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Respect for the Aged Day is Sept. 18 and goes against the currents of America’s youth-obsessed culture.

Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units, and the number keeps dropping

YouGov finds 77% in favour of proposal to allow terminally-ill people to take their own lives

The threat of Omicron was just the final nail in the coffin of a mismanaged DHB-owned and run aged-care facility.

Bereaved parents and those awaiting transplants for their children are supporting Consider This – which encourages people to give consent for donation

Six-year-old Brithi, who was born premature weighing 2.2 kg, did not cry at birth. While her parents Laxman K.R. and Sushmita got worried when doctors told them she had to be admitted in the neonatal ICU for a week, little did they realise that she would be diagnosed with a…

A specialist outlined his views as a High Court judge began to consider six-month-old Indi Gregory’s case at a hearing in London.

Observing that a child cannot be made to suffer due to the mistake of parents in failing to include name in the birth certificate within the prescribed period, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the authorities to issue an amended birth certificate to a 23-year-old woman by inserting her…

Sandhya Kumari, 18, enjoys free time due to tap installed in her house, part of Jal Shakti Ministry's Har Ghar Jal initiative. It aims to provide piped, potable water to every rural household in India. In Mahoba, UP, 97.5% of households now have taps. Hand pumps are still critical to…

It is a warning sign that the hospital’s safety policies haven’t worked, says a consultant anaesthetist

Report suggests widening inequalities as black babies and those from deprived backgrounds more likely to be stillborn