The government promises free ultrasounds but pregnant women are still paying large sums for the test

The failure is due to a lack of ultrasound machines and doctors who can operate them.

Priyanka Vora

· 7 hours ago

India needs more than just hospital deliveries to save its newborns

More than seven lakh babies younger than four weeks old die in India every year.

Swagata Yadavar, Indiaspend.com

· Yesterday · 01:30 pm

Lab notes: Graphene can help targeted delivery of cervical cancer drugs

Researchers in Pune have found that certain drugs combine with graphene to form suitable vehicles to target cancer cells.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 05:30 am

Blood donation apps are here to help in medical emergencies. But where does the blood really go?

In most cases, the donated blood does not go immediately to the patient for whom it has been organised.

Menaka Rao

· Jun 26, 2017 · 02:30 pm

In the news: Inquiry into hospital deaths, world’s worst cholera crisis in Yemen and more

A quick wrap of health news over the past week.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 26, 2017 · 05:30 am

A ‘swachch’ toilet experiment in Madagascar that has lessons for the modern world

One company is piloting a new loo that's waterless, off-grid and able to charge your phone.

Lina Zeldovich

· Jun 25, 2017 · 02:30 pm

In Nagpur, a ‘museum’ on the workings of the human mind takes a step towards mental health awareness

Pyschiatrist Dr Avinash Joshi started this facility in 2007 that breaks down complex neurological and psychological subjects through posters and models.

Omkar Khandekar

· Jun 24, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Devices that aid India’s disabled people are already hard to come by. GST will make it worse

Wheelchairs, hearing aids, crutches and adapted vehicles will be taxed at between 5% and 18%.

Amba Salelkar

· Jun 23, 2017 · 02:30 pm

How rubber plantations are exacerbating the dengue outbreak in one north Kerala area

Anywhere between one-third and two-thirds of Koorachundu panchayat’s population has been affected by fever.

TA Ameerudheen

· Jun 22, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Lab notes: There may soon be a vaccine to keep cholesterol in check

The possible breakthrough has the potential to prevent millions of deaths by cardiac disease.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 22, 2017 · 05:30 am

India is planning a network of human breast-milk banks but first needs to put safeguards in place

Breast-milk collected from donors on a large scale need to be checked for adulteration and contamination.

Arun Gupta

· Jun 21, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Aadhaar made mandatory for TB patients seeking cash assistance from the government

Doctors and health activists say adding the requirement is just another hurdle to effective treatment.

Menaka Rao

· Jun 21, 2017 · 06:30 am