Antibiotic Misuse Driving India’s Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis
Why in the News? AIIMS Director Dr M Srinivas warned that rampant antibiotic misuse is pushing India towards a public health crisis, echoing PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat concerns on […]
Invasive Mosquito Threatens India’s Malaria Elimination Target
Why in the News? The Health Ministry’s Malaria Elimination Technical Report 2025 warns that the spread of the invasive Anopheles stephensi mosquito, especially in urban areas, poses a serious challenge […]
Circulatory Diseases Lead India’s Medically Certified Deaths
Why in the News? The Office of the Registrar-General of India (RGI) has released its Annual Report on Medical Certification of Cause of Death, 2023, revealing that circulatory system diseases […]
India Develops Indigenous Multi-Stage Malaria Vaccine
Why in News? India is developing AdFalciVax, a new malaria vaccine candidate targeting Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite. Spearheaded by ICMR and DBT-NII, it aims to prevent clinical malaria […]