, says study

States in the US which have a higher rate of HPV vaccination have a lower rate of cervical cancer

How government policies are putting our hearts at risk

The food we eat poses the biggest risk to the heart, yet the processed food industry is allowed to sell food high on fats, salt and sugar without …

Parliament panel calls meeting to deliberate mental health Bill

Non-profits say it has provisions that would work against the interest of patients

Easy way for hospitals to reduce heat-related sickness in newborns

Study by doctors of Ahmedabad hospital shows shifting of maternity ward to a lower floor reduced morbidity

Drug pricing policies bent to favour pharma industry, allege health experts

Nearly 83 per cent medicines out of the ambit of price control policy, thus making them out of reach for most patients, say two recent reports

Few nations can achieve child mortality reduction goal set for 2035: report

'Only nine of 74 nations where most under five deaths occur can achieve goal of 20 deaths per 1,000 live births if current trends continue'

Clean air helps reduce health costs by half in Taiyuan city in China

Decade-long measures to check air pollution helped in reducing particulate matter by over 50 per cent in Taiyuan

Book launch becomes platform to debunk studies on health risks of cell phone towers

IIT professor and international expert say fear around mobile technology is unscientific

Jairam urges caution over Lancet series recommendations on nutrition

Rural development minister shares concerns of activists at launch of Lancet series; stresses community role in fight against malnutrition

India is 20 yrs behind in managing non-communicable diseases, shows survey

Pilot assessment in Shimla and Udaipur shows high prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and poor health infrastructure

New health threat: a sexually transmitted superbug deadlier than AIDS

Drug resistant gonorrhoea strain poses public health crisis; US Centers for Disease Control requests funds to research new antibiotics for treatment

Many a slip

Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?

Education policy for kids under six

Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs

Cigarettes with additives pollute air more: study

Fifteen chemicals increased by 20 per cent or more in air with the cigarettes

SC takes cognisance of alarming increase in air pollution in Delhi

Centre for Science and Environment welcomes apex court’s decision to accelerate priority measures to cut toxic vehicular emissions and air …

Non communicable diseases causing more premature deaths in India now

World Bank report says heart diseases have replaced TB and sepsis as two of the five leading causes of deaths between 1990 and 2010

Precautionary trickle

Mexico's tax on sugar-sweetened beverages has positively impacted public health. India too imposes huge taxes, but not with the purpose of …

High prices of food lead to malnutrition, says study

Poorer households have the smallest food reserves and are therefore hardest hit by rising food prices: study

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