Health

Assessing Risk, Expanding Reach: Innovative Ultrasound Designed For Front-Line Healthcare Workers To Help Improve Maternal Health

GE Healthcare introduced in certain countries in Africa and Southeast Asia its new Vscan AccessTM portable ultrasound system, designed to help healthcare providers improve car...

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Every Newborn Action Plan Progress Report, Strategies Toward Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality launch at 68th World Health Assembly

Countries taking bold steps to end preventable newborn deaths within a generation; framework for ending maternal mortality released GENEVA, Switzerland, 19 May 2015 — Si...

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Bob Saget And John Mayer To Appear At Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine Gala

Bob Saget will once again host Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine, the 34th gala to benefit the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) on Friday, June 5 th at the Four Seasons Bev...

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Study: Measles Shot Helps Ward Off Other Illnesses

LOS ANGELES — A new study suggests that the measles shot comes with a bonus: By preventing that disease, the vaccine may also help your body fight off other illnesses fo...

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Swept Under The Carpet: The Psychological Side Of Maternal Health

In high-income countries, as many as 10 to 15 percent of women experience depression, anxiety, or other non-psychotic mental health challenges during pregnancy or the year aft...

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At U.N., Radicals Regret Lack Of ??rogress??And Seek To Feminize Post-2015 Development Agenda

Against the backdrop of ongoing negotiations over the United Nations??new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), delegates and activists from around the world met at the U.N. h...

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Vaccine Shots Every Woman Should Take Before & During Pregnancy

Sudden changes in the immune system, heart and lungs make pregnant women more susceptible to serious ailments, and even death. Hence, it is imperative for women to get vaccina...

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Antibiotic Resistance A Big Threat To TB Treatment In India

A joint initiative of the government, independent experts and civil society has found that multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is emerging as a major health problem in I...

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India Performs Poorly In Sanitation And Water Accessibility

A global index finds no significant correlation between GDP and performance as China and India, the two fastest growing Asian economies, are nowhere in the top five category ...

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India Faces Reminders of Failing Maternal Safety

Pregnant with her first child, 17-year-old Guna did not know she was anemic. Nor was she aware of the complications this could cause because no government female health worker...

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

Writer Ranjan Das Gupta reflects on emotional intelligence as a human, ethical and socia...

March 6 2026

A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET

In this in-depth conversation with Vinta Nanda, Fr. Kureethadam Joshtrom reflects on eco...

March 5 2026

FORGOTTEN DANCING QUEEN OF HINDI CINEMA

The Last Dance: Tragedy of a Dancing Queen - Khalid Mohamed narrates the rise and fall o...

March 3 2026