Is India prepared to manage its burgeoning medical waste challenge?
Multiple shortcomings in the system and a gap between waste generation and treatment exist
Fair sex, unfair pay: Women in healthcare paid 24% less than men, highlights WHO report
Gender pay gap despite women comprising 67% of global health & social care workforce, specialties still dominated by men
WHO releases technical guidance for procurement, safe use of radiotherapy devices
More than half the cancer patients require radiotherapy as part of cancer care
Why Indian students need to go abroad to study medicine
Entrance to Indian medical colleges competitive and the tuition fees are high
Inspection of medical colleges to become history soon
No final decision on NEXT, fee yet; NMC to take final call
Simply put: The full cylinders
Cluster headache is more than ‘just a headache’ — but is often misdiagnosed
Cluster headache is often misdiagnosed as migraine, sinusitis or dental problems
Revenue targets, management staff making doctors pawns in corporate hospitals: Study
‘Corporate hospitals have reduced patients to factories’
Simply put: Polltime pandemic
Demand surpasses supply of oxygen in UP amid raging COVID-19 second wave
State needs abour 800 tonnes a day, but has only 600-650 tonnes
Simply Put: Breathe easy! For here’s Oxygen
What exactly are the tests being used to detect coronavirus?
Here is an explainer on molecular and immunoassays currently in use
Over 80% Indians not covered under health insurance: NSSO survey
Most people finance hospitalisation by digging into savings and borrowing
Simply put: No doctors in 70% PHCs in Bihar
Simply Put: AIIMS Darbhanga
Simply Put: Freedom to Express COVID-19
COVID-19: Govt’s survey exposes lack of preparedness across India
Lack of PPEs, ventilators and overall hospital preparedness reported as major concerns
Obituary: Coluthur Gopalan (1918-2019)
Father of nutrition science in India dies in Chennai
New class of antibiotics that can kill drug-resistant bacteria finally on the horizon?
Zosurabalpin was found to have potent, selective activity against Acinetobacter strains, including drug-resistant strains of Carbapenem-resistant …
Now glucose monitoring through saliva too
This device can work inside the body without using any external electrical energy
Biomedical waste in Delhi: What monitoring without figures, asks report
Liquid hospital waste discharged in sewers, many operating without DPCC authorisation
Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush — here’s the proof, captured by high-powered lasers
Aerosol particles containing pathogens are important human disease vectors
AES fear grips Bihar ahead of scorching summers
At least three children have reportedly died of the disease this year
ICMR launches third phase trial for adult anti-TB vaccine
The current vaccine for TB, the BCG, is only given to neonates
Henrietta Lacks, whose cells led to path-breaking medical advances, receives posthumous WHO award
The scientific community hid her race and story for years