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Mercury Retrograde in Cancer 2026: Dates, Effects and What Every Zodiac Sign Should Do Before June 29Mark your calendar. Mercury, the planet of communication, intellect, and decision-making, stations retrograde in the emotionally charged si...
Assam's public health system is among the finest in the country: Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam's public health system is now among the nation's best, with significant improvements in Maternal Mortality Ratio, now at 84, below th...
Punjab drug body finds critical lapses at Jackson Laboratories' manufacturing facility in AmritsarThe Punjab FDA has taken decisive action by revoking the manufacturing licence of Jackson Laboratories in Amritsar due to severe regulatory...
Palestinian Embassy calls for urgent medical aid: "If not India and Indian people, then who?"Palestine's Embassy in India has issued a dire plea for immediate medical aid, warning of a healthcare sector collapse due to ongoing confl...
Health services, medical education expansion to be driven by modern tech: Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed health and medical education. He stressed improving treatment quality and expanding s...
How ultrasound plays critical role in healthcare and why PC-PNDT Act deserves careful reformIndia's PC-PNDT Act, enacted to curb female foeticide, has had a modest impact on sex ratios over 30 years. While the law's intent is valid...
Mississippi declares public health emergency as infant death rate reaches highest level in over a decadeMississippi has declared a public health emergency due to a soaring infant mortality rate, the worst in the nation at 9.7 deaths per 1,000 ...
Who is Rep. Kat Cammack? Pro-life supporter sheds light on deadly pregnancy and Florida’s abortion lawFlorida Congresswoman Kat Cammack, a staunch anti-abortion advocate, faced a harrowing experience during her ectopic pregnancy when hospita...
Rx, Dr India needed in the houseThe US is withdrawing from its global health leadership role, creating a void in funding and vision. India, with its growing health capabil...
World Health Day 2025 highlights urgent need for maternal and newborn care reformOn World Health Day 2025, the focus turns to the global crisis of maternal and newborn health. With preventable deaths and mental health is...
India is a global bright spot, but some neighbours are ahead on indicatorsOn Republic Day, it is opportune to assess India's economic strength, particularly noteworthy in times of global uncertainty, and evaluate ...
One woman dies every 2 minutes in pregnancy, childbirth: UNThe overall maternal mortality rate dropped by 34.3 percent over a 20-year period -- from 339 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 20...
WHO South-East Asia Region ministers to deliberate on priority issues next weekThe WHO statement said, that it will also review the progress made on other resolutions adopted by the previously led regional committee se...
Air strike wounds 17 staff at Ukraine children's hospitalThe deputy head of Zelenskyy's office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said authorities are trying to establish the number of people who may have been k...
Delhi civic bodies preparing for Covid third wave, to set up dedicated care facilities for childrenThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is exploring the possibilities of setting up special child care wards at its Tilak Nagar Hospi...
Economic Survey 2021 marks the importance of investing and strengthening the public health system“Healthcare policy must not become beholden to “saliency bias”, where policy overweights a recent phenomenon,” believes the Chief Economic ...
Ideas for a better Budget: Women’s health, maternal leave and safety for economic growthFinance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, due to announce the Union Budget for 2021-22 on February 1, must surely be searching for high growth id...
WHO chief says poor could be 'trampled' in vaccine push, warns any solution must be equitableSpeaking at a virtual UN summit on the pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world was seeing "light at the en...
Maximum impact of COVID-19 felt by women, children, adolescents: Harsh VardhanDespite the country's health systems being under severe strain due to the ongoing pandemic, every effort has been made to ensure that "heal...
- Economic crisis could cause deaths of four lakh children: Report
Risks posed by credit crunch to poor nations are already taking hold. Every 3 secs a child dies from health-related problems.