Health News

India grants patent to Gilead's expensive hepatitis drug; activists slam the move

Gilead's hepatitis drug costs $1,000 per pill in U.S.

May 10, 2016

Majority of youth deaths in India caused by suicide: Lancet

Self-harm, road accidents and tuberculosis claimed the most number of young lives in India, the report said.

May 10, 2016

Govt proposes giving eight months maternity leave, health cards to women

The proposed health card aims to make regular health check-ups for women, including some vital tests, compulsory.

May 9, 2016

Bird flu alert declared in Karnataka after 23,000 chickens die of H5N1: Report

Thousands of chickens dead at two poultry farms in Karnataka, officials to cull 1.5 lakh chickens over the next few days.

May 9, 2016

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $38 million for polio eradication

The Gates Foundation said it would provide the grants to a Japanese pharma firm to develop a low-cost vaccine.

May 9, 2016

India's largest cigarette maker to print larger warnings on packs after SC ruling

ITC Ltd is a major stakeholder in India's $11-billion tobacco industry, accounting for over 80 percent of the cigarette production in the country.

May 9, 2016

UAE's billionaire doctor looks to acquire Delhi, Mumbai hospitals: Report

Shamsheer Vayalil said he would invest Rs. 1,000 crore in India's healthcare market.

May 9, 2016

Treating cancer at $1 per day is possible, believe experts

Multi-targeted anti-cancer therapy or metronomics reduces the treatment cost by using anti-diabetic, blood pressure drugs.

May 7, 2016

India mulls giving legal rights to surrogate mothers, children

India banned foreign-funded surrogacy in 2015, saying it was leading to exploitation of poor women.

May 7, 2016

KFC introduces edible nail polish in Hong Kong; calls it finger lickin good

The edible nail polishes taste like KFC's fried chicken, the fast food chain has claimed.

May 7, 2016

After SC jibe, doctors demand resignation of MCI members

India's medical education regulator has been accused of corruption, nepotism by Supreme Court

May 6, 2016

Pakistan's 'solar kids' function only under the sun: Report

Doctors in Pakistan are puzzled as the three kids in Balochistan province go into a state of stillness once the sun sets.

May 6, 2016

India may soon use drones to transfer human organs

An unmanned aerial vehicle would soon be sued to ferry organs against the road route.

May 6, 2016

US bans sale of e-cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco to under-18s

As many as 3 million high and middle school students in the U.S. were found to be smoking e-cigarettes in 2015.

May 6, 2016

Former Ranbaxy promoters fined $400M for hiding facts from Japanese firm

Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh hid key information while selling their stake in Ranbaxy to Daiichi Sankyo in 2008.

May 6, 2016