As the Zika virus spreads from Brazil to the rest of the world creating an international alarm and affecting babies, how prepared is India?
By Ramesh Menon
A virus spread by a mosquito is ter...
A petition has raised questions about the safety and transparency of Rotavirus vaccine trials in three cities. Though the Delhi HC has struck down this PIL, doubts remain
By Meena Menon
A CO...
A new trial has transplanted islet cells from donor pancreas into a patient, leading her to produce her own insulin. This is a medical breakthrough and should be supplanted by more organ donation
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Biomedical waste is often not safely disposed off by hospitals and institutions despite there being Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules
By Papia Samajdar
In mid-2013, a journali...
Students of IIT Madras have developed an algorithm that can help detect multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease affecting the nervous system and affecting 2.5 million people globally
By Murali Krish...
Despite court rulings, free health care for poor patients in private hospitals remains contentious. Only a law enacted by parliament can make free treatment mandatory
By Venkatasubramanian
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The outbreak shows that when civic management goes awry and garbage clearance takes the back seat, diseases will fester. It is time our politicians stop their blame game and clean up their act
By A...
The outbreak shows that when civic management goes awry and garbage clearance takes the back seat, diseases will fester. It is time our politicians stop their blame game and clean up their act
By A...
Health care at well-equipped, corporatized hospitals is strictly the prerogative of those who can afford it. The poor are not encouraged to seek treatment at such facilities
By Ajith Pillai
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US-based PATH and ICMR are under the lens for alleged unethical vaccine trials against cervical cancer on thousands of Indian girls. The case is now in the Supreme Court
By Meena Menon
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