Healthcare
India’s TB epidemic larger than previously thought: WHO
14 Oct 2016
The tuberculosis epidemic in India is "larger" than what was previously estimated, with the country being one of six nations which accounted for 60 per cent of the new cases in 2015, says WHO
IBM’s Watson Helps Employees Tackle Cancer
12 Oct 2016
Zuckerberg, wife Priscilla to put up $3bn ‘to end all diseases’
26 Sep 2016
The announcement of the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative to end all diseases by the end of the century met with considerable initial scepticism, but now experts are veering around to the belief that it is doable – though it needs more focus on developing countries
Shocking: top Ranchi hospital serves patient food on floor
23 Sep 2016
Jharkand's biggest and supposedly best government hospital, served food on the floor of the hospital ward to a patient, after first making her wash it, as the kitchen staff said they “had no plates”
India accounted for a third of all maternal deaths in 2015: report
20 Sep 2016
The latest Lancet series on maternal health notes that while maternal deaths globally have fallen by nearly half since 1990, nearly one quarter of babies worldwide are still delivered in the absence of a skilled birth attendant
