SC directs Assam govt to conduct immediate inspection of Goalpara's Matia Transit CampThe Supreme Court has ordered an immediate inspection of Assam's Matia Transit Camp following a report revealing inadequate living conditio...
04 Nov, 2024, 09.21 PM IST
Budget 2024: Will Sitharaman give a higher dose of allocation for healthcare this time around?Budget Expectations 2024: India, under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership, has consistently increased healthcare allocation and spending. This t...
20 Jul, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
HC rejects PIL on action against import of pricey refurbished medical gearThe Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the Patient Safety and Access Initiative of India Foundation’s plea seeking action against large ...
31 May, 2024, 09.05 PM IST
'How you treat kids will impact them lifelong': CJI Chandrachud shares painful memory of school punishment that still haunts himCJI Chandrachud stresses the impact of childhood experiences on lifelong behaviour during a lecture on juvenile justice, emphasizing the im...
05 May, 2024, 10.07 AM IST
World's biggest abortion pill seller has a dark India link it might not be able to shakeMore than 30 samples of drugs made by Delhi-based Synokem Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — including generic abortion pills, an antibiotic and anti-s...
08 Aug, 2023, 08.19 AM IST
Centre's stand sought on PIL for QR codes on medicinal, food productsThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre's stand on a public interest litigation seeking affixation of QR codes on all medicinal a...
09 May, 2023, 02.51 PM IST
Woman's right to choose whether to continue pregnancy or not, says HC; allows termination of 32-week pregnancy with foetal abnormalitiesThe woman had approached HC seeking to terminate her pregnancy after a sonography revealed the foetus had severe abnormalities and that the...
23 Jan, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
Rishi Sunak may only allow foreign students with offers in top schools to enter the UKThe prime minister's official spokesman has said Sunak was "fully committed" to bringing overall immigration levels down and blamed "unprec...
25 Nov, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
Maharashtra cancels Johnson & Johnson's manufacturing licence for baby powderThe FDA had earlier issued a show-cause notice to the US pharma, medical devices and consumer goods multinational, seeking to know why acti...
20 Sep, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
On World Patient Safety Day, WHO stresses on ending unsafe medication practices, errorsIn low- and middle-income countries - including in the WHO South-East Asia Region - patient harm due to unsafe care contributes to an estim...
17 Sep, 2022, 02.34 PM IST
View: We must learn fast from the pandemic to fill gaps in our healthcare systemThe entire healthcare system — the drug R&D, hospitals, personnel and GDP spending — needs an overhaul
23 May, 2021, 11.24 PM IST
World needs generic drugs but their quality must be guaranteed: Journalist Katherine EbanEban discusses her findings and how regulators and countries need to step up to protect patients.
08 Jun, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Private hospitals want government to review rates of insurance schemeBranded as Modicare earlier, the Ayushman Bharat scheme flagged the world’s largest insurance scheme.
01 Jun, 2018, 09.56 AM IST
One in 10 medicines in developing countries is substandard or falsified: WHOWHO has received reports of substandard or falsified medical products ranging from cancer treatment to contraception.
28 Nov, 2017, 09.00 PM IST
13-yr-old bill being redrafted to cover emerging health sectorsAt present, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 regulates only conventional pharmaceuticals, which account for over Rs 1 lakh crore of annual...
20 Jun, 2016, 12.54 PM IST
When hospitals breed illnessHealthcare, despite its function of saving lives, is also inherently risky. More than 1000 people die in the US each day because of prevent...
31 Mar, 2016, 11.55 AM IST
Fake & sub-standard drugs: India, China may be worst offendersDespite efforts globally, sales of fake medicines are rising rapidly, and the menace could be worse than the health threat posed by Big Tob...
16 Jun, 2013, 05.15 AM IST