child health

Dhaka, March 30 – At least six new patients with measles symptoms were admitted to Bangladesh's Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), bringing the total number of patients in the pediatric ward to 18 on Monday, local media reported.Muhammad Musa, head of the Pediatric Department at CMCH...

Mumbai, March 26 The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed concern over the ongoing crisis of infant, pregnant women, and lactating mothers dying due to malnutrition in the state's tribal belt.A bench headed by Justice R V Ghuge termed it a "tragedy" that the problem persists despite decades...

Nagpur, March 26 Lack of nutrition during pregnancy affects the growth of fetuses and puts children at risk of lifelong diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular conditions, later in life, experts have said.Therefore, protecting maternal and child nutrition is one of the...

Taiyuan, March 25 – Mass vomiting and diarrhea cases were reported at Yucai Primary School in the Xiaodian District of Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province in northern China, on Wednesday morning. Initial tests confirmed a norovirus infection, according to local education authorities.An...

New Delhi, March 25 Antibiotic-resistant typhoid infections accounted for at least 87 per cent of India's disease-related economic burden in 2023, according to a study in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia.The total economic burden due to typhoid fever was estimated at ₹123 billion...

Chandigarh, March 24 – The Punjab government is actively considering a proposal to allow hospitals in other states to be enlisted to treat children with cancer from the state under the official health insurance scheme, an official said on Tuesday.“Recently, we received an enrollment request...

New Delhi, March 23 Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday that 12,000 pregnant women have been enrolled in a large pregnancy cohort study aimed at addressing the problem of premature births.A vast repository of over 1.6 million well-characterized biospecimens and more than one million...

Dhuri, March 18 – Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann inaugurated a 50-bed sub-divisional hospital, along with a 30-bed maternal and child health block, in Dhuri on Tuesday. This marked a significant milestone in strengthening the public healthcare system and providing a major boost to...

New Delhi, March 17 During the 2025-26 fiscal, funds amounting to ₹572.66 crore have been released to Punjab, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.Nadda said that public health is a state subject, therefore, the primary responsibility of providing basic healthcare...

Jaipur, March 16 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday highlighted the negative effects of smartphones on young children and warned that excessive use could harm their physical and mental health, adding that drugs and smartphones are equally harmful.He urged parents not to...

New Delhi, March 14 Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's healthcare sector has undergone a transformative expansion in infrastructure, medical education, and access to affordable care in the last decade, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on Saturday.Addressing the...

Gandhinagar, March 14 The Gujarat government on Saturday informed the assembly that more than 2 lakh children in 20 out of 34 districts in the state were malnourished, and that it was taking various steps to improve the situation.Responding to a series of questions raised by Congress MLAs...

New Delhi, March 13 Rajya Sabha Congress member Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik highlighted the problems faced by people suffering from corneal blindness on Friday, stating that India requires an estimated 2 lakh eye donations annually to clear the current backlog and treat new cases.The senior...

Jaipur, March 12 A new technique called "growing implant" is emerging as an important option in the treatment of bone cancer among children, allowing doctors to adjust the length of an affected limb as the child grows, experts say.The technology is particularly useful in cases where a portion...

Raipur, March 11 Chhattisgarh has secured the top position among larger states in the February 2026 national ranking under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, marking a significant milestone in the field of women's health, nutrition, and empowerment, officials said on Wednesday...

Mandya (Karnataka), March 9 – A couple is alleged to have strangled their two-year-old child and subsequently committed suicide following a reported family dispute in the K.R. Pete town of Mandya district on Monday. However, the toddler survived the attempt and has been admitted to a hospital...

Islamabad, March 7 – Pakistan’s persistent polio outbreak reflects political neglect, with successive governments failing to establish a coherent national narrative promoting vaccination, while also failing to counter extremist propaganda.A report released on Saturday said that the current...

Kolkata, March 5 – Around 15 children fell ill at an Anganwadi center in West Bengal on Thursday after a dead lizard was allegedly found in the cooked food served there.The incident took place at the Nagendrapur Uttarpara ICDS center in Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district. All the 15...

The Integrated Child Development Services Department has launched Poshan 2.0 in the Reasi district to strengthen efforts aimed at combating malnutrition among children and improving the health and nutrition of women and young mothers.As part of the initiative, a dedicated center under the...

New Delhi, March 4 The World Obesity Federation, a global organization exclusively focused on obesity and a key partner to international agencies, including the World Health Organization, has warned that most countries, including India, are falling short of achieving the 2030 global target of...