How Incurable Japanese Encephalitis Threatens Emerging India
Jayanta Potshangbam, a junior resident medical officer at the Shija Hospital & Research Institute, Imphal, Manipur,...
A Millets Revival Could Solve India's Malnutrition Problem, Benefit Farmers
A farmer checks millet crops in his field on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. In the 1960s, the...
Punjab Drug Addiction: 16% Or--As Dy CM Says--0.06%?
A still from the recently released film, Udta Punjab, said to be a portrayal of Punjab's drug menace. A 2015 study by...
Unless India Delivers, World Won’t Be Leprosy Free
For three years, Uttar Pradesh farmhand Pradeep Kumar, 24, has been treated for a disease that India largely eliminated...
Indians Eating Foods That Predispose Them To Sickness
By choice or compulsion, Indians across age groups and income categories are falling short in meeting the World Health...
1 In 7 Indian Drugs Revealed As Substandard
Substandard medicines could be three times more prevalent than the government says, two new studies show. These...
How Ignorance Cuts India's Healthy Life By Half
In 2013, Indian men could expect to live to 64.2 years, 6.9 years longer than in 1990, according to the Global Burden of...
Six Cities Corner 27% Of India’s Health-Insurance Payouts
Recent news has it that the government is considering introducing two universal health-insurance policies—offering Rs...