
The government is advancing several key initiatives aimed at achieving national health goals and aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a senior official said on Friday. ...

The Maharashtra government will launch a statewide leprosy case detection campaign from November 17 to December 2, during which health teams will visit households for inspections. ...

Ethiopia has reported the first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease -- a rare and deadly viral haemorrhagic fever -- with lab reports confirming nine cases, said the World Health Organization (WHO). ...

German researchers have identified a gene that can lead to schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. ...

The National Medical Council (NMC) has cancelled the registrations of three doctors linked to the car blast attack near Delhi's Red Fort Metro Station, barring them from practising until further orders. ...

The Centre has asked insurers and hospitals to take measures such as expediting the onboarding on National Health Claims...

Health authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have issued a measles alert for central Sydney and the city's airport....

On the occasion of National Cancer Awareness Day, several programs were organised across Gujarat to educate people about the life-threatening ailment, while campaigns were organised to screen people for the fatal disease. ...

A team at IIT Bombay under National Quantum Mission (NQM) has developed India’s first indigenous Quantum Diamond Microscope (QDM) for dynamic magnetic field imaging — a breakthrough that marks a milestone in quantum sensing, the government said on Wednesday. ...

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has approached the apex court seeking guidelines to ensure that the rights to health, dignity, bodily autonomy, and privacy of women and girls are not violated when they experience menstruation or related gynaecological issues at the workplace and in educational institutions. ...