Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial drug

It has an efficacy rate of over 95 per cent, claims company

New victims

India is nowhere close to herd immunity, countrywide serosurvey shows

Upcoming winter season and festivals could heighten COVID-19 challenge, say officials

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ICMR D-G is wrong; Kawasaki disease in children post-COVID has been reported in India

Shut down schools if positivity rate goes up to more than 5 per cent: IAP chief

Scientists get legal notice for highlighting health hazards of endosulfan

Excel Crop Care asks them to withdraw report, apologise publicly by July 28

Endosulfan: India in denial

Agriculture minister claims several states had asked him not to ban the pesticide

Convalescent plasma therapy may go off Indian protocol for COVID-19: ICMR

PM Modi urges citizens to follow precautions during upcoming festive season

India launches vaccine against Japanese encephalitis

Can the indigenously developed JENVAC curb spread of brain fever?

India’s diabetes burden likely to increase

First phase nation-wide study finds diabetes prevalence highest in Chandigarh

Rising trend

Poor and the young are new victims of hypertension

Bihar deputy CM stirs up a storm with remarks on asbestos

Minister misquotes court ruling; gives views that contradict party stand

Drug trials: Irked NHRC issues notices to Centre and Andhra Pradesh government

Says respond else face action

SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

ICMR: Post-Covid dyspnoea, fatigue, and mental health issues were reported among 18.6%, 10.5%, and 9.3% respectively

Researchers say their findings may have certain limitations as they are prone to both underestimation and overestimation due to considerable loss …

ICMR finds no links between unexplained deaths during COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines

Family history of sudden deaths, COVID-19 hospitalisation and high-risk behavioural factors could have increased risk of sudden cardiac deaths

Cancer now kills more than double the Indians it did in 1990

An ICMR study finds that while 3.82 lakh cancer patients died in 1990, the number jumped to 8.13 lakh in 2016

2 of 3 child deaths in India due to malnutrition: Report

Children under 5 in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and Rajasthan worst-hit, finds study of 2017 data by ICMR, PHFI and NIN

ICMR releases new draft guidelines on bio-medical research involving children

Children’s nod would be compulsory for making them part of any clinical trials, say guidelines

As gutkha stands banned, dohra consumption rising in Uttar Pradesh

Dohra does not contain any statutory warning label and hence, consumers are unaware of its health hazards

World Malaria Day: New coordinated effort for malaria research unveiled

The Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India will bring together various stakeholders on a single platform to identify and prioritise research …

COVID-19: ‘Wait for field results to call rapid test kits faulty’

Population exposure to virus, time of conducting rapid test important factors, say experts

ICMR confirms what 3 years of pandemic showed: Vaccination protects

ICMR study findings suggest post-discharge mortality rate of 6.5% in patients hospitalised for COVID-19

COVID-19: ICMR study hints a quarter of India may be affected

Mathematical modelling indicates worst-case scenario may take death toll to 0.7 mln

Why some women are more prone to develop cervical cancer

Researchers found a correlation between the composition of three micro-RNA genes in the DNA and the risk for a person developing cervical cancer