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India needs to bring down the TB incidence rate from around 200 to 10 per 1,00,000 individuals by 2025. Credit: PTI

And Now, Aadhaar Is Mandatory for TB Patients Seeking Government Cash Benefits

Anoo Bhuyan 21/06/2017

Until the new notification making Aadhaar compulsory under the...

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Togadia’s Speech at IMA Revives Debate on Role of Doctors in Violence, Inciting Hate

Anoo Bhuyan 11/06/2017

Even as the Indian Medical Association head claims he...

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Days Before Confirming Three Zika Cases, WHO Moved India to Same Category as Brazil

Anoo Bhuyan 02/06/2017

India was moved up from the safest category 4...

Rosana Vieira Alves and her 5-month-old daughter Luana Vieira, who was born with microcephaly, pose for picture in the sea of Porto de Galinhas, a beach located in Ipojuca, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, March 2, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino/Files

India Used Questionable Loophole to Hide Its Zika Cases From the WHO

Anoo Bhuyan 02/06/2017

Indian officials say there was no responsibility to inform...

An aedes aegypti mosquitoes is seen in The Gorgas Memorial institute for Health Studies laboratory as they conduct a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Panama City

No Zika, Says Key Disease Surveillance Portal, Contradicting Health Ministry, WHO

Anoo Bhuyan 29/05/2017

While the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme reports in detail...

Because 80% of rare diseases are genetic, children often bear the burden. Representative image credit: PTI

Government Submits Rare Disease Policy to Delhi HC, Recommends Rs 100 Crore for Genetic Diseases

Anoo Bhuyan 26/05/2017

In November 2016, the Delhi high court had ordered...

People walk past a chemist shop at a market in Mumbai, India. Credit: Reuters

NITI Aayog Vs Modi: Disagreement on Affordable Drugs Widens

Anoo Bhuyan 13/05/2017

NITI Aayog's research on drug deregulation continues unabated, even...