Malathy Iyer

Senior Editor, TOI

Malathy Iyer is Senior Editor (Health) at The Times of India, Mumbai. She writes mainly on health-related subjects.

Malathy Iyer is Senior Editor (Health) at The Times of India, Mumbai. She writes mainly on health-related subjects.

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• In Mumbai, doctor family's case stirs debate over cough syrups for kids

  
  20 Dec 2022 07:21 AM IST
• Will India see Omicron wave? It’ll be clear in a month or two, say experts

  
  05 Dec 2021 09:47 AM IST
• Delhi doctor first proven case to suffer 3 Covid infections

  
  29 Jul 2021 11:49 AM IST
• Vaccine offers 99% protection against death in Delta strain, finds NIV study

  
  17 Jul 2021 12:09 PM IST
• Blip in 2nd Covid wave? Maharashtra caseload in first 10 days of July over 79,500

  
  11 Jul 2021 04:15 PM IST
• Post-Covid scourge? After mucormycosis, ‘bone death’ cases surging in Maharashtra: Doctors

  
  06 Jul 2021 03:14 PM IST
• Covid-19: Doctors caution of liver damage linked to giloy

  
  04 Jul 2021 10:48 AM IST
• Third wave could hit as early as in 2-4 weeks, says Maharashtra Covid-19 task force

  
  17 Jun 2021 05:47 PM IST
• Five patients in Mumbai receive Rs 60,000 drug cocktail that helped Donald Trump

  
  29 May 2021 11:45 AM IST
• Zinc overuse driving mucormycosis epidemic within pandemic? Doctors want study

  
  25 May 2021 10:14 AM IST
• Indian variant found in 50% samples sent for genome probe from Maharashtra

  
  18 Apr 2021 10:31 AM IST
• Total active Covid cases in Maharashtra now way ahead of govt projections

  
  04 Apr 2021 11:13 AM IST
• Only 9% of Mumbai’s ICU beds & 8.3% of ventilators still vacant

  
  04 Apr 2021 11:09 AM IST
• Maharashtra hits 2.5 million cases, govt says lockdown option is open

  
  23 Mar 2021 02:09 PM IST
• Virus graph in Maharashtra mirrors Europe’s milder second wave

  
  21 Mar 2021 05:30 PM IST
• Lockdown is an option, says CM Uddhav Thackeray as Maharashtra’s coronavirus cases rise

  
  20 Mar 2021 02:12 PM IST
• As vaccination drive hits Co-WIN bump, experts suggest a ‘hybrid’ solution

  
  24 Feb 2021 10:36 AM IST
• Covid strain that can ‘fool’ three antibodies found in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  
  10 Jan 2021 10:21 AM IST
• Some who recover from Covid get debilitating spine infection

  
  29 Dec 2020 10:13 AM IST
• COVID-19: Favipiravir shows hope in Mumbai trial

  
  23 Nov 2020 10:52 AM IST
• COVID-19: Research on Mumbai doctors find reinfected patients have worse infection

  
  23 Sep 2020 08:54 AM IST
• Died of Covid, or died with Covid? As countries raise toll, questions arise about the reported deaths

  
  20 Apr 2020 10:23 AM IST
• Covid-19: False negative reports now pose a big challenge

  
  10 Apr 2020 11:03 AM IST
• New testing strategy? Rapid antibody tests in hotspots

  
  03 Apr 2020 11:02 AM IST
• 50% of Maharashtra's Covid-19 patients aged 31-50; 66% of cases imported

  
  27 Mar 2020 12:08 PM IST
• Doctors warn Coronavirus could be as potent as SARS

  
  26 Jan 2020 07:55 AM IST
• Every 5th fire death in world is in India

  
  22 Dec 2019 10:35 AM IST
• Women's safety concerns: US, UK issue advisories on India travel

  
  04 Dec 2019 11:01 AM IST
• Antibiotic resistance in food-animals growing

  
  20 Sep 2019 10:19 AM IST
• Air pollution affects brain too, hits maths skills: Study

  
  28 Aug 2018 12:57 AM IST
• 61% stents used last year were made in India

  
  14 Feb 2018 10:47 AM IST
• Woman dies after ‘200% safe’ operation costing Rs 43 lakh

  
  08 Jan 2018 10:04 AM IST
• Doctors in India see patients for barely 2 minutes: Study

  
  09 Nov 2017 10:36 AM IST
• US firm seeks to withdraw stents after price cap

  
  22 Apr 2017 11:52 AM IST
• Centre issues medical 'alert' on bio-resorbable stents

  
  11 Apr 2017 07:45 AM IST
• Patients overcharged by billions each year

  
  16 Feb 2017 11:30 AM IST
• Prescriptions for major depression up 14% in 2016

  
  30 Jan 2017 11:27 AM IST
• Pharma firms lure doctors with gold coins to push its vaccines

  
  21 Jan 2017 11:44 AM IST
• Medical students will have to clear National Exit Test to get 'Dr' tag, proposes draft Medical Council Bill

  
  30 Dec 2016 10:43 AM IST
• Mumbai's top doctor collapses while practising for marathon, passes away at 60

  
  27 Dec 2016 09:26 AM IST
• No. of India's TB patients may be double the estimate: Study

  
  25 Aug 2016 10:41 AM IST
• Doctors to be trained in soft skills From August

  
  23 May 2016 01:13 PM IST
• Government ready with draft bill on passive euthanasia, asks for people's views

  
  16 May 2016 12:19 PM IST
• Medical errors as big a killer as any disease

  
  05 May 2016 12:45 PM IST
• Ex-Miss World Diana Hayden's daughter born from egg frozen for eight years

  
  13 Jan 2016 10:27 AM IST
• Indian women more prone to miscarriages, finds study

  
  27 Dec 2015 11:13 AM IST
• Indians’ poor food habits fuelling diabetes: Survey

  
  06 Nov 2015 11:30 AM IST
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research publishes paper on breakthrough in malaria vaccine

  
  22 Oct 2015 11:31 AM IST