Health

Death toll from India toxic liquor hits 31, dozens ill

A lethal batch of home-brew liquor sold at a local cricket match has killed at least 31 people in northern India, with more than 100 others ill in hospital, police and medical officials said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

India to roll out quick and cheap coronavirus paper test

A fast and cheap paper-based coronavirus test will soon be available across India, with scientists hopeful it will help turn the tide on the pandemic in one of the world's worst-hit nations.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Germany reports cases of Indian COVID variant

Germany on Thursday said that it had cases of a COVID-19 variant feared to be contributing to a devastating surge in India, the latest country to detect the strain.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO calls for stepped-up fight against leprosy

The World Health Organization called Monday for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disfiguring disease was defying efforts to wipe it out across many countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Pediatrics

Progress against child mortality lags in many Indian states

India in 2015 had more deaths among children under five than any other country and had large disparities in the under-five mortality rate between richer and poorer states, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns ...

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