Flu vaccination 'a lifesaver'

Up to 1,000 people could die in Ireland from flu over the coming months, health chiefs have warned. People who are particularly at risk from the potentially deadly effects ...

Ebola is in the US. Here's how health officials will try to contain it

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States. The patient is currently being isolated i...

Mobile health unit launched to improve women?? healthcare

In an attempt to bridge the widening gap between rural and urban healthcare for women, a free mobile healthcare unit (MHU) was launched in the national capital on Saturday....

Vandrevala Foundation to improve mental health in India, world’s suicide capital

Following the report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), revealing that India is the suicide leader of the world, the Vandrevala Foundation, whose charitable ...

Hamari Sister Didi Factually Enriched Medical Dramas Making Waves In The Primetime Slot

After a tremendous drought of f medical themed shows, the launch of the new premium channel: ‘Sony Pal’ is now breaking the horizon with their new show: “...

What Makes Community Health Care Work?

In response to Tuesday’s column about two programs in India that train relatively uneducated women as their villages’ health workers, readers provided an avalan...

Some hard truths on safe motherhood

Maternal deaths should be treated as a human rights issue and governments need to focus on best antenatal practices and provision of emergency obstetric care to bring down ...

Ebola and Climate Change: Are Humans Responsible for the Severity of the Current Outbreak?

The army base, a cut of cleared land amidst a thick, verdant, unnamed jungle, is filled with soldiers and locals, dead or dying of a mystery disease. A pile of bodies burns...

Habits of Highly Humanistic Doctors

Even in these times of highly commercialized health care you might still come across doctors and physicians who are humanistic.

How are they different?

I re...