Category: health

India has found common cause with a coalition of developing countries that says developing countries that share pathogen materials and genetic sequence data must receive fair, concrete, and legally enforceable benefits in return

Filicide by a mother of two in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district has shown the extremes to which health misinformation amplified by social media algorithms can lead in a country especially vulnerable to spurious medical advice

What are India’s challenges on the health front? What does it need to do on funding? Why is there a growing resistance to antibiotics? Why did India fail to reach its goals on ending tuberculosis? What does the pharmaceutical industry need to do on quality control?

Developed jointly by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar and the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, the vaccine will help combat mycobacterium tuberculosis

Twenty-four children have died in Madhya Pradesh and three others are in a critical condition after consuming an adulterated cough syrup. Lab tests show that the syrup contained a high concentration of diethylene glycol, an industrial solvent that is never used in medicine. Bindu Shajan Perappadan and Mehul Malpani report on the horror that highlights the dangers of India’s…

The study published in The Lancet highlights the progress and challenges in vaccination efforts across the globe from 1980 to 2023

What is the Health Ministry doing to promote healthier dietary habits?

What are short tandem repeats? Why is STR the most widely used genetic marker for identifying humans? Why is sample quality, data analysis, and its interpretation important? How can contamination or degradation of samples be overcome?

Panellists highlighted the importance of prioritising nutrition, monitoring growth and milestones, and positive parenting skills at The Hindu’s webinar on ‘How to raise a healthy child’ in collaboration with Naruvi Hospitals, Vellore

What is the Total Fertility Rate of India? How does it impact policy interventions?