Delhi: Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praises AAP’s mohalla clinic initiative

He said India’s Union Budget should allocate 2.5% of the Gross Domestic Product to healthcare services by 2021.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 07, 2018 · 04:49 pm

How a team of Kerala doctors helped detect the presence of the deadly Nipah virus in record time

The virus was identified less than 48 hours after samples were taken from a patient suspected of having been infected by it. This has saved many lives.

TA Ameerudheen

· May 28, 2018 · 10:13 am

How a team of Kerala doctors helped detect the presence of the deadly Nipah virus in record time

The virus was identified less than 48 hours after samples were taken from a patient suspected of having been infected by it. This has saved many lives.

TA Ameerudheen

· May 28, 2018 · 06:30 am

Wherever you are, time is running out for treating gonorrhoea

Two-thirds of countries have reported gonorrhoea cases that resist all known antibiotics.

Sophie Cousins, Mosaic

· May 20, 2018 · 02:30 pm

WHO releases first list of essential diagnostic tests to prevent incorrect diagnosis

The catalogue aims to diagnose the most common conditions as well as a number of global priority diseases.

Scroll Staff

· May 16, 2018 · 12:07 pm

Kerala is attempting a comprehensive healthcare upgrade with its ambitious new health policy

The policy suggests uniform treatment guidelines, state-level control of antibiotic use, and further improvement of neonatal care.

TA Ameerudheen

· Apr 16, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Jharkhand: Four children die after vaccination in Palamu district

Officials said the initial investigation found the vaccines had not expired.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 09, 2018 · 02:32 pm

Failing to notify TB cases can land doctors in jail. But will this help India eliminate the disease?

Medical service providers fear the government’s latest move may discourage them from providing treatment.

Priyanka Vora

· Mar 22, 2018 · 08:02 pm

Sixty health organisations write to Narendra Modi, seek compulsory licences for tuberculosis drugs

Bedaquiline and delanamid, which are used to treat multi drug-resistant TB, are available to very few Indian patients currently.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 13, 2018 · 12:57 pm

World Health Organization to review safety data of French drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur’s dengue vaccine

The Philippines ordered an investigation after the company said the vaccine – Dengvaxia – could worsen the disease in some cases.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 05, 2017 · 01:35 pm

AIIMS can stop charging patients for diagnostic procedures that cost less than Rs 500, says panel

Instead, it suggested that the hospital can raise the charges for private wards as they are currently cheaper than those of semi-private wards.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 17, 2017 · 03:53 pm

Rajasthan's ambitious health insurance scheme excludes many poor patients

It requires too many documents, has no checks on hospitals and takes no action on denial of treatment.

Chhaya Pachauli

· Nov 28, 2016 · 02:30 pm