Officials push five-in-one vaccine
Pentavalent vaccine linked to child deaths in Sri Lanka, Bhutan; ball in high court
Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies
Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre
Deficient programme
Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food?
Draft organ donation rules propose stiff penalty on illegal trade
Small health centres to get licence for organ retrieval
Illogical formula
Lopsided drug trial compensation plan marginalises the unemployed and homemakers
As told to Parliament (February 12, 2021): CSE expose on honey adulteration taken note of by Centre
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Clinical trials: compensation may be given only if injury directly relates to trials
Health authority says final decision on the matter may take time
Degree without honours
Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health
Curing the ills of pharma FDI
Foreign investment in existing pharma companies will be allowed with riders
Pharma companies determine what patients buy
Indo-US deal undermines food safety
Out of control
Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth
Licence revived, production halted
Government-run vaccine units fail to resume supply for immunisation programme
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Big promises to curb hypertension, but no funds
India does not have sufficient funds or plan to eradicate non-communicable diseases
Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB
A section on tobacco consumption added to the national programme for TB control
Zero maternal death in two former war-torn districts of Sri Lanka
Efforts on to reduce nation's MMR to 24 per 100,000 live births by 2015
Polio vaccine compulsory for those travelling to select countries
India is in no mood to risk the polio free status it achieved earlier this year
Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality
Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better
Australia pulls out Indian gutka ad
Kamla Pasand had boundary line advertisements in India-Australia matches
Cap on trans fats
No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report
Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade
India bans import of animal-tested beauty products
Becomes first South-Asian country to go ‘cruelty free’
In the wrong ministry?
Biotech Regulatory Authority will have too much power, no checks
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