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Vaccine shortage to continue

Government denies it; its own data tells a different story

World Health Assembly: health issues of women, children and elderly in focus

Health facilities available for older people are unequally distributed across the world

Dissent and democracy

Forty years after the Emergency was declared, India must revisit its legacy of dissent

Children's swaraj

Karnataka turns governance into child's play with kids' assemblies

Young Innovators

A healthy child, a healthy nation

Our country, our mess

How's India doing in providing basic social services?

Nightmare festivals

There is growing concern over the pollution caused by festivals like Diwali

Dial R for radiation

The government asks schoolchildren in the UK to restrict the use of mobile phones

Where cancer lurks

Incidence of leukaemia is higher among children when both the parents are migrants

Experiments with truth

Innovative science teaching scheme relegated to supplementary status

Perpetually ill-prepared

Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh

Stone-age women killed furry babies, research suggests

Deadly Nursery: North India’s children born and bred in toxic air

DTE reports from various parts of North India as children across the region grow up among contaminants

A new child needs to be enrolled in school every 2 seconds to meet 2030 target: UNESCO

There are now 250 million children not enrolled in school, compared to 244 million in 2021

Growing COVID-19 infection among children a concern in Odisha: Sources

Of the total cases registered between March 1 and May 16, 8% were among those under 18

Urban children in slums more vulnerable to health risks, says report

Centres that host most of these vulnerable kids need immediate attention

Thorp thwarted

SOUTH AFRICA

MONEYMAKERS

Nicotine: catch them young

Washed clean

'Wet dry' cleaning could soon become a safer alternative to clean clothes

Thumbs down

Unhealthy deals

Mar government agencies' drug procurement process