Diwali is far, but smog is here

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

Homeless and sick

Study shows high incidence of TB among Delhi's shelterless

Industries can harm health in many ways: Here are 3 that aren’t so obvious

Some products and practices are directly linked to avoidable ill health, planetary damage and social and health inequity, especially by …

Current monkeypox symptoms are different from previous outbreaks, finds study

Rectal pain, penile swelling new complaints; Only a quarter of patients had known contact with a confirmed case  

China shifts focus to variant-specific vaccines as it faces an imminent Omicron wave

XBB subvariant has potential to wreak more havoc in China as large number of people immunologically susceptible 

How do blood tests work? Medical laboratory scientists explain the process

There are a lot of steps in the pathway from blood draw to diagnosis and treatment 

Global spread of vaccine-derived polio still a high risk: WHO

Recommends declaring transmission as a national public health emergency, ensuring vaccinations for travellers and residents

Dengue on the rise: global burden is three times WHO estimate

Study shows India contributed more than one-third of burden in 2010

Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair

Calls them misleading and unjustified

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

Swachh Bharat Mission misses out on sludge management

Official representing India at third international faecal sludge management conference fails to provide satisfactory answer

Budget 2023-24: Marginal rise in health budget not enough to keep up with inflation, experts say

Lesser allocation for health over the years also indicates that we need to go a long way to reach the target of spending 2.5 per cent of GDP for …

COVID-19: Is South Korea new epicentre outside China

World Health Organization hints at possible pandemic

Maternal and neonatal mortality rate high despite improvement in childbirth practices

A study conducted in public health centres in Uttar Pradesh shows complying to essential childbirth practices did not significantly alter …

Why Horlicks ad claim on boiled milk is hard to digest

Claim by GlaxoSmithKline that makes the milk supplement harps only on one aspect of study, which incidentally is funded by another multinational&…

Chhatisgarh stalls PPP project to outsource diagnostic facilities

Centre refuses to provide funds; state government to review project

Rapid privatisation has worsened health care services in poor and middle-income nations: study

But public sector, too. needs quality improvement, say researchers from University of California

Children of a lesser god

Ankur Paliwal finds out why Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in

Union budget 2020-21 - explained in 15 charts

Nirmala Sitharaman's budget has little to offer rural India. Allocation to several schemes were slashed below 2019-20 revised estimates&…

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

Poor understanding of maternal, infant mortality rates & misuse of law behind Assam child marriage crackdown

State’s poor health performance lies in larger developmental issues; Prohibition of Child Marriage and POCSO Acts being misinterpretated

Report alleges conflict of interest behind India’s fortified food programme

Food Fortification Resource Centre under food regulator FSSAI is an industry association; members profiting financially, alleges Alliance for …

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