Research

Gays most affected but monkeypox no longer a gay disease: study

August 18, 2022

In its latest paper, New England Journal of Medicine reports that before April 2022, 98 percent of the people with the infection were gay or bisexual men...

Research

Study links intimate partner violence to suicide and self-harm

August 17, 2022

Some 47,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their intimate partners or other family members in 2020 A new Lancet study has demonstrated a direct...

In Focus

Over 1 million Afghan children risk stunting due to malnutrition: HRW

August 16, 2022

More than 90 percent of Afghans have been suffering from some form of food insecurity since last August, skipping meals or whole days of eating and engaging in...

In Focus

Azithromycin is new paracetamol in India

August 13, 2022

Despite the studies to the contrary, the drug has caught on as a default treatment option for Covid-19 in the country. Azithromycin is now considered the most...

In Conversation

Cancer care: When evidence is the backbone of informed decision-making

August 12, 2022

In another decade, we will truly be able to call India developed as far as cancer care is concerned, says Dr Sameer Kaul, Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology...

In Focus

Where does blockchain fit into healthcare

August 10, 2022

Blockchain’s global market value nearly tripled between 2018 and 2021 – from USD 1.57 billion to USD 4.67 billion. As health and tech intertwine...

Videos

What is Nikshay Mitra? #Tuberculosis

July 7, 2022

With the increase in the number of TB cases in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare addressed this issue by calling the community to support TB...

air transportation helicopter air ambulance 2022 02 15 16 01 10 utc e1663221555396

In Focus

Air-ambulance demand soars in India as COVID -19 lockdown curbs intensify

July 7, 2022

Once considered to be an elite service in Indian healthcare delivery system, air-ambulances have come to rescue stranded patients during COVID-19 lockdown...

Column

How the world recovered from past pandemics

July 4, 2022

As experts across the globe deliberate over the best and worst-case scenarios for recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, Jisha Krishnan looks at what history has...

Column

In remote Ladakh, a red zone village is coping with COVID-19

July 4, 2022

The cold, sparsely populated desert region has recorded 14 cases so far. Eight of them have been cured and discharged. There has been no death in the region...