Health Check - Page 14

India Has Mental Health Pensions But They Rarely Reach The Affected
New Delhi: Jalaluddin Kazi*, 38, lives with bipolar disorder and often has seizures. A resident of North Dumdum near...
Healthcare: 5 Non-COVID Areas To Focus On In 2021
New Delhi: COVID-19 demanded the single-minded focus of India's entire healthcare infrastructure all through 2020. In...

'Vaccine Can Neutralise COVID Variant's Altered Spike Protein'
Mumbai: A new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is believed to be behind the rapid surge of cases...

'New COVID Variant Result Of Virus' Attempt To Adapt'
Mumbai: The new mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, comes with a "greater degree of infectivity",...

Women Collectives Tackle Teen Sex, Contraception And Nutrition
Bastar & Mumbai: Ratni Kashyap, 20, sat in her courtyard with her 17-day-old newborn, snugly wrapped in a towel,...

India's Path To 10 Mn COVID-19 Cases
New Delhi: India's first case was recorded in January 2020, although the first case of COVID-19 globally had been...

Cancer Treatment Is Free In Govt Hospitals, Yet Poor Patients Drop Out
Guwahati: On an overcast afternoon in October, 22-year-old Surabhi Arandhara stood holding her two-year-old son, Arshik...

Is COVID-19 Vaccine A Public Or Private Good?
Mumbai: The UK has issued emergency-use authorisation to administer the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech,...
