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Swine Flu Cases Rise 9-Fold As India’s Response System Falters
People wearing masks wait in a queue for a H1N1 flu screening at a hospital in New Delhi. Mumbai: So far this...
Vaccination Failures, ‘Mediocre’ BRD Hospital, Claim Lives Of Eastern UP’s Children
Children admitted at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Patients of Japanese...
In 2015, India Lost 2 Children Below Age 5 Every Minute
Nearly 1.08 million Indian children under the age of five years died in 2015--that’s 2,959 deaths every day or two each...
Woman Battles Open Defecation In New Movie. Here’s The Reality
Akshay Kumar’s movie Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (A love story), releasing on August 11, 2017 tells the story of a young bride...
Current Situation ‘Unsatisfactory’: India’s Top Doc Lays Out New Vision For Health, Research
As many as 332 (57.3%) medical colleges in India did not have a single research publication between 2005 and...
‘Indian Poultry Farms Use Antibiotics To Replace Nutrition, Hygiene; Endanger Human Lives’
Twelve of 18 poultry farms surveyed reported using antibiotics to boost growth of chickens. Among the antibiotics used...
Why Indian Women Must Eat With Their Families, And How It Can Change India
Morthala (Sirohi district): When the women of this southwestern Rajasthan village sat down to eat, it was usually after...

More Education, Fewer Child Brides, Healthier Children
Over 13 million adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years--equivalent to the population of South Sudan--were married in...





