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Saturday, September 13, 2025
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Topic: Healthcare

Lancet forms panel led by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, others for India’s universal health coverage

The aim of the initiative is to ‘harness citizens’ engagement to address the long-standing need for India to move towards genuine Universal Health Care’.

Covid pandemic has shown India the utility of smaller facilities over mega hospitals

In 'Till We Win', public health expert Chadrakant Lahariya, scientist Gagandeep Kang and AIIMS director Randeep Guleria write that Covid has shown the link between India’s health and economy.

India needs to ensure mothers’ higher education to eradicate child malnutrition, study says

The study by Indian Council for Research on International Relations found that mortality and nutritional security are closely interlinked.

Investing in public health most important lesson of Covid pandemic, says WHO chief scientist

Addressing the 15th JRD Tata Memorial Oration, Soumya Swaminathan highlighted the impact of the pandemic on education, violence against women, reproductive health and services.

Breathe new life into public health. Far too many Indians rely on Baba Ramdev, Akshay Kumar

A marginal patient opts for private healthcare over govt services the moment it becomes affordable, despite the distrust. The goal should be to reverse this.

More than half of France in red zone, hospitals in Jakarta lack capacity & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor could give Trump an edge in US presidential election

Ginsburg’s death Friday gives the president and his Republican allies an opening to leave a transformational mark on a court already shaped by two Trump appointments.

Govt data shows how access to healthcare got disrupted for women and children in lockdown

HMIS data shows contraception, abortion services & child immunisation against BCG and polio were badly hit during April-June this year, compared to the same period last year.

Off The Cuff with Dr. Prathap C. Reddy

On #ThePrintOTC with Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta, Dr Prathap C. Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospitals told talked about how Apollo Hospitals manage Covid-19 patients, why...

Covid is making us forget those with acute and chronic health conditions

There has been a decline in new cancer diagnoses, while people living with a rare disease have suffered interruptions in clinical care due to the lockdown.

On Camera

The key difference between India and China’s response to Gen-Z protests in Nepal

China is desperate to keep Communist Nepal ally intact. India must worry.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?