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WEBAre we losing the global battle against malaria? After two decades of decline, cases worldwide have remained steady since 2015. Why have control efforts stalled? Latest …

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Caste and public health

WEBIn the most literal sense, public health refers to the health of a population. This is important as it takes the discussion on health away from the individual and …

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Abortion ban: The impact on mental health

WEBDemocrat politician and professor of psychology, Eliz Markowitz, believes that Texas will see a sharp rise in demand for mental healthcare as a consequence of …

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NFHS-5: Marking transformation in a billion lives

WEBThe chief takeaway from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey, which comes on the heels of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic that upended a …

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A cry for help that goes unnoticed

WEBChennai-based psychiatrist Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar founded Sneha, India’s first suicide prevention helpline, in 1986. Distilling the 2021 data, she told Frontline that …

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COVID-19 rates are rising again—what you need to know

WEBGermany has seen an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalisation rates related to the JN.1 subvariant. According to official statistics, 3,02,100 people in Germany were …

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Healing hearts and minds: The inspiring healthcare mission of the …

WEBGadchiroli is a land of lush forests and rolling hills, with 76 per cent of its area covered in trees and a tribal population of 40 per cent. The district consistently …

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Is India becoming the cancer capital of the world

WEBPraful Reddy, 49, an IT professional from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, has lung cancer and has been undergoing treatment, including targeted …

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India now has 1.4 billion people. What does it mean for their health

WEBData projections predict that India’s population will slowly grow to 1.7 billion by 2064 but then fall drastically. The US-based Institute for Health Metrics and …

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Machine’s whim versus people’s will

WEBThe words “election” and “democracy” have become synonymous. It is through elections that citizens, the sovereign in a democracy, transfers their sovereignty …

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Could AI transform healthcare in Africa

WEBAI is transforming health care in Africa, from diagnostics to data collection. With local governments and organizations leading the way, AI projects can bring long …

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COVID second wave: Andhra Pradesh caught unawares

WEBFrom hardly 575 active cases on February 23 to a staggering 1,22,980 cases on April 30, the second wave of COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh has taken …

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Why Jammu and Kashmir saw the highest attempted suicide rate …

WEBThe latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), published in December 2023, revealed that Jammu and Kashmir had the highest number of …

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Ayushman Bharat: Public funds for private benefit

WEBOn September 23, the much-touted Ayushman Bharat, also called the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), completed one year of its existence. The …

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Why younger generations in India seem so stressed

WEBA study conducted by ICICI Lombard, one of India’s largest general insurers, suggested that Gen Z and millennial Indians are far more prone to stress and anxiety …

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Tuberculosis: First time TB infections highest in 30 years, raise

WEBIn 2022, 10.6 million people developed TB, 7.5 million of whom were diagnosed for the first time. The WHO said this was the highest record since 1995 and …

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ASHA workers in distress across Jammu and Kashmir

WEBASHA workers in distress across Jammu and Kashmir. Over 13,500 women community health workers engaged under the National Health Mission in the Union …

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Nipah outbreak: ‘Driving away bats is not the answer’

WEBBut, driving away bats is not the answer. Bats perform important ecological functions and have benefits for humans. For example, fruit bats, which do carry Nipah, …

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Bihar: Death and deceit

WEBDr Smriti*, a senior resident at a government hospital in Patna, is on the front line of the tidal second wave of COVID-19 that has caught Bihar unawares. One …

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Why Telangana government wants to pull down Osmania General …

WEBThe Telangana government affidavit of July 27 in the High Court declaring its intent to demolish the heritage block of the Osmania General Hospital (OGH) …

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Election Commission ushers India to its electoral nadir

WEBThose lauding India’s elections as “a festival of democracy” are understandably enthralled by the sheer scale of the exercise: there is universal franchise for everyone …

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