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Health, wellness, medicine, and public interest explainers.
Making transparency the foundation of trust in medicine
Transparency across regulatory bodies, hospital systems, and clinical care can strengthen public faith and trust
Four months on, Karnataka yet to see multi-pair kidney swap transplant
Under kidney paired exchange, a donor who is medically incompatible with their intended recipient can donate to another compatible recipient, while the second donor gives a kidney to the first recipient. A multi-pair ex...
Panel seeks review of FDI in private hospitals, warns of aggressive corporatisation, rising healthcare costs
Foreign capital should be encouraged in the manufacture of medical devices, consumables and specialised medicines for rare diseases, while its application in the direct operation and acquisition of hospitals needs great...
Eclipse warning: The key signs you may have damaged your eyes
Symptoms after looking at the sun without eclipse glasses can include blurred vision
Leading doctor rebukes NHS chiefs over transplants
NHS Blood and Transplant's medical director says waiting lists for organ operations are unfair but leaders are not solving the issue.
Doctors’ body opposes Speaker’s remarks, seeks NEET exemption and medical reforms
Doctors’ Association criticizes Speaker's comments, calls for NEET exemption, medical reforms, and protection of women's reproductive rights.
Children as young as nine hurt in growing number of e-scooter crashes
Three trauma centres - Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield - say they have treated nearly 500 casualties under the age of 16.
Panel recommends annual screening, additional test for chronic kidney disease
Parliamentary committee report notes that CKD remains asymptomatic until substantial kidney function has been lost, resulting in complications, dialysis; agricultural workers and other outdoor labourers among those affe...
Over 23,000 posts vacant in 28 Central health institutions: Health Ministry
The 18 AIIMS institutions, which have 4,850 sanctioned faculty posts in 2026-27, have 1,645 vacancies, or about 34% of the sanctioned strength. The data furnished by Minister Anupriya Patel also show a decline in the nu...
Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups’ guidance
Donald Trump called the announcement a ‘major victory for parents’ rights, religious and constitutional rights, and for the gold standard science’
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Bengal Government hospitals observe two-minute silence in memory of R.G. Kar rape-murder victim doctor
The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front, which led extensive protests following the discovery of the post-graduate trainee doctor's body on August 9, 2024, held a clinic for underprivileged people at Chitpur in north Kolk...
August Krogh’s Nobel winning discovery of oxygen supply to muscles
August Krogh’s research showed how capillaries regulate blood flow to meet tissue oxygen needs
Centre deploys national joint response team to support States facing a Chandipura virus outbreak
Disease control, medical, animal husbandry experts sent to Gujarat, Rajasthan to support public health measures; sandflies are established vectors, but scientists studying role of other insects, domestic animals too
CDSCO issues guidance clarifying regulatory pathway for AI, software-based medical devices
It elaborates how software-based medical devices, including artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled products, will be regulated under the Medical Devices Rules (MDR), 2017.
Millet fortified with iron, zinc does not harm toddlers’ gut health, study finds
Researchers in India and the U.S. tested bio-fortified pearl millet for nine months in Mumbai’s urban slums
Health Ministry introduces strict measures against fake or fabricated data
Until now, applicants found guilty of submitting fabricated data were liable to face only rejection of applications or cancellation of existing licences; the new provisions go a step further by imposing a temporary ban...
Doctors’ associations oppose move to allow homoeopathy practitioners to prescribe allopathic medicine
Condemning the decision taken by the Maharashtra government, the IMA said it will launch a protest if the ‘illegal order’ is not withdrawn by July 10.