A young woman from the Chuktia Bhunjia community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Odisha, successfully defended her doctoral thesis in Bhubaneswar on Friday (September 19, 2025) — becoming the first girl from the tribe to achieve this milestone. Jaiminee Jhankar, the 28-year-old girl from the Chuktia Bhunjia tribe, will be awarded a doctoral degree … Read more
Getty Images Parents are being prevented from vaccinating their children because of obstacles such as difficulty booking appointments and a lack of reminders on what jabs are needed and when, a report suggests. Child health experts say “practical or logistical reasons” are discouraging families more often than fears over the vaccines. Vaccine uptake in the … Read more
By Chetali Roy The subject of women’s healthcare and well-being has gained much attention in recent years, with individuals and businesses actively trying to understand women’s unique healthcare requirements. From the business standpoint, there has been a rise in businesses leveraging technology to offer products and services dedicated to ensuring women’s well-being and good health … Read more
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Since the 1990s, prostate cancer death rates have dropped for all men — most of all for African Americans. That’s progress, for sure, but it’s not the full picture. Black men have a greater risk of getting prostate cancer — and a more aggressive type — than white men, says Brandon A. Mahal, MD, a … Read more
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Due to language barriers, 25 million Spanish speakers receive about a third less health care than other Americans, a large study of U.S. adults shows. The analysis of federal survey data from more than 120,000 adults revealed that total use of health care (as … Read more
April 23, 2021 — the Virginia Department of Health website in January reassured English-speaking readers that the COVID-19 vaccine “will not be required for Virginians.” But the Spanish-language translation, through a Google Translate widget at the top of the page, said something else: The vaccine “no sera necesario,” or “won’t be necessary.” Sharp-eyed … Read more