Draft Public Health Bill restrictive, unclear: experts

They raise concern over the sudden introduction of the bill and its covert focus on bioterrorism

Fidel Castro: A champion of public health

Few would dispute the outstanding successes the Cuban healthcare system has achieved since Fidel and his comrades led the country’s …

Demonetisation: public health system ill-equipped and unreliable

The government’s assurance of treatment in government hospitals is hollow as the system is inadequate

First-of-its-kind policy initiative on nutrition and diet launched in Delhi

The total health burden arising from poor diet exceeds the combined burden of unsafe sex, alcohol, drug and tobacco use    

Kerala imposes 14.5 per cent fat tax on branded restaurants selling junk food

A 2016 study published in the International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries found high incidence of Type-2 diabetes among the …

WHO to discuss Zika impact on Rio Olympics next week

Concern over the spread of the disease is growing with athletes pulling out of the event and scientists writing to WHO to move or postpone the Games

Ebola and Zika epidemics are driven by pathologies of society, not just a virus

To tackle Zika and other viral outbreaks, we need to focus not only on the pathology of the disease, but also on the global political …

Spread of polio remains a public health emergency: WHO

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries exporting poliovirus but worldwide threat remains

Climate change can’t be dealt without focus on public health, urge experts

The need to gather data to develop deeper understanding of health impacts of climate change was emphasised at a meet in Delhi

Drug resistance: treatable diseases have once again turned fatal, says WHO

Data from 114 countries show spread of the major public health threat; global collaboration needed for targeted solutions, says global health agency

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

Public pressure mounts to check pollution from industrial area in Solan

NGOs organise community meeting to record grievances and demand action against pollution from Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh industrial area

3.1 million children under five die of malnutrition annually

Study says child mortality linked to maternal undernutrition, obesity

Over 300 million Indians still defecate in the open: WHO-UNICEF report

Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan do much better in improving access to sanitation

Disease caused by reduced blood supply to heart now biggest health scare in India

Ischemic heart disease is biggest reason for deteriorating health of men as well as women, says a study

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&…

Rajasthan moves to ‘privatise' basic health facilities

Attempts to implement the PPP model have failed in many states. Activists plan to oppose the decision  

‘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

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 …