ICMR releases guidelines for artificial intelligence use in the health sector
Guiding document outlines 10 key patient-centric ethical principles for AI application in health sector
First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem
We believe monkeys to have lower moral status than humans; but what about human-monkey chimeras?
Antimicrobial resistance has a huge economic impact too
An additional 24 million people, most of them in poor countries, will be forced into poverty by 2030 due to costs of hospital visits arising out …
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
Faculty shortage continues to plague AIIMS across India
AIIMS Rajkot fares the worst, where only 40 of the 183 sanctioned posts have been filled
Odisha’s Nuapada a snapshot of how COVID-19 is affecting rural India
Nuapada distrct experiences lack of oxygen, callous staff, a swelling number of infection cases and deaths and an administration in denial as …
Antibiotics: even low use in children can have a negative impact on health – new research
Preschool children who had taken 2 or more antibiotic courses for acute respiratory tract infections in the preceding year had around a 30% …
Ignoring WHO, ICMR to go ahead with HCQ for COVID workers
Indian studies yet to be completed; Indian Council of Medical Research says drug is safe
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
Wastewater is a valuable source of information — Africa’s scientists need to use it to find drug-resistant bacteria
Once sewer networks are in place, standardised protocols for assessing antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment plants must be established
AI helps scientists keep up in COVID-19 mutation race
Artificial intelligence can help predict mutations in COVID-19. Some have achieved a perfect strike rate.
How a South African community’s request for its genetic data raises questions about ethical and equitable research
How to ensure an equitable balance of benefits between researchers and the community they study? There seems to be no easy answer.
Passing the buck: No deaths due to lack of oxygen reported by states, Centre says
At least 619 deaths were reported due to shortage of medical oxygen in May 2021 according to website Datameet
Coronavirus: The pandemic is changing our brains – here are the remedies
Research suggests that the novel coronavirus may gain access to the brain via the forebrain’s olfactory bulb
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
IMA slams the Lancet on Kashmir editorial
The medical journal has reacted to an internal administrative decision of India under the garb of concern for the health of Kashmiris, said the …
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Mismatch between global and Indian policies
Union health ministry guidelines say the drug "may be" used for COVID-19 patients even as global agencies don't recommend
Number of antibiotics, investment not sufficient to minimise threat of wide-spread infection
Of the 12 antibiotics companies that have gone public in the past 10 years, only 5 are still active today
Drug research for children lags behind that for adults; WHO steps in to change it
Bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, neonatal sepsis, and gastrointestinal infections, are the leading causes of death among children worldwide
Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1
The state government had set an August-end deadline for setting up the oxygen generation plants
COVID-19: World scrambles to procure dwindling medical supplies
India will need at least 27 million N95 masks, 1.6 million diagnostic kits in coming months, according to GlobalData
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
Oximeter for COVID-19 : Sellers using loopholes in India's MRP regime to overcharge
Price of oximeters have gone up from Rs 900 to Rs 2,000-3,000 since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic
Adityanath government’s claims of oxygen sufficiency fly in the face of ground reality, finds DTE
The Centre has not increased its allotment of oxygen to UP; the state too has not been able to meet the daily demand due to logistics
Encouraging orphan drugs in India
India needs to formulate an atrractive law to spur development of drugs for rare diseases