Dilip Mahalanabis himself (with his co-authors) laid no claim to having 'invented' ORT/ORS. Behind a lot of the misinformation is toxic nationalism.

The enforced amnesia of pre-2014 India might make you think that there is no alternative, but if you scratch under the surface, you’ll find stories of a vibrant nation with its pragmatic voters who have often shown errant politicians their proper place.

We have to work, with all our might, towards a garbage-mukt Bharat: a newer India where goli maaro-type toxicity is neither normalised nor rewarded.

For millions of Indians, structural factors have given rise to an almost permanent state of ill health and poor healthcare.

In the 19th century, fierce opposition from Indians to epidemic control measures forced British officials to reach out to community leaders for help. This could help India tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

On January 19, 1897, about four months after the Bubonic plague was identified in Bombay, Queen Victoria directed her government to take the most stringent measures to eradicate the pestilence.

The current government's complaint that it is unable to take good care of the health of the people seems to be another way of saying "we are not committed enough to this objective".

In 1939, a mainstream blockbuster featured a suave hero suffering from a malady unthinkable for any Bollywood lead today: tuberculosis.

The CMC's establishment in 1835 resulted in the British colonial government explicitly and officially recognising only 'Western medicine' for all administrative and bureaucratic affairs.

Faced with constant assaults on their traditions, the elite Hindus of the 19th century found solace and self-respect in ancient texts.

Peter Gøtzsche is one of the founding members of the Cochrane Collaboration, and has been disillusioned with it for quite some time.

The existence of a scam as enormous as Vyapam suggests the unethical lows our society is willing to stoop to for the supposed prestige and wealth that being a doctor in the country brings.

In 1968, India was still recovering from a debilitating colonial rule, was highly dependent on foreign aid for food and was fighting to eradicate smallpox. But such a state of affairs did not stifle the ambitions of P.K. Sen.

Gujarat has so utterly failed in controlling TB that it is the only state, apart from Uttar Pradesh, where the incidence of TB has actually increased over the last decade.

In a remote tribal district of Gadchiroli, a system of introspective education is successfully motivating and working with young individuals to make the nation a better place.