Swasth Bharat Yatra, a high visibility, high impact 18000+ km Relay Cycle Rally across 6 tracks over 100 days to build awareness
Cycle rallies, mobile testing units and prabhat Pheris (morning rounds) - In a bid to promote healthy eating...
The drug regulatory agency has said vaping products cannot contain prescription drugs
The US drug regulatory agency is seeing red over the presence of viagra in e-cigarettes.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to HelloCig Electronic Technology Co....
Researchers have developed a 3-in-1 vaccine against traveller's diarrhoea effective against three common stomach bugs
A first-ever vaccine designed to give protection against three most common bugs that causes traveller's diarrhoea worldwide have been developed by Canadian researchers from the...
India remains below global average but Caesarean sections disproportionately high in the private sector
Globally, the number of babies born through caesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 - from 12% to 21% of all births.
According to a...
New article by public health experts calls for multisectoral approach on obesity
Is obesity a matter of individual responsibility or a matter of faulty public policy? If you are obese and feel guilty about it, take heart.
Because in a new...
In view of high immunisation coverage, risk of polio infection from contaminated vaccine is minimal, say WHO-UNICEF in statement
In a statement issued this morning, the World Health Organisation and UNICEF have reiterated India's status as a polio free country....
The move, say doctors, researchers and anti-tobacco activists would also reduce consumption of tobacco
Public health groups in India along with doctors and economists have urged the Group of Ministers (GOM) in the GST Council to increase cess on tobacco products.
This they say, could...
New project aims to provide long-lasting HIV treatment and/or protection from a single injection
Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop...
Can a healthy diet combat mental illness? Well Researchers say so
In an unusual experiment, James Cook University researchers have found that among Torres Strait Islander people the amount of fish and processed food eaten is related to depression.
The study...
New Lancet Commission report exposes "collective failure" to address mental health needs
A new Lancet Commission report on mental health released today exposes a "collective failure to respond to this global health crisis,".
Unaddressed mental health issues, the report assessed, cause long-lasting and preventable harm to people, communities and...
