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Rhythma Kaul

Rhythma Kaul

Rhythma Kaul works as an assistant editor at Hindustan Times. She covers health and related topics, including ministry of health and family welfare, government of India.

Articles by Rhythma Kaul

Centre restricts sale of cough syrups sans licence in villages

Centre restricts sale of cough syrups sans licence in villages

Updated on Jun 17, 2026 24:48 IST

Centre mandates pharmacy-only sales for cough syrups in safety crackdown

The sale of cough syrups manufactured in India has also been marred by controversies related to contamination.

Updated on Jun 16, 2026 16:22 IST

New HIV infections, AIDS deaths hit 30-yr low, but world remains off track: Reports

Globally, at the end of 2025, 88% of people living with HIV knew their HIV status, 89% of those who knew their HIV status were on treatment, and 95% of those on treatment had achieved viral suppression.

Updated on Jun 12, 2026 10:53 IST

COVID-19 forced vulnerable Indian households into ‘impossible choices’: Study

The study found that circular or recent migrant workers and daily wage-dependent families were among the hardest hit, with limited alternative support systems available. (Representative photo/ HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 10, 2026 18:36 IST

Ebola outbreak continues to evolve rapidly; deaths top 100 in Congo

FILE PHOTO: Red Cross workers walk in a formation as they disinfect Rwampara general hospital before handling the body of a person who died of Ebola, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21, 2026. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 9, 2026 14:30 IST

Centre allays concerns over ‘missing’ NHFS indicators, says fact sheets not final report

Centre allays concerns over ‘missing’ NHFS indicators, says fact sheets not final report

Updated on Jun 7, 2026 21:46 IST

Want to avoid heart attacks? 30-year study suggests lifting weights

Participants were quizzed every two years about the time they spent on strength training and aerobic exercise each week for up to 30 years.

Updated on Jun 2, 2026 22:45 IST

Gavi commits $50mn to support the response to Bundibugyo Ebola

Gavi commits $50mn to support the response to Bundibugyo Ebola

Updated on Jun 1, 2026 22:12 IST

More women opting for hospital births, private institution preference rises

Births in hospitals saw an increase from 88.6% in the 5th survey (2019-2021) to 90.6% in the 6th survey that captures data in 2023-2024.

Updated on May 30, 2026 02:37 IST

NFHS-6: Hospital births rise in India, but lifestyle disease crisis looms

A nurse at the Noida district hospital in Sector 39 (HT Photo/Sunil Ghosh)

Updated on May 29, 2026 15:49 IST

Salmonella poisoning linked to climate change: Lancet

Salmonella bacteria infect the stomach, causing symptoms such as diarrhoea, fever and pain. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on May 27, 2026 02:14 IST

Government issues travel advisory, urges people to avoid Ebola-hit countries

Countries bordering the DRC and Uganda, including South Sudan, are assessed to be at high risk of disease transmission.

Updated on May 25, 2026 01:39 IST

India issues advisory on Ebola outbreak, lists countries to avoid for travel

Congolese medical workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) load a coffin of a patient that died of Ebola on a mobile trailer at the Rwampara General Hospital.

Updated on May 24, 2026 05:37 IST

Centre issues Ebola advisory for travellers from high-risk nations

A US citizen, who was in contact with a person who contracted the Ebola virus, in Prague on Thursday. (Bloomberg)

Updated on May 21, 2026 09:30 IST

Health secy reviews Ebola preparedness with states, says no case in India so far

During the meeting, states and UTs were advised to ensure readiness at all levels.

Updated on May 20, 2026 17:42 IST

WHO’s pandemic pact paralysed over pathogen sharing

Negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system, the unfinished annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement adopted in May 2025, again ended inconclusively at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva.

Updated on May 20, 2026 01:32 IST

Frequent infectious disease outbreaks becoming more damaging: Report

The report was launched on the margins of the 79th World Health Assembly. (X)

Updated on May 18, 2026 11:02 IST

World Health Assembly opens on Monday amid global financial constraints

The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly will take place from May 18 to 23 in Geneva. (REUTERS)

Updated on May 17, 2026 13:00 IST

Booming nicotine pouch sales are fuelling youth addiction worldwide, warns WHO

Global nicotine pouch sales crossed 23 billion units in 2024 as WHO urged stricter regulation to protect young users. (iStock/ Representative photo)

Updated on May 15, 2026 09:27 IST

Roche launches subcutaneous lung cancer immunotherapy, cuts delivery time to 7 min

Roche introduced subcutaneous Tecentriq in India, a breakthrough immunotherapy that cuts cancer treatment time by 80%. (iStock/ Representative photo)

Updated on May 14, 2026 10:23 IST

Covid pandemic saw 22.1mn excess deaths; three times 7mn formally documented

Doctors and nurses wearing protective gears attend a Covid-19 patient on ventilator at the intensive care unit of Szent Laszlo Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, on December 13, 2021. (AP)

Updated on May 13, 2026 21:52 IST

Bridging Boundaries: Senior WHO official’s memoir launched

First woman regional director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia region. (WHO)

Updated on May 13, 2026 14:34 IST

Hantavirus infection rare, India has nothing to worry: Govt official

This handout picture released by Argentina's Health Ministry shows a scientist from the Malbran Institute handling containers used to diagnose the Andes hantavirus

Updated on May 8, 2026 13:01 IST

Rhythma Kaul picks her favourite read of 2025

Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancyby Myra J Wick (Mayo Clinic Press)

Updated on Dec 26, 2025 12:07 IST

Health Talk: Neurological disorders– the neglected burden

WHO’s new global status report on neurology shows that neurological conditions now affect more than 40% of the global population – over 3 billion people. (Representative file photo)

Updated on Oct 18, 2025 04:13 IST

WHO warns against use of Coldrif, Respifresh TR and ReLife cough syrups

A father of two in Madhya Pradesh shows bottles of Coldrif, linked to the deaths of several children, and ReLife cough syrups. (Reuters)

Updated on Oct 14, 2025 10:14 IST

NCDs account for two-thirds of world’s mortality, morbidity: Study

A doctor Halehezo Albert attends to a diabetes patient at the Kivu Diabetes Center, in the Ibanda commune of Bukavu, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 12, 2025 22:14 IST

Health Talk: Dealing with the tobacco epidemic

While there has been a steady decline in tobacco use for both men and women across all age groups during 2000–2024, women have been leading the charge to quit tobacco. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 12, 2025 09:39 IST

TN body ‘lapses’ enabled cough syrup firm: Centre

People gather outside a court during a hearing on the Madhya Pradesh cough syrup deaths case, in Chhindwara, on Friday. (PTI)

Updated on Oct 11, 2025 24:18 IST

Cough syrup deaths: Govt tells states, UTs to enforce quality norms strictly

Cough syrup deaths: Govt tells states, UTs to enforce quality norms strictly

Updated on Oct 5, 2025 22:14 IST

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