India health news

Cerebral Malaria Outbreak in Jharkhand: Three Children Die in 48 Hours, Over 20 Hospitalised

June 29, 2026

A cerebral malaria outbreak has triggered a health alert in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, where three children have died within 48 hours.

Indigenous Point-of-Care HPV Test Shows Promise for Affordable Cervical Cancer Screening in India: Study

June 10, 2026

Multi-centre study involving AIIMS, ICMR institutes and WHO-IARC finds two Made-in-India HPV DNA tests suitable for national cervical cancer screening programmes