Cancer drug prices cut across India; 679 brands now cost less than half
The Centre expects patients to save about ₹3,540 crore a year after it capped what traders can earn on 137 cancer medicines.
The Centre expects patients to save about ₹3,540 crore a year after it capped what traders can earn on 137 cancer medicines.
Two children died in Malappuram in September, where only 63% of children got both doses last year. Experts say the pattern calls for a fresh look at how the disease spreads.
Inspectors checked 56,431 food businesses across India between 1 September and 5 November. Paneer, ghee, milk and sweets were among the seized items.
The ‘Aathmanadam’ programme uses music therapy and relaxation sessions to ease stress behind bars.
The drug slows a rare, crippling genetic disease and costs lakhs of rupees a month at market prices. Kerala raised the age limit for free supply to 25 earlier this year.
The test reads genetic material that tumour cells shed into urine; for now, doctors diagnose the disease with cystoscopy, a camera test.
The single-dose vaccine is in the last stage of trials. A new study finds all four types of the dengue virus circulating at once in eight States and Union Territories.