Influenza: TN records 260 cases, 1 dead in January
As per the latest state data from the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Tamil Nadu recorded...
Reporter's Diary: Call for help all day; conditions apply
However, when a 25-year-old with a history of depression reached out to a private helpline on Republic Day, she was told that no counsellors were...
Bad spirits
Even a drop of alcohol is not good for your health, says a recent study by Lancet. The same is backed by the World Health Organisation that claims...
Awarded for employing PwDs, cola major wants to retrench them
The disability rights group Tamil Nadu Association for the Rights of All Types of Differently Abled and Caregivers also complained to the Directorate...
When help stops at hello
People with thoughts of self-harm are encouraged to contact 14416 and 104 helpline numbers but calls either don’t get connected or are cut off within...
Holistic healing, the Siddha way
On National Siddha Day, DT Next explores the contribution of Siddha medicine to TN’s health sector, the challenges it faces in being considered a...
Perenially out of stock
Attenders and caregivers of patients who are admitted at government hospitals in the city are forced to buy medicines and other essential medical...
Herd immunity keeping India safe from BF.7 sub-variant
BF.7 sub-variant is highly transmissible with a shorter incubation period which increases its capacity to re-infect individuals, including ones that...
