HIV on rise as gay men abandon condoms

Doctors are concerned that gay men with HIV are abandoning safe sex practices, and may unwittingly be spreading previously rare sexually transmitted infections such as syph...

MIT hackathon takes on true healthcare design challenge: The breast pump

This MIT Media Lab team will be leading a hackathon to modernize the breast pump. Most of the time, I think men can’t handle the reality of women’s health. It&r...

Asha workers roped in to fight crime against women

To deal with the rising number of crimes against women, the district administration and police have roped in Asha (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers to inform the...

Number of new HIV infection has decreased by 57%: Harsh Vardhan

There has been a 57 per cent decrease in the number of new cases of HIV infection in last decade in the country, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha today. He a...

Malaria vaccine shows continued protection during 18 months of follow-up

A vaccine previously shown to reduce malaria in young infants and children reduces larger numbers of malaria cases in areas of higher malaria transmission, according to res...

Read this, and then do the maths: How many mango trees before he can count my tears?

In a distant, sleepy village in Uttar Pradesh, whose name I would have never heard had a lot of politicians and news TV's OB vans not landed there...

Read this, and then do the maths: How many mango trees before he can count my tears?

In a distant, sleepy village in Uttar Pradesh, whose name I would have never heard had a lot of politicians and news TV’s OB vans not landed there recently to bring i...

Will 2014 Be a Breakthrough Year for Women Directors at the Academy Awards?

In 86 years, only four women have been nominated for a best director Oscar. Only one, Kathryn Bigelow, has won. Lina Wertmuller was the first woman nominated for the 1976 f...

No toilets for girls in one-fifth of India?s schools, enrolment on decline

Dip in number of schools providing midday meals to their students

“About 20 per cent schools in India still lack toilet facilities for girls,” says a re...