India News » Kerala News India » Kerala » Health: From ₹6.2 lakh to ₹15,900: Kerala health minister defends generic SMA drug but parents want safety assurance
Kerala government's decision to switch from a ₹6.2 Lakh drug to a ₹15,900 India-made generic drug for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has raised questions about its safety and distribution transparency.
News India » Kerala » Health: Kerala Senior Citizens Bill: What It Could Change For Elderly Care In India
Kerala's proposed Senior Citizens Bill seeks to regulate elderly-care centres, certify caregivers and protect older adults from abuse and cyber fraud.
News India » Kerala » Health: Women health workers in Kerala, India, demand fair wages and recognition of work
ASHA workers provide voluntary healthcare to rural communities and act as a bridge between them and more formalised care through a government-sponsored program. An honorarium of Rs 21,000 (USD 245) ...
News India » Kerala » Health: Kerala’s Stalinist-led state government in India slanders striking ASHA public health workers
Some 26,000 rural public health workers in Kerala have been on strike since February 9 to press their demands that the state government, led by the Stalinist Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM, ...
News India » Kerala » Health: India is on alert after a fresh outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus. Here’s what you need to know
Health authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala are on high alert following the latest flare-up of the deadly Nipah virus. The Nipah virus is considered one of the most dangerous pathogens ...
News India » Kerala » Health: Why does where you live affect your health in India?
Health outcomes in India can vary sharply depending on where a person lives. In today's 'YOUR INDIA', Santosh Nair writes on infant mortality, primary healthcare and the social conditions that make ...
News India » Kerala » Health: One dead from Nipah virus in India's Kerala state, state health minister says
KOCHI, India, July 21 (Reuters) - Authorities in southern India's Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 ...
News India » Kerala » Health: Nipah virus death puts health officials on alert in southern India
Kochi, India — Authorities in southern India’s Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 people in the high-risk ...
News India » Kerala » Health: Alarm in India’s Kerala as cases of ‘brain-eating’ amoeba rise
Authorities in India’s southern state of Kerala have issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne “brain-eating” amoeba more than doubled compared with last year.
News India » Kerala » Health: India’s first woman Surgeon General fought for a place in science
Mary Poonen Lukose, India’s first female Surgeon General, pioneered Kerala’s health model and broke gender barriers in medicine.