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Just 1 doctor to treat 11,000 patients: The scary truth of India’s govt healthcare

Data paints a scary picture of India's healthcare, shows country needs at least 5 lakh more doctors to meet world standards

Atul Gawande, the man Jeff Bezos & Warren Buffet picked to head a US healthcare venture

Atul Gawande, a Boston-based surgeon, also teaches at Harvard Medical School and is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine.

6 of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India, 3 worse than even Delhi

WHO study shows that of the estimated 7 million deaths per year from air pollution, more than 90% happen in low- and middle-income countries, mainly in Asia and Africa.

High-tech insulin is still unaffordable for over 50 million people

Closer attention to value for money could ensure an adequate supply of affordable insulin to treat everyone with diabetes worldwide.

Indian vaccine exports take ill as they are not immune to Chinese competition bug

Indian vaccine exports have been falling steadily since 2015-16 even as the global market has been expanding under the threat of new pandemics.

Plugged-In: 14 of 15 most polluted cities in India & the Taj Mahal is changing colours

The Supreme Court is shocked that so many child sexual assault cases are pending in India.

Large Lancet study finds anti-depressants do work. Indian docs say problem is attitudes

A study of unprecedented scale was recently published in the journal Lancet regarding the effectiveness of antidepressants. It turns out, they actually work

The biggest environmental threat to people’s lives is now the air

According to the new 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to public health.

Will countries like India get bullied into bad health choices, or can new WHO chief help?

Politically contentious issues lead to a division in WHO ranks between the developing & developed countries on whether IPR protection helps access to drugs.

On Camera

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.