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'We want to make country TB-free by 2025': Health Minister Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that the government aims to make the country tuberculosis (TB) free by the year 2025.

65 per cent of tuberculosis cases in 15-45 age group: Health minister

A staggering 65 per cent of the tuberculosis cases in India are in the 15-45 age group, which is the most economically productive population segment, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said

Covid-19 pandemic: Here is why you still need to wash your hands

Respiratory viruses, such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2, while spread primarily by respiratory droplets can also be spread by contaminated hands touching the mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and eyes

Covid-19 herd immunity? It's not going to happen, so what next?

Any notion that COVID-19 was going to last for just a few months was very much misplaced in 2020

Kerr withdraws from NZ women's tour of England to focus on mental health

All-rounder Amelia Kerr has pulled out of New Zealand women's team's upcoming tour of England to focus on her mental health and well-being

Tokyo 2020: Olympic sponsors praise Simone Biles after withdrawal

Simone Biles' sponsors, including Athleta and Visa, are lauding her decision to put her mental health first and withdraw from the gymnastics team competition during the Olympics.

What is a breakthrough infection? Here's a guide to what you need to know

Breakthrough infections are a little more frequent than previously expected and are probably increasing because of growing dominance of the delta variant

Here's why CDC recommends wearing masks indoors even if you are vaccinated

The reason public health officials are calling for more mask-wearing is that there is mounting evidence that, though rare, breakthrough infections can occur in people who are fully vaccinated

Covid-19 lockdown negatively impacted women's nutrition in India: Study

The nationwide lockdown in India in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on women's nutrition in the country, according to a study conducted by a group of researchers in the US.

NPPA has fixed ceiling prices of 355 medicines, 882 formulations: Mandaviya

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has fixed ceiling prices of 355 medicines and 882 formulations under the National List of Essential Medicines, 2015, Parliament was informed

When will we reach herd immunity? Here are 3 reasons why we don't know yet

Overall vaccine effectiveness appears to drop about ten percentage points with Delta variant. Lower the vaccine effectiveness, the higher the level of coverage that'll be needed to control Covid well

Longer gap in Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine boosts antibody levels: Study

A longer gap between first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine generates strong antibody and T cell immune responses, UK researchers have found.

Rajasthan's healthcare scheme benefits over 120,000 people in 3 months

Over 120,000 people have benefitted from free treatment in the first three months of the Rajasthan government's MukhyaMantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojna

AI predicts the shape of molecules, in a boon for medicine and drug design

DeepMind has given 3-D structure to 350,000 proteins, including every one made by humans

Air-pollution is major cause behind rising non-communicable diseases

Is the most prevalent risk factor among surveyed the population (76%), followed by low physical activity (67%), poor diet (55%). These three factors even beat stress, tobacco consumption, obesity

Prices of oral diabetes drugs set to fall as patents near expiry date

The diabetes segment has been growing faster than the country's overall drug market

Over a quarter of health subsidy cornered by the wealthiest 20%: PHFI

Low awareness combined with limited coverage means that the richest 20% get over a quarter of the health subsidy; only half of this goes to the poorest 20%

Mental health wise, all of us have been affected: Harvard's Shekhar Saxena

Speaking to Anjuli Bhargava from his residence in Geneva, Saxena says the severest toll of the Covid-19 pandemic may be on the mental health of large sections of the human population

India's fact checking on toilets rests on asking the right questions

Accurate data on sanitation behaviour and toilet use can be captured if surveys ask questions on sanitation practices of all individuals in a household instead of one member, say experts

India's health inequality made worse by reduced health budget: Oxfam report

Oxfam India's inequality report draws attention to the county's unequal healthcare story hit further by Covid-19