Salt of the earth

Bombay HC stays Centre's notification on iodised salt

Spitting it out

Zinc supplements don't help healthy children

Faulty formula

New drug pricing policy proposes bringing all essential medicines under price control, but makes them expensive

Pills for polls

The free medicine scheme in Rajasthan may benefit Congress

Costly vaccine to pre-empt cervical cancer may not find takers

Jan Aushadhi Stores fail to take off

Very few visit governmentÔÇÖs generics retail outlets

Short on paramedics

Hospitals employ untrained staff due to acute shortage of qualified paramedics in the country

Harmful combo drugs flood market

Irrational drug combos flood market; regulator does little to remove them

International meet on Avian flu agree on a roadmap

Resurgent polio

Eradicating polio in India is proving to be a tough ask. The disease, which seemed to have been contained a few years ago, is rearing its head …

Leprosy returns

Public health experts blame it on government complacency  

Tough trial

Can Indian traditional medicines transfer their ancient efficacy to the modern era?

Healthy move

Bad food

Infection threat from clean hospitals too

COP28: Say climate crisis, think health crisis

COP28 will include the first dedicated 'Health Day'. It's due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis  

Deficient programme

Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food?

India gets it first mental health policy

Timed to coincide with the World Mental Health Day, the policy aims to provide universal access to mental healthcare, especially to those living …

How effective is the global polio eradication drive?

An optimistic note, about wiping out polio from the six afflicted countries, was to be sounded at a conference organised by the World Health …

Rural people can now get anganwadis on demand

Battle against TB

Latest WHO report highlights the advances made by countries in controlling the spread of tuberculosis and recommends ways to achieve eradication 

Get your own vaccine

Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private …

Antimicrobial resistance: Madhya Pradesh’s action plan needs targeted and specific interventions

Antibiotics in food animals an essential environmental and public health issue

The salt challenge

Its restriction in food can help India fight high BP