India is facing a rare convergence of public health need, scientific progress and economic opportunity. More than 100 million adults live with diabetes and another 136 million with pre-diabetes. At the same time, GLP-1 therapies, initially developed to control blood sugar, have demonstrated reductions in cardiovascular events, kidney disease and mortality in clinical trials. For…

Kerala has reported a rise in chikungunya virus (CHIKV) cases. As of August 4, 105 confirmed and 62 probable chikungunya cases have been reported in different parts of the state, with a majority of them in Thiruvananthapuram. Health officials have linked the increase in cases to favourable breeding conditions for mosquitoes during the monsoon. According…