Health
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Young mothers are dying in Assam’s tea gardens – at a rate higher than anywhere in India
Devjyot Ghoshal
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Where healthcare comes floating on a boat once a month
Devjyot Ghoshal
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What our faces can tell other people about the state of our health
Alex Jones, The Conversation
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Smoking may protect against Parkinson’s disease – but it’s more likely to kill you
Thomas Caspari, The Conversation
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What the Amish can teach the rest of us about modern medicine
Sara Talpos, Mosaic
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Why reticent HIV patients in Ahmednagar are braving stigma to organise street protests
Menaka Rao
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The amazing things poo can tell you about an animal’s health
Nauro Campos, The Conversation
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Why an Indo-US project to bring the dead back to life is no laughing matter
Sandhya Srinivasan
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Explainer: Can your morning slice of toast really give you cancer?
Nayantara Narayanan
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India’s quiet tide of childhood obesity
Kamala Thiagarajan, Indiaspend.com
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It is not just the Central spending on health that is appalling – the states too are giving up
Scroll Staff
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Is the indigenous Rotavirus vaccine safe for children?
Menaka Rao
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Why India must enforce 85% graphic health warnings on tobacco packs
Nandita Murukulta
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An experimental diet keeps you young and healthy – just like a rare genetic mutation
Peter Bowes, Mosaic.com
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Instead of buying insurance, Indians are breaking into their savings to pay hospital bills
Mayank Jain
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Why livelihood of tobacco workers is the wrong argument to make against large pictorial warnings
Menaka Rao
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‘Wait till tomorrow to fall ill’: On #WorldHealthDay, Twitter dispenses strange (and sage) advice
Rhema Mukti Baxter
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Why finding a real alternative to sugar is so difficult
Stephen Euston, The Conversation
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The number of diabetics in India doubled in 13 years: World Health Organisation
Scroll Staff
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Communicable diseases rise 32% in 5 years, but spending up 7%
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com