HIV bill at risk

Health ministry keeps draft bill under wraps. Activists fear provision of free treatment is diluted

Turmoil in academia

Tenure of Medical Council of India’s governing body set to expire; Centre unclear about next move

Health Act faces hurdles

Centre drafts guidelines to regulate clinical establishments; Indian Medical Association resists

CAG finds lapses in dental education

Slams health ministry for granting permission to dental colleges with inadequate infrastructure and faculty

Endgame begins

Experts say India needs to move beyond oral vaccine to battle vaccine-generated polio

TB turns invincible

Discovery of a deadly form of TB in a Mumbai hospital  underscores mismanagement

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

Leprosy looms

Latest survey dismisses government’s claims of disease elimination  

Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB

A section on tobacco consumption added to the national programme for TB control

Gutkha sympathiser

Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others