Health

Pregnant women urged to get whooping cough vaccine following death of a baby twin who was not vaccinated

The call comes after the death of a Hunter New England baby, who had not received any of the three scheduled whooping cough vaccines administered at six weeks, four months and...

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Pricing row hits pharma industry

Last week’s announcement by the country’s drug price regulator doing away with a provision that permitted it to determine the price of drugs considered ‘non-...

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Ebola is in the US. Here's how health officials will try to contain it

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States. The patient is currently being isolated in a...

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Malnutrition, related diseases a major issue in India: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

Malnutrition and related diseases is a very serious issue in 184 deprived districts across the country and the Centre will launch a campaign to check it, Union Health Minister...

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Can this HIV drug help to end 30 years of blighted lives?

Truvada is giving peace of mind to gay men in the US – it should be offered here on the NHS now It is an insensitive feeling to have, but it is what it is: a sense of re...

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LGBTQ Center holds free HIV/AIDS testing

The University LGBTQ Center co-sponsored an HIV/AIDS testing event Friday with Thrive of Charlottesville, a non-profit organization aimed at providing medical care to the Char...

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India may miss U.N. Millennium Development Goal for maternal mortality rate

India, which accounts for the largest number of maternal deaths in the world, is unlikely to achieve the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality to 10...

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Mobile health unit launched to improve women?? healthcare

In an attempt to bridge the widening gap between rural and urban healthcare for women, a free mobile healthcare unit (MHU) was launched in the national capital on Saturday. Am...

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It is now possible to prevent cervical cancer in women by vaccination

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India, with approximately 1.32 lakh new cases of cervical cancer being diagnosed and about 74,000 deaths o...

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Conflict Keeps Mothers From Healthcare Services

Twenty-five-year-old Khemwanti Pradhan is a ‘Mitanin’ – a trained and accredited community health worker – based in the Nagarbeda village of the Bastar...

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WAR AND PEACE IN CONFLICT

In an age of shifting power, contested truths, and invisible wars, this reflective essay...

March 23 2026

GUJARATI THEATRE PASSION AND PERFORMANCE

Actor Leena Shah reflects on her enduring journey through Gujarati theatre, sharing insi...

March 22 2026

DHURANDHAR REVIEW SPECTACLE VERSUS SUBSTANCE

Dhurandhar – The Revenge unfolds as an ambitious spectacle, blending geopolitics, ...

March 21 2026