Why cancer survival rate in India is a low 30 per cent

Study published in The Lancet indicates what the country will need to spend to provide basic cancer screening and care to patients

Private healthcare providers eye smaller cities to expand business

Apollo, Fortis, Max and others join hands to launch NATHEALTH to provide customised insurance policies and medical services to people in tier 2, …

Another poll sop: MGNREGS wage to be hiked from April 1

Move was preceded by series of initiatives to woo rural voters; these include money to construct toilets and insurance benefits

Health activists call for roll back of flagship health insurance scheme

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is asymmetrical and increases corruption, they said on releasing their new manifesto

30 health clinics in East Champaran face action for performing illegal hysterectomies

District authorities suspend their registration under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana; raids revealed some nursing homes had engaged unqualified …

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 …

Centre launches MGNREGA 2.0

30 new types of work added to the rural job guarantee scheme list to restore demand for work under UPA's flagship welfare programme

Unmasking the Budget

The last full budget presented by Arun Jaitley was overwhelmingly focused on agriculture and public health. The catch lies in what he did not say