Rhythma Kaul

For nearly a century, medicine has drawn some of its most important drugs from microbes. Penicillin came from a mould, and the first statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs now taken by hundreds of millions of people, were isolated from fungi in the 1970s... See more

The Union ministry of health and family welfare has proposed tighter curbs on advertising of prescription-only medicines by retailers and wholesalers, according to people familiar with the matter. To implement the new regulations, the health ministry has ... See more

Union minister of health and family welfare JP Nadda on Thursday launched JOSH (Joint Squad for Health) teams under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, comprising National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets and MY Bharat volunteers, to strengthen community-level outreach ... See more

The country's National Telemedicine Service, eSanjeevani, has crossed 500 million teleconsultations, the Union ministry of health and family welfare announced on Tuesday. The start of the National Telemedicine Service was the government's efforts to lever... See more

The way digital technologies are currently built and governed creates real risks to health worldwide, alongside genuine benefits, according to a new three paper series authored by 13 global experts, published in The Lancet. The authors call for coordinate... See more