In a startling revelation, a RTI has revealed that the Union health ministry asked for over `3 lakhs from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for meeting expenses of their two-day conference organised

Just like the way new drugs and vaccines undergo various trails before they are finally released in the market, the health ministry now proposes to review new health technologies.

A headless torso with a diseased lung will replace the controversial blurred image that appeared to be resembling footballer John Terry as the pictorial warning on cigarette packs soon.

To make healthcare affordable for all, the Union health ministry is planning to define the range of rates a clinical establishment can charge for different procedures and treatments. The plan is to ca

The Union health ministry is planning to define the range of rates that a clinical establishment can charge for different conditions and procedures.

The government is planning to make cancer a “notifiable disease”, which will mean every case will have to be reported.

A new study published in the British medical journal Lancet has revealed that contrary to previous estimates, the dementia incidence in middle-income countries might be much the same as in higher-inco

A third of malaria drugs used around the world to keep the spread of the disease at bay are counterfeit, recent data has suggested.

India may stop using trivalent polio vaccine which it has been using for more than three decades.

In a startling revelation, the government has found that only four institutions in the country are treating poor patients free of cost.

Over 350 hospitals had availed exemption in customs duty while