child health

Jaipur, April 9 Three more children have died in Salumber, Rajasthan, with authorities saying their deaths are not related to the "mysterious" deaths of five children earlier this month.The fresh deaths occurred in the Jhallara and Lasadiya areas of the district over the past two days, and...

Bengaluru, April 7 The Karnataka government issued an order on Tuesday mandating an audit of all cases of adolescent pregnancy across the state, aiming to systematically track, review, and address the underlying causes of pregnancies among girls aged 10 to 18 years.The order makes adolescent...

Dhaka, April 7 – As Bangladesh grapples with an outbreak of measles, a total of 118 people, mostly children, have died from suspected cases, local media reported on Tuesday, citing the country’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).According to the DGHS, the deaths have been recorded...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed criminal proceedings against a doctor who had performed surgery on a one-and-a-half-year-old child, stating that continuing the case would be an abuse of the court's process.A bench of Justices Pamidigantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra...

Dhaka, April 1 – As the measles outbreak raises public health concerns across Bangladesh, at least four children have died from suspected cases and related complications in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 44 this year, local media reported on Wednesday.According to Shankar...

Chandigarh, March 31 The Kasauli Rhythm and Blues Festival (KRBF) will be held on April 3-4 in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh.The two-day festival will feature performances by several artists, including Indian Ocean, Nirmala Kannan, Shamaji and The Happy Factory, Prince, Mansa Jimmy, Shrey Tandan...

New Delhi, March 31 Doctors at a hospital in Delhi NCR have reported a rare case of chronic pancreatitis in a 10-year-old girl, a condition typically associated with prolonged alcohol and tobacco use in adults, raising concerns among specialists.According to a statement issued by the Fortis...

Shillong, March 31 Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma launched the Rs 127-crore 'Mission 1,000 Days' programme on Tuesday, aimed at improving nutrition, reducing stunting, and enhancing early childhood development.The initiative will support mothers and children during the critical...

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...