Ganga Das, 19 and pregnant for the first time, was determined enough to get her immunisation done at a Public Heath Centre (PHC) at Juri village of this block in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district

World Diabetes Day was observed by the Kochi branch of the Indian Medical Association, Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association and State chapter of the Research Society for the Study of Dia

Chennai: After wielding fogging machines, hand sprinklers and fists full of bleaching powder, the Tamil Nadu government, in a fresh attempt to kill the dengue buzz, has now launched an app.

CHANDIGARH: With 7,388 cases of malaria and 1,401 cases of dengue during this season in Haryana, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has stressed the need to introduce measures on how to control wat

The advent of the Sustainable Development Goal era, in the context of new threats and instabilities to peoples worldwide, offers an ambitious agenda for revitalizing political commitments to human well-being—for future generations as well as our own.

The health sector is a key economic sector and a job generator. The aggregate size of the world’s health sector is over US$ 5.8 trillion per year. Across the OECD countries, employment in health and social work grew by 48% between 2000 and 2014, while jobs in industry and agriculture declined.

With dengue cases on the rise in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday launched an awareness campaign in the city being carried out by the state police as he joined in a clean-up drive

In a major step towards revamping regulations in medical education and services, the government has proposed the National Medical Commission Bill. The bill proposes setting up of several autonomous boards that will be bestowed with wide powers to maintain high ethical standards in medical education and professional services.

Kolkata: With two city students having succumbed to dengue and at least two more testing positive, schools are on high alert.

The popular notion that dengue-causing mosquito Aedes aegypti strikes only during morning hours is a myth.

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