Public Health
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The numbers don’t tell the real story: Centre’s ambitious telemedicine initiative is struggling
Doctors and health workers, under pressure, are having to game the system to meet eSanjeevani targets.
Tabassum Barnagarwala
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Measles became a bigger ‘threat’ to the world while it was focused on Covid-19
Nearly 40 million children missed at least one measles vaccine dose in 2021.
Michael Head, The Conversation
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Consider administering additional measles vaccine dose in vulnerable areas, Centre tells states
The Union health ministry issued the communication amid a sharp spike in cases of the disease in Mumbai.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: You know Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh, meet rest of India’s squad
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To tackle the challenge of antimicrobial resistance, India must look beyond just medical factors
The country must understand the deep socio-economic roots of this problem such as poverty, inequality and a lack of access to civic infrastructure.
Akshay Bhagwat
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In Uttarakhand, the government is falling short in supporting tuberculosis patients
The financial scheme to assist malnourished patients isn’t being uniformly implemented.
Varsha Singh, IndiaSpend.com
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How mass gatherings like the Kanwar Yatra cause episodic pollution
Without adequate waste management infrastructure, mass gatherings can end up polluting water, land and the air.
Jigyasa Mishra
Video
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch
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Over 47% antibiotics used in India in 2019 were unapproved, says study
Azithromycin and cefixime, used to treat bacterial infections, were the most consumed medicines.
Scroll Staff
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What a fact check of Modi’s claims about improved health infrastructure reveals
Official data indicates that two claims made by the prime minister were true while two needed additional context and one was misleading.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
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How true is the health minister’s claim that India’s doctor-population ratio exceeds WHO guidelines?
Ayush doctors were included to inflate the number. Further, the country does not have accurate data on the number of practicing healthcare professionals.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
The Reel
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Why monkeypox isn’t likely to develop into a pandemic as devastating as Covid-19
The monkeypox virus is much less contagious than the circulating strains of coronavirus and much less deadly.
Kathryn H Jacobsen, The Conversation
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Six charts that show the state of India’s health before it was hit by Covid-19
In 2019, food poisoning and diarrhoea were the main disease outbreaks in the country.
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
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Wasting children, anaemic women: National Family Health Survey data shows troubling reversals
Higher levels of obesity suggest even those who do not go hungry get poor nutrition.
Tabassum Barnagarwala
The Field
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ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Reactions as India become champions – ‘Huge shot in the arm’
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India vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I: Yuzvendra Chahal replaces Umran Malik as hosts look to bounce back
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U19 Women's T20 World Cup: India’s Archana Devi takes a superb catch in the final against England
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Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas to claim tenth Australian Open crown – ‘King of Melbourne’
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Watch, Australian Open: Novak Djokovic is a bundle of emotions after winning his 22nd Grand Slam