'You cannot say everybody connected with modern medicine is a doctor'

'We are warning that if you get these 3.5 lakh additional non-medical people with licence, our infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate will deteriorate'. IMAGE: Junior doctors and......

Carl E Taylor, a crusader for public health

Carl E Taylor, an internationally reputed healthcare expert born in Landour (now in Uttarakhand) and a lifelong lover of India, died in the United States last month of prostate cancer. Taylor, 93,......

UN releases stamp to honour Mahatma Gandhi

The United Nations released a colourful postal stamp of Mahatma Gandhi on Friday to commemorate the 140th birth anniversary of the apostle of non-violence. The philatelic honour for Gandhi......

Indian drug cos to benefit as US expedites generic clearances

Indian drug makers, slammed for months in the US over issues related to quality and intellectual property rights, might soon get to breathe easy. The US regulator is set to expedite from October......

Global standards await 5.5 lakh pharmacies

The World Health Organisationand the International Pharmaceutical Federationhave joined hands with the Indian Pharmaceutical Association-- the national body of pharmacists in the country -- to......