COVID-19: Testing criteria for private labs opened up
Price cap of Rs 5,000 fixed for pvt labs to conduct virus investigation
COVID-19: Govt refuses to divulge hydroxychloroquine stocks, yet again
Govt says private labs roped in for better geographic coverage, data suggests otherwise
COVID-19: Here are India’s hotspots
Court slaps contempt notice on MCI, health ministry
Medical Council of India failed to start rural health practitioner course
Coronavirus spreads to France, Australia, Malaysia; India tightens watch at 7 airports
China plans to stop interprovincial road transport to Beijing from January 26
Vaccine Scarcity: Government projection of vaccine demand goes haywire
Not expecting second surge, Centre exported more than 60 million doses
COVID-19 Update: India’s active case tally tops 40,000 with 7,830 new infections
XBB1.16.1 strain isolated in 234 COVID-19 patients: INSACOG
As told to Parliament (March 19, 2021): No special plan for children under 15 impacted by pandemic
All that was discussed in the House through the day
No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC
Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2
Unilever’s Aromat risks recall from markets in Kenya
Seasoning contains GM ingredient, banned in the country since 2012
Dismal figures: ‘India sequenced less than 1% of total COVID-19 samples in nearly 3 months’
Lack of funds, difficulty in getting samples among reasons for poor numbers
Government bans blood test for TB
Move comes a year after WHO said the test leads to misdiagnosis
Standard treatment guidelines soon
Will help streamline treatment procedures across government hospitals
Measles catch-up campaign falls short of expectation
Health ministry officials say impact of the campaign will show results later
Make unethical drug trials a punishable offence, say experts
Current laws do not fix penalty if such practices are found
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
Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns
Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered
Court revoking ban on cough remedy worries health activists
They say continuing availability of the drug poses health risk
Health ministry hiding facts in Indore clinical trial case?
Only one patients’ consent was not available, says health minister in Rajya Sabha
SC gives Centre six weeks to file response on illegal clinical trials
Around 2,000 people who underwent clinical trials in India have died since 2008
ASHAs not enough to deliver healthcare to urban poor: study
'Women in urban slums need a basket of healthcare services to meet their needs'
New swine flu kit makes disease detection easier in India
Portable testing kit gives results within an hour
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