NEW DELHI, June 1 -- The Union health ministry has banned the cross-border transportation of human remains of confirmed or suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) patients into India and prescribed protoc... Read More
New Delhi, May 30 -- State drug inspectors will be able to conduct surprise audits of spas, salons, and massage centres for the first time, targeting a surge in unauthorised medical procedures sold as... Read More
New Delhi, May 29 -- More than 60% of Indian households are now covered by a health insurance or financing scheme, according to the findings from the National Family Health Survey-6 (NFHS-6), released... Read More
New Delhi, May 26 -- The Serum Institute of India (SII) has tied up with the University of Oxford and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to make a vaccine targeting the lethal ... Read More
NEW DELHI, May 25 -- The Centre on Monday stepped up Ebola surveillance and reviewed nationwide preparedness measures as the outbreak in Central Africa continued to expand, prompting heightened global... Read More
NEW DELHI, May 25 -- India has issued an urgent public health notice asking patients, consumers and healthcare professionals across the country to closely monitor and report any adverse reaction assoc... Read More
New Delhi, May 24 -- India issued an urgent advisory on Sunday, directing citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, and South Sudan. The travel warning... Read More
New Delhi, May 22 -- The Centre is planning a regulatory overhaul to centralize states' role in food surveillance sampling under the country's apex food regulator-the Food Safety Standard Authority of... Read More
New Delhi, May 22 -- The Union health ministry has brought the anticonvulsant and nerve pain drug, Pregabalin, under the stricter Schedule H1 category of the Drugs Rules, 1945, to curb its growing rec... Read More
New Delhi, May 21 -- The Centre is weighing an emergency, one-time increase in prices of around 300 essential medicines as the West Asia war disrupts supplies of petrochemical-based pharmaceutical inp... Read More