A Single Blood Test For All Cancers? Illumina, Bill Gates And Jeff Bezos Launch Startup To Make It Happen

What if a simple blood test could detect any cancer early, when it was still easy to treat? It sounds like science fiction. But Illumina, the $24 billion (market cap) biote...

There’s Not Much Snow In The Alps — So Petting Zoos Are Replacing Skiing

The holiday season in the Alps this year was one of the driest in recent memory. According to Laurent Vanat, a winter sports consultant based in Geneva, the overall economi...

India Needs To “Save Its Daughters” Through Education And Gender Equality

Women constitute nearly half of the country’s 1.25 billion people and gender equality — whether in politics, economics, education or health — is still a d...

2015 In Review: Rapid Strides In Public Health

The end of 2015 brings many reasons for celebrations in health sector. We made considerable progress towards achieving the MDGs, SDGs were launched with more ambitious goal...

Mumbai: 'No Gynaecs In Rural Areas To Provide Basic Delivery Services'

Mumbai: An audit carried out by the state government of all maternal deaths, including those during medical termination of pregnancy (MTPs), have found three main causes be...

Manisha Koirala: Women's Education Will Contribute To Development

Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala on Saturday pitched for full education of women in every society so that they could contribute equally for the country’s development...

11 Ways To Close The Gender Gap In Financial Inclusion.

How can NGOs, the private sector and policymakers accelerate women’s economic empowerment? Our panel share their thoughts

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Government Brings 376 Drugs Under New List Of Essential Medicines

The Health Ministry has drawn up the revised National List of Essential Medicines which has seen the number of medicines go up to 376 from 348 in the earlier list prepared ...

Hunger Is Awards Over $4 Million To 79 Local Hunger Charities.

The Albertsons Companies Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced that Hunger Is, their joint charitable initiative to fight childhood hunger in...