This article was originally published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran Dr Deepti Rajkumar dreaded doing rounds that day, in particular she was apprehensive of seeing the young girl at the far end of the hospital ward and even put off seeing her until the last possible second, …
Tamil Nadu film star Vijay has found himself in a spot of legal bother over tobacco. The 44-year-old actor tweeted a promo for his upcoming action thriller Sarkar earlier this year. The poster depicted him smoking a cigarette, a flaming lighter in hand. The promo drew the ire of Tamil Nadu health officials. The Public …
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When Kerala experienced an outbreak of the Nipah virus in May, many panicked. The outbreak arrested global headlines. Some feared an epidemic on the scale of the Ebola virus. However, public health officials responded swiftly. The affected Kozhikode and Malappuram districts in Kerala have since been declared Nipah-free. “The recent Nipah virus outbreak in India …
In August 2016, a tribal man in Odisha walked ten kilometres from the hospital where his wife died. He carried her body with him – in the presence, no less, of his twelve-year-old daughter. He was forced to do so because the state hospital could not provide an ambulance. The incident served as a graphic …
The air in Delhi was close to clean yesterday. This marked the first time this had happened in nearly a year. The news is a welcome respite for the 18.6 million residents of the national capital. But how long will it last? The Air Quality Index (AQI) assesses air quality by assigning values between 0 …
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Rare diseases — despite the uncommonness that the name infers — cumulatively affect around 350 million people. This figure includes around 30 million individuals from the US and roughly 70 million in India. Simultaneous seven-kilometre walks/runs were held in Bengaluru and Mumbai in order to raise awareness for 7,000 rare diseases and the 70 million …
This article was originally published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. By Nimeshika Jayachandran “Adilabad used to have a high rate of maternal mortality, especially among the tribal women. So many of them were just young girls really. They get married young and when they became pregnant, it was difficult for …
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By Nimeshika Jayachandran This article was first published on The News Minute and has been republished with permission. When Sharada* had her first child three years ago, she hadn’t expected the turmoil she would experience post-delivery. “I remember looking down at this baby, and just feeling so overwhelmed with sadness. I felt hopeless and I …
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Kerala is reporting a host of diseases that are becoming far more prevalent in recent years. Many were almost entirely unreported within the state. Others were simply less common. The increased prevalence of these diseases may indicate diseases from other states are spreading to Kerala. In the case of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) there may be …
A marriage ceremony has been held for two frogs in Madhya Pradesh with a Minister of State in attendance, in a bid to end the state’s water shortage. The wedding took place in a bid to “appease the rain gods” and put an end to the state’s drought woes. Lalita Yadav, Minister of State for …
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