India on Monday completed three consecutive years without a single wild polio case being reported from any part of the country, thereby achieving the three-year milestone necessary to achieve polio

The maternal mortality rate in West Bengal has dropped sharply by 20 per cent due to health reforms in the State, latest statistics say.

Pharmaceutical companies Quintiles and Sanofi have failed to follow norms while conducting clinical trials of their new drugs on Bhopal gas leak survivors, the health ministry informed the Supreme Court.

During hearings on alleged flouting of norms by pharmaceutical majors in conducting clinical trials on humans, the court had ordered the health ministry not to proceed with the clinical trials of 157 new drugs/formulations till a stricter regime was put in place.

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has expressed concern over the Supreme Court order that gay sex is illegal, saying the ruling will prevent vulnerable communities from accessing health facili

All clinical trials in India will henceforth have to take subject consent audiovisually and preserve the records.

It’s official. This year’s dengue outbreak in the country was the worst in at least six years, with 55,063 cases reported till October 28.

According to health ministry data, the number of dengue cases has been rising since 2008 — when the count was 12,561 — dipping only in 2011.
The number of deaths due to the disease has increased from 80 in 2008 to 138 this year, although it is far lower than 242 recorded last year.

Supreme Court Bench orders it to re-examine 157 GCT, including NCEs, by Apex and Technical Committees.