Health Check - Page 2
Why India Needs To Act Decisively On Microplastics
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh: They’re the size of a sand grain. At smaller than 5 millimetres (mm), microplastics enter us...
Why Jay Bhattacharya, Next Director of National Institutes Of Health, Opposed Covid Lockdowns
It was April 2020, the era of Covid lockdowns when tests were limited and difficult to access, a positive test meant...
‘India Could See An Epidemic Of Lung Cancer From Air Pollution’
Noida/Gurugram: On November 19, as many as 22 of the 35 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi recorded an air quality...
How Ladakh Is Battling ‘Hidden Hunger’
Ladakh: Forty-year-old Angmo Norbu found that even her second visit in a month to Sonam Nurboo Memorial Hospital in Leh,...
Why UP’s Dengue Cases Have Been Rising
Lucknow: Transmission windows of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral illness, have been expanding due to changing climate,...
Goa’s 100% Molecular Testing Helps Early TB Detection
Goa: For more than two years now, Goa has been providing 100% upfront molecular testing for tuberculosis detection....
Fifteen Years After Launch, ASHAs’ Struggle With Healthcare Gaps
Mumbai and Palghar: Suvarna Kamble (45), an accredited social health activist (ASHA) from Palghar, remembers a time when...
Inside The Brewing Healthcare Crisis of Assam’s Tea Garden Labourers
Barak Valley, Assam: The sun took a long time to shine on March 31, 2024. By afternoon, the slowly warming rays melted...
