Is HHS’ 10,000-job cut a bold reform or a risky cost-cutting move? Here’s a look inside the $1.8 billion overhaul and shift to chronic disease preventionUS Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a major overhaul, cutting 10,000 full-time jobs to streamline operations and...
27 Mar, 2025, 09.30 PM IST
Pill for postpartum depression can help new mothers boost their mental well-beingThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first pill to treat postpartum depression. The medication is fast-acting, with clinica...
05 Aug, 2023, 06.12 PM IST
Still no justice a year after Afghan hospital massacreEven in a war-weary nation already deeply scarred by decades of conflict, the massacre of 16 mothers and mothers-to-be in western Kabul's D...
12 May, 2021, 03.29 PM IST
70% of women who took a sabbatical dropped out of the workforce: X-Leap SurveyAround 70% of women who have taken a sabbatical have dropped out of employment and have started something of their own or are looking for a...
23 Dec, 2020, 12.28 PM IST
Singapore studies COVID-19 pregnancy puzzle after baby born with antibodiesThe ongoing study among the city-state's public hospitals adds to international efforts to better understand whether the infection can be t...
30 Nov, 2020, 02.13 PM IST
India's child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UNThe 'Levels & Trends in Child Mortality' Report 2020 said that the number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record...
09 Sep, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
Government has money for statues, not public health: Bombay High CourtA division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and R I Chagla was hearing a public interest litigation seeking release of grants to Bai Jer...
16 Jan, 2020, 04.37 PM IST
A man’s unhealthy lifestyle may also be responsible for a miscarriageA surprising reason for poor sperm quality is regular intake of junk food that is high in trans fats.
08 May, 2018, 10.47 AM IST
The opposite of ‘divide and rule’, it is also PM Modi’s mission statementJan Dhan minimised the role of middlemen with their sticky fingers in direct benefit transfers, an endemic problem that had substantially d...
12 Jan, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
Only 20% IVF clinics, 2% ART units registered with ICMRThe demand for IVF and ART services is rising and could be linked to emerging demographics. There is a rise in the proportion of women in r...
21 Aug, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
No development in Gujarat : Shankersinh VaghelaVaghela, who is the Gujarat Leader of Opposition, said "Gujarat model (of Narendra Modi) is not right ... No development has taken place in...
30 Oct, 2015, 09.29 PM IST
India, China face prospect of substantial population ageingIndia, China and Brazil, countries with young populations but lower fertility, face the prospect of substantial population ageing before th...
12 Aug, 2015, 02.31 AM IST
Assam government to pass act for developing skill of tea tribesThe Assam Government would pass an Act for skill development of the tea tribe community to increase their productivity
04 Jul, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
'Magic millet' gets an enrichment boost to cure anaemiaA global clinical trial has proved that use of 'magic millet' reduces the incidence of iron deficiency or anaemia dramatically in children.
14 Jun, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
Government to form labour room guidelines to reduce Maternal Mortality RatesUnder the Millennium Development Goal 5, the target is to reduce MMR by three quarters between 1990 and 2015.
26 May, 2015, 03.56 PM IST
With hackathon, GE wants to partner with other stakeholders to develop low-cost devicesWith hackathon, GE wants to partner with other stakeholders in the ecosystem & further the development of low-cost devices and solutions th...
24 Jul, 2014, 09.26 AM IST
- India makes progress on reducing maternal mortality rate
In 2005, PRATHAM shocked the nation’s conscience by documenting that about 52% of the country’s children could not read, and about 65% cann...
28 Sep, 2010, 03.05 AM IST