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Why the Philippines is the new draw for Indian students who want to pursue medicine

In March 2026, 1,015 Indian-origin students received Doctor of Medicine degrees from the Davao Medical School Foundation (DMSF) in the Philippines.

New book explores how disease, medicine and race shaped British India

Published by HarperCollins India, In Sickness and in Death: How Faith, Medicine and Race Shaped British India by Ipshita Nath will be released on 20 August, on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

India gets first dengue vaccine. It’s made in Japan

Japanese firm Takeda first launched the QDenga in 2022, and since then, it has been approved and sold in 43 countries. The vaccine is administered through two doses.

AI models to predict stroke, diabetes were built on unverifiable data, says study

The study published in the journal BMC Medicine was led by researchers at the Queensland University of Technology and the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation.

How can India go from manufacturing medicines to discovering them? Funding is key

While multinational pharmaceutical companies use India to test out their new medicines, India’s researchers rarely lead the development of those therapies.

LiverDoc is out to bust cow urine research by IITs. He’s made foreign journals investigate

LiverDoc's complaint against the SUTRA-PIC programme research has been escalated to the Springer Nature Research Integrity Group (SNRIG), which will conduct the proper investigation and provide options for resolution.

Delhi ACB arrests top ex-health official in multi-crore medical procurement ‘scam’

Dr Vinod Kumar Ranga was previously the Head of Office (HOO) for the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Modern medication can harm gut microbiome, a study on Amazon’s indigenous people shows

Researchers said that while WHO programmes treating infectious diseases offer life-saving benefits, the treatments could be redesigned to prevent their negative effects on gut bacteria.

Roche patent case: Why SC refused to halt Natco’s generic spinal muscular atrophy drug Risdiplam

Roche had approached Delhi High Court, accusing Natco of violating its Indian patent, before going to the Supreme Court with its petition.

Indian scientists, entrepreneurs are trying to understand chronic pain. Finally

India is largest producer of morphine. We still don't see chronic pain as public health issue.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.