“Covid-19 is a public health emergency and the government is obligated to issue an order of government authorisation under Section 100 or a...

Non-governmental organisation Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a direction to the Union gover...

The expert panel would be headed by Dr K S Reddy, president of Public Health Foundation of India. The expert committee would assess the imp...

The disclosure was made by the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) of Mumbai, which outlined its Covid-19 management proto...

Complaints pour in about facilities and safety gear for healthcare workers being dependent on hierarchy rather than on the extent to which ...

Aiming for one medical college for every three parliamentary constituencies, government also announced plans to set up 24 new colleges and ...

The body says it may also collate its own list of combination drugs that are 'irrational' and 'unsafe' so that its members can avoid prescr...

The voluntary code, initially applicable till June 2015, has been given four extensions despite the department repeatedly admitting it wasn...

The withdrawal of customs duty exemption on 76 drugs has led to a hue and cry with many doctors claiming this would make these life-saving ...

National Human Rights Commission has decided to hold public hearings on 'Right to Healthcare' in different cities, to look into violation o...

A leading NGO today launched a signature campaign in Madhya Pradesh to create awareness about the Vyapam scam.

Health minister Dr Deepak Sawant said the existing civic bye-law on spitting or chewing and sale of tobacco products should be amended or r...

The two medicines - Aflibercept and Trastuzumab emtansine - are used in treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer and metastatic breast can...

Several human rights groups today came together and held a public hearing in Delhi around the issues that affect the poor and marginalised.

New hypotheses say Desiraju was removed because he was opposing some of Azad's ideas. These include the contentious proposal to bring back ...

Denying any move to privatise public sector healthcare, the Planning Commission today said it has made a strong case for strengthening it.

Two health groups & a parliamentarian told a ministerial panel that retail prices of medicines should be fixed on the basis of cost of prod...