WHO includes an Indian diagnostic test in its global TB programme

The TrueNet assay, a new molecular test to diagnose TB, also checks for resistance to the rifampicin drug in about 90 minutes

Antibiotic resistance: Nigeria stares at a major catastrophe

Coordinated response is the need of the hour

Too early to declare Coronavirus outbreak an int'l emergency: WHO

'Neither severity, source nor extent of virus' transmission completely known yet'

Antibiotic resistance: A new dose

How the world is gearing up to fight antibiotic resistance

WHO declares coronavirus outbreak as global health emergency

After Vietnam, Germany and Japan; US too confirms human-to-human transmission in their countries

Union Budget 2020-21 promises Rs 4,400 cr for clean air; how, where and how soon?

Fiscal promise for clean air action without a blueprint for spending; even after a year of NCAP, output & outcome indicators not available in …

Novel coronavirus outbreak not a pandemic: WHO

It is only an epidemic with multiple foresides as most cases are concentrated in China, says UN body

Novel Coronavirus: What’s in a name?

World bodies have to be extremely careful when naming a new disease

Call novel Coronavirus 'COVID-19', says WHO

Current outbreak's death rate in epicentre estimated at 18%; it was 10% globally for Sars in 2002-03

Coronavirus outbreak: A new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

To provide a clearer picture of an evolving story, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has developed a new outbreak-…

Coronavirus: Enough drug ingredients, says govt, refuses to go into detail

Union Health minister says India will not repatriate citizens stuck on ship in Japan

Antibiotic resistance: How to tackle AMR in Africa

Pan-Africa experts meet to find solutions to the antimicrobial resistance mess 

कोरोनावायरस को नियंत्रित करने के लिए चीन में जारी है अंधाधुंध चिकित्सकीय परीक्षण

विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन चीन के वैज्ञानिकों के साथ मिलकर दुनियाभर के लिए मानक तैयार कर रहा है। जल्द ही यह मानक जारी किए जाएंगे।  

भारत में बच्चों के जीवन के लिए बड़ा खतरा हैं प्रदूषण, जलवायु परिवर्तन और जंक फूड

बच्चों के विकास सम्बन्धी चाइल्ड फ्लोरीशिंग इंडेक्स में भारत ने 180 देशों में 131 वां स्थान हासिल किया है

No country in position to provide safe future to children: Report

High carbon emissions diminish good development indices of children, says Unicef-WHO-Lancet Commission report

कोरोनावायरस: दुनिया भर में घोषित हुई हेल्थ इमरजेंसी

20 से अधिक देशों में कोरोनावायरस के फैलने के बाद विश्व स्वास्थ्य स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने ग्लोबल हेल्थ इमरजेंसी घोषित कर दी

COVID-19: Is South Korea new epicentre outside China

World Health Organization hints at possible pandemic

COVID-19: Are we prepared for a pandemic?

No. The world has not even made a start

COVID-19: 'Need to address the unknown'

WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier's on why the UN health body doesn't consider novel coronavirus to be a pandemic

COVID-19: WHO raises risk level for world to ‘very high’

Global stock markets plunged on February 28 amid fears of a pandemic as the disease spread to 53 countries

Coronavirus outbreak still containable, says WHO; health agencies disagree

91,308 cases reported globally; 76 countries affected 

Coronavirus: Older cousin MERS killed as recent as December

Years of research on SARS, MERS diseases have not helped much in dealing with COVID-19

Coronavirus mutated, new strain more aggressive: Research

Though older, less aggressive ‘S type’ strain seems to be more frequent now than ‘L type’

The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here

At the beginning of March the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced that the last Ebola patient had been discharged from a …

COVID-19: Pandemic threat real, admits WHO

Novel coronavirus hasn’t run its course in most countries; need to step up emergency measures