The Survival Secret Scientists Are Uncovering: How Do Animal Friendships Really Work?Years of observation reveal that animal survival hinges not just on strength but also on complex social connections. Studies show animals n...
05 Mar, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
Smaller than a palm: How India’s tiniest infant battled to survive for 124 daysA newborn weighing just 350 grams, possibly the smallest infant ever to survive in India, battled for over four months in the NICU. The "na...
21 Nov, 2025, 02.59 PM IST
Fertility rate in rural India declines to replacement rate for the first time, overall rate down to 1.9The Sample Registration System report 2023 shows that India's Total Fertility Rate is now 1.9. Rural India's rate has reached the replaceme...
05 Sep, 2025, 11.38 AM IST
Why infant death rates have doubled in Mississippi and are rising across the USMississippi has declared a public health emergency due to a soaring infant mortality rate, nearly double the national average, highlighting...
25 Aug, 2025, 05.24 PM IST
Can an unborn baby survive if the mother is brain dead? The science behind such critical cases explainedA recent case in Georgia involving a brain-dead pregnant woman being kept on life support to allow her unborn baby to reach viability has s...
15 May, 2025, 11.57 PM IST
Study finds dietary folate intake in lactating mothers linked with improved infant gut-healthFolate, a vitamin-B found in various foods, enhances the presence of Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) in breastmilk.
03 Nov, 2023, 10.16 PM IST
"Those who tried to sabotage survival, growth of Kerala now speaking of development": Pinarayi Vijayan"Any move by the RSS for a communal divide has not been successful in Kerala, which is a stronghold of secularism. Those who tried to sabot...
03 Apr, 2021, 04.25 PM IST
Girl child survival rate higher than boy in only five statesFemale infants experienced higher mortality rates than male infants in all states except Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu an...
23 Jul, 2019, 09.06 AM IST
Medical marvel: Baby boy, weighing 268 grams, becomes world's smallest newbornA baby born in Tokyo weighed the same as a large onion during his birth.
27 Feb, 2019, 12.48 PM IST
Despite ban, marketing of hazardous breast-milk substitutes stays rampantIn India, ironically, Nearly half the infants under six months are not exclusively breastfed a rate that has not improved substantially in ...
23 May, 2018, 11.20 AM IST
Gorakhpur’s infant death rate one of the worst in the worldTopping the CIA list is Afganistan with an IMR of 112. Mali with 100, Somalia with 96, Central African Republic with 88 and Guinea Bissau w...
14 Aug, 2017, 12.42 PM IST
- Decoded: Why male baboons commit domestic violence
New York, Jan 19 (IANS) Scarcity of food or other resources may drive some baboon males to attack and kill infants of their own kind, a stu...
19 Jan, 2017, 06.26 PM IST
India needs breast milk donors to save lives of lakhs of preterm babiesA breast milk bank is a service much like the blood bank. It collects, screens, processes and provides human milk donated by nursing mother...
09 Jul, 2016, 05.50 AM IST
Centre has accorded priority to tackle maternal, child under-nutrition: J P Nadda"Even in resource poor settings, improved feeding practices can lead to improved intakes of energy and nutrients, leading to better nutriti...
17 Nov, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
UN calls for stronger workplace policies for nursing mothersThe UN has called for better support systems and policies for working mothers to enable them breastfeed their babies as it marked the start...
04 Aug, 2015, 11.06 AM IST
- Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India
Goa and Kerala seem to be the best place to be born in India, while Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are the worst.
02 Feb, 2012, 06.43 AM IST
13 lakh kids in India die before 1st birthdayOver 55,000 women die due to child birth in India every year. Of the total children born in one year, a mind boggling 13 lakh die before th...
16 Jan, 2012, 12.25 PM IST