Policy
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UK launches national lymph node research network
The UK-wide initiative brings together 10 specialist research centres to study human lymph nodes, with a focus on improving vaccine…
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India Tightens Control on Cough Syrups as Government Closes a Decades-Old Regulatory Loophole
For decades, cough syrups could be sold in many of India’s smallest villages with fewer regulatory checks than in towns…
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West Bengal joins Ayushman Bharat, extending health cover to 1.43 crore families
With West Bengal signing on to Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, the Centre’s flagship health assurance scheme now covers all 36 States…
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When algorithms silence women’s health: how content moderation buries medical facts
A UK parliamentary debate has put a spotlight on how automated moderation routinely downranks content on periods, menopause and fertility- …
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NFHS-6 shows gains in maternal, child health as institutional deliveries cross 90%
ANC coverage rises to 95.9%, child stunting falls sharply, while health insurance coverage expands to 60.2% of households India has…
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Pregabalin brought under stricter Schedule H1 regulation amid misuse concerns
The Union Health Ministry has brought Pregabalin, a widely prescribed drug used for chronic pain and neurological conditions, under the…
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Nadda pitches India’s digital health model at World Health Assembly
At the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Union Health Minister J P Nadda highlighted India’s push for universal health…
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WHO faces its first post-US budget: Survival, reform or retreat?
As delegates meet in Geneva without the WHO’s largest donor for the first time in 78 years, the US$4.2 billion…
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UK moves to redefine gene therapy rules
The United Kingdom’s medicines regulator has launched a consultation to overhaul how gene therapies are legally defined, in a move…
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Government push for integration of Ayush systems with modern medicine
The Government of India has intensified efforts to integrate traditional systems of medicine with modern healthcare through a structured policy framework that…
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