Autonomous Africa CDC a game-changer on disease outbreak response: Experts

Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention will now be in a position to assess disease outbreaks on the continent and declare it an …

Miracle of birth as a nightmare: India needs urgent policies to protect women’s obstetric rights

Obstetric violence is rampant, specially in rural India

COVID national emergency in the US might end early — What does this mean?

Public health emergency still in place for now; ending the emergency declaration would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response

Experts urge One Health approach for disease control at pan-Africa meet

Effects of global warming, climate change are critical contributing factors to many of the health emergencies in Africa, say experts at Africa …

Has the free market economy added to India’s increasing PCOD burden?

About 9.13% of menstruating women in south India and Maharashtra suffer from PCOS, while 22.5 per cent have PCOD, according to UNICEF

Hidden Hunger: Every second child globally deficient in micronutrients, finds report

56% preschool aged children, 69% non-pregnant women of reproductive age lack in iron, zinc & vit A

Ramdev shouldn’t criticise other systems of medicine: SC

Reply sought from Patanjali, Centre over Indian Medical Association plea; Experts say time to update Ayurveda textbooks

Worms thriving in brains, Assam’s tea garden workers lose lives, livelihoods

Neurocysticercosis triggered by tapeworms that easily travel between humans and pigs present a real, imminent danger of zoonosis; an …

As told to Parliament (March 21, 2023): Maternal mortality went down to 97 per 100,000 live births in 2018-20

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Alzheimer’s: Blood biomarker may help identify the disease ten years before symptoms start

Starting treatment before symptoms may prevent damage

New Covid strain in circulation, may not be a concern for India

EG.5.1 variant, code-named Eris, has behind almost 15% cases in the UK  

COVID-19 in Africa: The pain of getting the jab

The COVAX Facility and the African Union are struggling to bring some relief to Africa which has been suffering from vaccine apartheid

Gender inequities worsen impact of cancer in women, finds Lancet Commission

Discrimination affects their rights and opportunities to avoid risk factors, ability to get timely diagnosis & quality care

India tops global charts for childhood diabetes and deaths: Study

Almost 40% increase in cases to 2019 from 1990 globally; largest increase in cases recorded in children aged 10 to 14 years

Rahima Moosa: South Africa’s only mother and child hospital is falling apart — a veteran doctor reflects on why

The country’s health ombudsman recently published a shocking investigation into Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital 

COVID-19 update: Over 7,000 new cases, 63 deaths in India from May 22-June 18

More cases of omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 in countries that saw lower prevalence of XBB.1.5 subvariant earlier and vice versa, says WHO 

India’s proposed amendments to IHR demand greater equity in access to healthcare, accountability of WHO

Country sought intermediate public health alert for outbreaks yet to be declared public health emergency

‘Air pollution and climate change actions should be connected to reduce impact on people’s health’

Part 2: Health Effects Institute researcher Pallavi Pant speaks about air pollution and its health impact 

Himachal Pradesh joins list of states banning cotton candy after samples fail food safety test

Samples test positive for harmful dye Rhodamine-B

One Health: FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH launch research agenda for antimicrobial resistance

Interface addresses global health issues necessitating multisectoral, multidisciplinary response to AMR

Industries can harm health in many ways: Here are 3 that aren’t so obvious

Some products and practices are directly linked to avoidable ill health, planetary damage and social and health inequity, especially by …

Current monkeypox symptoms are different from previous outbreaks, finds study

Rectal pain, penile swelling new complaints; Only a quarter of patients had known contact with a confirmed case  

A gene mutation may help explain why some don’t fall sick from COVID-19

Findings could pave the way for new vaccines, drugs for SARS-CoV2

Childhood immunisation begins to pick up post-pandemic, finds UN data

Recovery slow and unequal; coverage was 84% in 2022, down from 86% pre-pandemic

China shifts focus to variant-specific vaccines as it faces an imminent Omicron wave

XBB subvariant has potential to wreak more havoc in China as large number of people immunologically susceptible