Health News

Over half a million Indians die due to air pollution ever year: Study

The study published in Geophysical Research Letters also said that air pollution cost the country $640 billion in 2011.

May 12, 2016

Indian health ministry sets up call centre for organ donation

The ministry has also launched a 24-hour toll-free helpline number — 1800114770 — for assistance in the organ donation process.

May 11, 2016

Govt recovers only 7.83 percent of the fine slapped on drug firms for overcharging

The government recovered Rs. 386.07 crore out of the total fine of Rs. 4,928.09 crore that was demanded from pharma companies.

May 11, 2016

India's patent to Gilead's hepatitis drug could deny medicine to 50 million patients: MSF

The move could affect the supply of the drug's raw material to developing countries, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres .

May 11, 2016

India suspends licences of 10 drug firms over product quality, safety issues

The licences were suspended after the anti-fungal infection drugs of the pharma companies were found unsafe.

May 11, 2016

72-year-old Punjab woman delivers first baby through IVF

The couple conceived 46 years after they got married.

May 10, 2016

US spent $73 billion more by choosing branded drugs over generics during 2012-14: Study

Maximum excessive expenditures were reported for cholesterol lowering and antipsychotic drugs.

May 10, 2016

India grants patent to Gilead's expensive hepatitis drug; activists slam the move

Gilead's hepatitis drug costs $1,000 per pill in U.S.

May 10, 2016

Majority of youth deaths in India caused by suicide: Lancet

Self-harm, road accidents and tuberculosis claimed the most number of young lives in India, the report said.

May 10, 2016

Govt proposes giving eight months maternity leave, health cards to women

The proposed health card aims to make regular health check-ups for women, including some vital tests, compulsory.

May 9, 2016

Bird flu alert declared in Karnataka after 23,000 chickens die of H5N1: Report

Thousands of chickens dead at two poultry farms in Karnataka, officials to cull 1.5 lakh chickens over the next few days.

May 9, 2016

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $38 million for polio eradication

The Gates Foundation said it would provide the grants to a Japanese pharma firm to develop a low-cost vaccine.

May 9, 2016

India's largest cigarette maker to print larger warnings on packs after SC ruling

ITC Ltd is a major stakeholder in India's $11-billion tobacco industry, accounting for over 80 percent of the cigarette production in the country.

May 9, 2016

UAE's billionaire doctor looks to acquire Delhi, Mumbai hospitals: Report

Shamsheer Vayalil said he would invest Rs. 1,000 crore in India's healthcare market.

May 9, 2016

Treating cancer at $1 per day is possible, believe experts

Multi-targeted anti-cancer therapy or metronomics reduces the treatment cost by using anti-diabetic, blood pressure drugs.

May 7, 2016