The World Health Organisation has asked India to participate in its electromagnetic field (EMF) projects, as myths about the impact of mobile phone tower radiation on public health are widespread i

The first-ever indigenous low-cost pathogen kit, use to check food contamination, is all set to hit the market. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will inaugurate the kits this week.

Concerned over several posts lying vacant in medical services in scheduled areas, the Group of Governors recommended that ministries of health and tribal affairs should declare all tribal sub-plan

Contrary to the popular belief that India is becoming dumping ground for clinical trials, the recent data, in fact, shows that the number of clinical trials are on a downward spiral.

As per the government data, in 2011 the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) received 306 applications for approval of clinical trials. It went up to 480 in 2012 but dropped significantly to 207 in 2013.

पोलियो के खिलाफ शुरू की गई मुहिम में अमिताभ बच्चन, सचिन तेंडुलकर, रवि शास्त्री और फारूख शेख के साथ कई सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं ने शिरकत की थी। अमिताभ के नारे ‘दो बूंद जिंदगी की’ ने देश के करोड़ों लोगों

President calls for creating a polio-free world

As India celebrates its victory over polio — completing three years without any case of the debilitating infection — the nation becomes entitled to polio-free certification by the World Health Organisation in March.

Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that there is a need to strike balance between the interests of all the stakeholders with regard to the country’s regulatory policy on clini

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has washed its hands of the clinical drug trials that took place on gas-victims at Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC).

Even as the public health department claims to have effectively controlled major diseases in the state, Maharashtra has earned the dubious distinction of being home to the largest incidence of both