public health

Ipsos Health Service Report 2026 puts India third in the India healthcare ranking for perceived care quality, behind Malaysia and Singapore.

Georgia has launched a free flu vaccination campaign with 200,000 state-funded Sanofi Vaxigrip doses for seniors, pregnant women and medical staff.

The CDC has confirmed a third US measles death in 2026, with 4,410 confirmed cases as of Oct 15 in the country's worst measles year in decades.

A new modelling study warns that ending the universal hepatitis B birth dose in the US could sharply raise chronic infections and leave millions at risk.

Anti-rabies vaccine is missing at 126 Maharashtra government hospitals and immunoglobulin at 375. The state has ordered full stocks by October 31.

A new Lancet commission ranks obesity as the century's biggest avoidable health threat, warning India's rising waistlines hide serious metabolic risks.

Deadly brain fungus infections in the US have nearly quadrupled since 2023, CDC data shows. Cladophialophora bantiana kills up to 70% of those infected.