The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), in a report, revealed an alarming level of nitrate levels in groundwater samples of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of them exceeding the permissible concentration. As much...
The ICMR has proposed a revised version of the National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL), which enumerates the minimum number of tests that should be available at various levels of healthcare facilities in the country. The...
The former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh who recently took his last breath was an epitome of courtesy, remembers the doctors of his medical panel. Soon after becoming the prime minister, had himself carried a small table...
The Central Drugs Laboratories have identified 41 Drug Samples to be ‘Not of Standard Quality’ (NSQ) and State Drugs Testing Laboratories have identified 70 Drugs Samples as Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) for the month of...
Pollution in east, north and central Indian cities primarily comes from residential and transportationsectors, while in western India, industry and energy are the main contributors to local PM2.5 pollution, a study has...
Despite free tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment under India’s National TB Elimination Program, nearly half the infected people incur “catastrophic” costs due to a loss in wages and hospitalisation, a...
Diarrhea remains one of the leading killers of children under five and the elderly, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, despite significant progress in reducing global deaths from the disease, a study has...
The World Health Organization has called on countries in South-East Asia Region to strengthen measures to prevent drowning which disproportionately affects children and the vulnerable population. As per WHO’s first Global...
The announcement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to bar women from studying in medical institutes will have far-reaching consequences on women’s health in the country, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...
The Oxford University of Britain announces the ‘Word of the Year’ yearly. The university selects those words which have been discussed the most keeping in mind the current era. Oxford University has chosen the...
