A rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly in Congo and Uganda. The Bundibugyo virus has no approved treatments. Health workers face challe...

Startup award categories are often shaped more by founder journeys, business models, and growth approaches than by sectors alone. Through r...

India's hospital sector is set for significant growth over the next decade. Demand is rising due to increased income, insurance, an aging p...

Two Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...

The World Health Organization has confirmed five hantavirus cases from a cruise ship outbreak. Three more cases are suspected, and more are...

India is taking a groundbreaking step forward in the realm of rare disease care with a distinctive approach that champions local ingenuity ...

Researchers at AIIMS-Delhi have pioneered a novel transmission electron microscopy technique for diagnosing Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and ...

Health groups and patient advocates are raising concerns over patent monopolies on rare disease drugs in India. They argue that these monop...

DY Chandrachud, discusses his family's challenges with nemaline myopathy, highlighting the emotional and practical difficulties. He calls f...

On May 19, the ministry increased the financial support from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 50 lakh for patients belonging to all categories of rare dise...

In the new policy, formulated after detailed stakeholder consultations, 'rare diseases' have not been defined but classified into three gro...

Speaking specifically about orphan drugs, Paul said that with the support of the government, remedies for rare diseases can be discovered i...

Currently, genomics is widely used in areas such as oncology, infectious diseases (especially tuberculosis), rare diseases, reproductive he...

The decision comes as the government comes up with a new draft policy for the treatment of rare diseases, more than a year after it withdre...

Department of Biotechnology to rope in 22 partners for project that will help develop better therapies.

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Hoping to use private pathology labs to reach out to people, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (C...

Inexpensive sequencing technology allows clinicians to sequence tumour DNA to identify specific mutations and reco mmend personalised treat...