Recent pandemic outbreaks in countries with high vaccination percentage have raised a question mark on the prospect of herd immunity

As COVID-19 rages on, efforts to develop a vaccine or repurpose an existing one for the same are being carried out across the world but prudence is...

While diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage India, the budgetary allowance for health has steadily dipped in the last few years

To prevent India from witnessing urban food deserts like USA, increased access to locally grown food must be included in urban planning

These state laws do not have an impact immediately but they are setting the stage for overturning the Supreme Court order

As more people die from poor diet, study highlights how low consumption of healthy food is better than high consumption of unhealthy foods

Non-communicable diseases reportedly contribute more to India’s disease burden than communicable diseases. But the latter is still a concern.

The UN’s first conference to save the oceans is a grand show of intent to reset our relationship with the largest sink of carbon dioxide and the...

Long-term impacts of lead exposure have finally been revealed: reduced IQ levels and lower socio-economic status

Latest data suggests a decline in the nutritional quality of food. What is stripping our food of nutrients? Can authorities cope with the challenge?...

On June 3 this year, billions of collisions occurred in a 27-km-long circular tunnel between Switzerland and France. But this is not a cause for...

The 68th World Health Assembly (WHA), the annual meeting place for policymakers from the 192 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), was...