Our own microbe catalogue
First genetic map of the microbes found in a healthy human body
Attractive cigarette packs may go up in smoke
India might follow in Australia’s footsteps to enforce plain packaging for tobacco products
Rural health, malnutrition get attention
Health sector overall allocated even less than what it received last year, say experts
Government bans blood test for TB
Move comes a year after WHO said the test leads to misdiagnosis
CAG finds lapses in dental education
Slams health ministry for granting permission to dental colleges with inadequate infrastructure and faculty
Almost half of doctors in US from lower-income countries
India has spent around $1,850 million on 53,000 medical graduates practicing in the US
Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB
A section on tobacco consumption added to the national programme for TB control
Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns
Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered
Gender balance gadget
States turn to dubious technology for saving girl child
Health ministry forms committee to investigate charges by parliamentary standing committee
It will also suggest ways to improve grant of statutory approvals for drugs and functioning of the CDSCO
Sub-standard drugs bigger problem than counterfeit drugs: health activists
Problem of poor quality drugs cannot be solved with technology alone, they say
Education policy for kids under six
Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs
LIC’s unhealthy choice
Life Insurance Corporation invested more than Rs 3,500 crore last year in the tobacco industry
Gorakhpur's deadly curse
The Japanese encephalitis virus and enterovirus cannot be tackled unless the administration cleans up its act, observes Sonal Matharu
Syringes that lock after use to be launched in India
Use of unsafe syringes causes over 1.3 million deaths the world over each year, according to the World Health Organization. In India, single-use …
Health ministry hiding facts in Indore clinical trial case?
Only one patients’ consent was not available, says health minister in Rajya Sabha
Parliament committee indicts drugs regulatory authority
Drugs which are banned in developed countries are approved in India without clinical trials
SC gives Centre six weeks to file response on illegal clinical trials
Around 2,000 people who underwent clinical trials in India have died since 2008
Suspected cholera outbreak in Gujarat
Five deaths and over 200 cases of diarrhoea reported in five days
Money matters
Sonal Matharu finds out how schemes for women and children are all about making money and neglect their health
Health millennium goals neglected in Asia-Pacific region: UN report
3 million children below five died in 2010 alone
Kerala's Pathanamthitta district has highest number of diabetics
All men and women above 30 to be screened for diabetes in 100 districts by March 2021
CBI gets tough on rural health mission scam in Uttar Pradesh
How Central funds meant for upgrading healthcare facilities are siphoned off
Measles catch-up campaign falls short of expectation
Health ministry officials say impact of the campaign will show results later
