All you need to know about: Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is now curable in most cases, but delayed diagnosis continues to drive liver disease and deaths worldwide
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Monsoon and newborn care: what you need to know
The first 1,000 days, from conception to the second birthday, form a crucial period of a child’s life. Awareness about health hazards and infections and taking simple steps to protect children can go a long way towards boosting lifelong health
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FDA approves a first-of-its-kind pill to cut cholesterol in high-risk patients
The FDA reviewed the drug under its program that promises ultra-fast reviews for promising medications that serve the public interest
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Paris region deaths more than doubled during June heatwave: health authorities
The heatwave swept across Europe, breaking all-time temperature records in several countries
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The fine art of creating blood donors at home; and resources for those in Chennai seeking to donate blood
A leitmotif among blood donation organisations is the increasing difficulty in finding people with “generous veins”; and the solution could strangely be found in the living rooms of households, as illustrated by these two accounts from Chennai of parents inspiring their children to join the cause
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Nigerian children pay the price for Iran war as malnutrition, poverty surge
Children relapsing into malnutrition have become an increasingly common occurrence in the state and across northern Nigeria, according to local health and aid workers, who cite knock-on effects from the Iran war
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NEET-UG: Submitting fake OMR sheets for scrutiny will invite legal action, says NTA
The agency says it had got notice that images of OMR answer sheets said to be the “correct” record of certain candidates who appeared in NEET(UG) 2026 were being circulated on social media
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Screen time guidelines for kids and adolescents have shifted as research paints a more nuanced picture
Concerns surrounding young people’s screen time are widespread. Australia became the first country to ban social media for users under 16 in December 2025, and Denmark, Franceand the U.K. have…
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Lessons from ‘Management of Healthcare in India’
Management of Healthcare in India: Need for a Paradigm Shift argues that strengthening India’s healthcare system requires looking beyond clinical care to the institutions, leadership, governance and management that shape how healthcare is delivered
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Salvaging limbs and lives: A chemist to the rescue
By making chaulmoogra oil injectable, Alice Augusta Ball developed the first practical treatment for leprosy, transforming care for patients around the world
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