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10-month-old Aalin became Kerala’s youngest organ donor. Why cases like hers are rare in India

The infant’s kidneys transplanted into 10-year-old on dialysis; liver saves 7-month-old. Doctors say paediatric deceased donation remains uncommon due to medical & institutional gaps.

Autistic people don’t lack emotions. They feel joy differently

The majority of autistic people have sensory processing differences, compared to non-autistic people. This includes finding many of the spaces of modern living painfully loud, bright, and overly populated.

Nipah: Why latest outbreaks of the deadly virus have remained localised

A 25-year-old nurse died of cardiac arrest 2 days after testing negative for Nipah. Doctors say she died of a secondary lung infection she picked up in the CCU. No spread of Nipah, say doctors.

The new face of AIIMS: India’s first face transplant programme and how it can change lives

The surgery involves harvesting skin, blood vessels, nerves and sometimes bone from a brain-dead donor and transplanting them to a recipient. Donor matching, lifelong follow-up are key challenges.

South Asians eat better, yet have higher risk of diabetes, heart disease by 45. US study flags paradox

Researchers followed nearly 2,700 adults aged 45 to 55 over a decade, drawing data from two long-running cohort studies, find mismatch between healthier lifestyle and clinical risk.

India’s digital de-addiction centres getting busier. AI to aid early detection, ‘relapse always a risk’

As India’s digital footprint expands, more and more people are grappling with non-substance addictions like excessive internet use, gaming, smartphone and social media dependence.

Lancet study links obesity to 1 in 10 infection deaths globally. What it means for India

Study analysed data from over 540,000 adults in Finland and the UK. To study worldwide estimates, the researchers then used global data from the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Study.

A US man lived two days without lungs. Why it can revolutionise transplant practice

In India, infection-driven severe lung failure is common. Pneumonia, TB, air-pollution-related diseases make respiratory illness one of country’s leading causes of hospitalisation.

An ultrasound a day from a doctor far far away: How AIIMS Delhi reached India’s Antarctic station

Feasibility trials are complete and the team, comprising individuals from AIIMS, IIT Delhi, IHFC, and NCPOR plans to build its own medical-grade robot in the next phase.

Rs 3.56 lakh cr more needed per yr for public health needs—16th Finance Commission on govt health spends

Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal together account for more than half of the total health infrastructure shortfall in the country, according to the study.

On Camera

Calm down, people. Alia Bhatt didn’t make history by saying Namaskar at BAFTA

What really troubles me is the idea of an actor with British citizenship representing India at the UK’s national film awards ceremony, all while wearing an Italian designer.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.