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  E-cigarettes, other electronic smoking devices may soon be banned in India. Read full report

  India | June 11, 2019 19:48 IST

  Going tough on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), including e-cigarettes, the health ministry has proposed to classify such alternative smoking devices as "drugs" under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, in a bid to ban their manufacture, sale, distribution and import.

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  Health Ministry proposes to convert 75 district hospitals into medical colleges

  India | June 09, 2019 14:03 IST

  "The proposal to convert 75 district hospitals into medical colleges in the third phase of the scheme has been sent for approval to the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC), after which it will be sent to the Cabinet," a source said.

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  Johnson & Johnson to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to 67 patients each

  Business | May 31, 2019 11:58 IST

  The court was hearing Johnson & Johnson's plea challenging the formula approved by the Centre for determining the compensation to patients who received faulty hip implants.

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  Address manpower shortage at AIIMS-New Delhi before expanding: Parliamentary panel asks health ministry

  India | August 12, 2018 15:53 IST

  The committee is of the view that the premier medical institute has to have sufficient and most-efficient manpower.  

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  NEET must for candidates aiming to obtain medical qualifications from abroad on or after May

  Career | February 23, 2018 13:35 IST

  The ministry had earlier this month made NEET, which was introduced in 2016 for admission to government and private medical colleges in India, mandatory for even those who wished to pursue medical courses in foreign universities.

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  After stents, Modi govt working to bring more medical devices under price control

  May 11, 2017 12:31 IST

  Stents have been added to the National List of Essential Medicines and we are trying to put more medical devices in this list to ensure medicines and medical devices remain affordable, Health minister JP Nadda said

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  Good News: Kerala no less than United States in saving newborns, says NHFS

  Lifestyle | February 21, 2023 13:35 IST

  Kerala has been famous as the most literate state in India. But the godly state has defeated all other states of India in saving the newborn children. This means, the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in Kerala has been brought down to 6

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  1,850 drugs sold in India 'Not of Standard Quality', 13 'spurious': Health Ministry

  India | February 22, 2017 19:36 IST

  1,850 samples of drugs sold in India are found to be Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) while 13 were found spurious, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

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  From soaps to doctors’ coats, govt asks hospitals to adopt Khadi

  India | February 17, 2017 13:52 IST

  In a move aimed at getting central government-run hospitals across the country to focus on adopting the Khadi culture, the government has asked hospitals including AIIMS to opt for purchase of Khadi products -- from soaps to doctors’ coats and bed an

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  Health Ministry to begin awareness campaign on dengue, chikungunya

  India | August 25, 2016 10:28 IST

  The Health Ministry will start an awareness campaign on dengue and chikungunya in the wake of rising cases of the vector-borne diseases across the country, an official said on Wednesday. West Bengal has recorded

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  Cancer deaths in 2016 estimated at 7.3 lakh, could rise to 8.8 lakh by 2020: Health Ministry

  India | August 02, 2016 20:06 IST

  Over seven lakh Indians could succumb to cancer in 2016, with the figure expected to rise to 8.8 lakh by 2020, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed Parliament today. In a reply to

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  Govt to rename 'Mission Indradhanush', adds four new vaccines to immunisation drive

  National | May 31, 2016 12:22 IST

  The government's ambitious ‘Mission Indradhanush’ programme, which provides immunisation against seven life threatening diseases, is all set to be re-christened as four new vaccines have been added into it.

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  Let Parliament decide on euthanasia: Supreme Court

  India | February 16, 2016 9:50 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court abstained from passing an order on the appeal to legalise passive euthanasia and Living Will (the Constitutional right of terminally-ill persons to elongate their lives with the aid of life

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  Health Min set to introduce common entrance exam for medical colleges

  India | February 07, 2016 15:32 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Health ministry has approved the Medical Council of India's (MCI) recommendation to amend Medical Council of India Act, 1956, paving the way to decide on the common entrance test format.The amendments

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  World Anti-Leprosy Day: Time to talk & know about the deadly disease

  Lifestyle | January 30, 2016 17:06 IST

  India is the abode of 60 % of world's leprosy affected people. Leprosy is an infectious disease that causes severe, disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in the arms and legs.According to the National Leprosy

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  J.P. Nadda introduces e-health initiatives for common people

  India | January 15, 2016 21:01 IST

  New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday launched a number of e-health initiatives, including 'Kilkari' that will provide information on child care through mobile phone.A family expecting the birth of a child can

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  Health ministery should support institutions without doing micro-mgmt: Arun Jaitley

  National | October 18, 2015 16:54 IST

  New Delhi: Stating that "over-involvement' has in the past led to "crisis" for AIIMS, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the Health Ministry should play a supportive role to encourage the institution without getting

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  National Human Rights Commission issues notice to centre, Delhi government

  India | August 08, 2015 8:04 IST

  New Delhi: The NHRC has issued notice to the union health ministry and the Delhi government over a 10-year-old boy losing his leg after he was denied timely treatment, an official said on Friday.A shard

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  Govt mulling exit exam for MBBS doctors

  India | June 01, 2015 12:56 IST

  New Delhi: As the concern over the quality of doctors in the country grows, the government is planning an exit exam for MBBS students passing out of medical colleges.The health ministry is also planning to

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  1,300 die of cancer every day in India

  India | May 17, 2015 13:19 IST

  New Delhi: With more than 1,300 persons succumbing to cancer every day, it has become one of the major causes of death occurring in the country due to communicable and life-style ailments, followed by tuberculosis.As