Just 32% tribal children consume healthy diet: expert committee
A report by an expert committee constituted by health ministry shows that malnutrition among tribals is more than among non-tribals
Bigger share of non-communicable, injury neurological disorders in India’s disease burden
Stroke, headache disorders and epilepsy were the biggest contributors of India's neurlogical disease burden
Obituary: Former health secy Keshav Desiraju fought hard against corruption in health industry
He was summarily transferred to the ministry of consumer affairs during his tenure as the health secy
328 combination medicines banned
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare prohibited the manufacture and sale of these medicines after the Drugs Technical Advisory Board …
No policy for rare diseases, govt declares ‘one-time financial assistance’
The Union health minister announced a ‘one-time financial assistance’ in Parliament on Friday, but did not specify any amount
Two deaths reported in Kerala due to the Nipah Virus, health minister Mandaviya confirms
The state government set up a control room in Kozhikode on September 12 to control the emergency, after a district-wide health alert was issued …
Fingers crossed: Experts cautious about variant evolution in the wake of China’s COVID-19 tsunami
Any new variant that emerges from the current surge in China may not have the same lethal ability as past ones. But one cannot rule out …
Refrain from religious profiling of COVID-19 cases: WHO in context of Tabligh
Govt of Indian gives statewise distribution of Islamic sect cases; That isn't helpful, says World Health Org
Caught in second COVID-19 wave? What signs of surge in new entrants mean
COVID-19 cases are being reported in large numbers from districts that had so far been mildly hit by the pandemic
World Heart Day: Why India needs clear front-of-pack warnings on food items
Not all consumers understand what’s written on the packet because it is not written in the language they understand. Many do not read the label
World Health Day to focus on food safety this year
About 306 outbreaks of food poisoning and 344 outbreaks of diarrhoea were reported between 2011 and 2014
COVID-19: States showing surge of cases not doing enough RT-PCR tests: Health ministry
6.5 per cent COVID-19 vaccines getting wasted in India; country not to pause Covishield inoculation
At least 85% space on cigarette packets will now carry pictorial warnings
Anyone not following the new norms issued by the Centre can be imprisoned for a term which may extend to two years
Central Government Health Schemes now open to all senior citizens in Delhi
Doctors will now have to prescribe only those medicines and procedures that have been listed under schemes
India announces new standards to compensate victims of clinical trials
Activists have earlier raised concerns that volunteers who end up with injuries after trials are not compensated properly
New formula proposed for compensating victims of drug trials
For the purpose of monetary compensation, injuries and adverse effect of clinical drug trials will be classified into four types
COVID-19: IMA shoots angry letter on govt statement about health worker deaths
Minister Ashwini Choubey had said Centre had no centralised data on how many healthcare workers had succumbed to COVID-19 as health was …
Activists demand access to affordable oral hepatitis drugs
Giving patents to foreign-made medicines will add to patients’ woes, they urge
Health ministry sets timeframe for keeping animals treated with antibiotics out of food chain
Antibiotics used for therapeutic purposes in animals to carry details of withdrawal period
Government launches new health programme for adolescents
Earlier schemes were confined only to sexual and reproductive health, say health officials
Is India really open-defecation-free? Here’s what numbers say
15% of the total population in India defecates in the open in India, according to WASH report 2021
Doctors absent in flood-hit areas
Hospitals have not got green signal for deploying teams; state government unclear of medical help actually needed
India in midst of a nasty H3N2 outbreak — worst of seasonal flu viruses
Three deaths reported so far this season; the virus wreaked havoc in United States in 2018 as well
Clinical trials: illogical compensation formula
Health ministry finally drafts formula to compensate victims of drug trials. Experts wary; say formula is shoddy and ill-conceived
Junk food in schools: high court asks FSSAI to frame rules
Food standards authority says it has invited proposals for developing guidelines for making available quality food in school canteens