Public Health

Malnutrition is killing India’s future sports stars

To improve its performance on the sporting stage, India needs to address malnutrition in children.

Budget 2024: Health for wealth, not welfare

At a time when India is feeding 80 crore people for free, bizarrely obesity has emerged as a critical public health crisis.

Hathras Stampede Overwhelms UP’s Failing Healthcare

The tragedy that killed 121 people once again highlights the state’s widespread problem of chronic medical staff shortage and lack of emergency preparedness

Flawed data, flawed lockdown, but real disaster

India is paying a heavy price both in terms of humanitarian crisis and disease spread, say enraged public health experts