IIT Delhi and AIIMS Delhi have partnered to establish a Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AI-CoE), supported by a ₹330 crore government grant. The centre aims to develop AI-driven solutions to enhance healthcare access and delivery across India, focusing on key national health programs. This initiative seeks to improve healthcare quality for remote and marginalized populations.

A simple blood test developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University could detect cancer up to 3 years before symptoms appear. The multicancer early detection (MCED) blood test could identify tumour-derived genetic material in blood samples well before any clinical signs were visible by identifying tiny fragments of tumour DNA circulating in the bloodstream long before the disease becomes evident.

In 2020, the World Health Assembly set a target to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem, aiming for an incidence rate of fewer than 4/100,000 women by 2030. One of the key goals is to fully vaccinate 90% of girls with the HPV vaccine by age 15. India is among 194 countries that have committed to this global target. Although India has not yet introduced the HPV vaccine in its routine immunisation programme, the government is ramping up capacity-building for frontline workers.

A young doctor pursuing his MD degree was found dead inside his car by administering IV fluid to himself. His car was found parked for 3 days in a remote forested area in Poomparai near Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, prompting local residents to alert the police. Authorities recovered a suicide note from the vehicle, which states he was depressed because of an issue in a relationship. Investigators also revealed that he was in debt.

Rudresh Kuttikar, CMO of Goa Medical College and Hospital, who was berated by state health minister Vishwajit Rane, has demanded a public apology "immediately". The minister has apologized in a video but all doctors demand that an apology should happen where the incident happened. Doctors have warned to go on strike if the minister fails to apologize.

According to Dr Rommel Tickoo, Director, Internal Medicine, Max Healthcare, calcium and iron supplements should never be taken together because they compete for absorption in the digestive system, potentially reducing the effectiveness of both. Both calcium and iron use the same pathways in the intestines for absorption and vice versa. Taken together they could effectively cancel each other out.

Exposure to the tiny particles in air pollution during pregnancy can disrupt maternal metabolisms, altering key biological pathways. These changes were linked to increased risk of adverse birth outcomes, including premature birth, leading to cerebral palsy, respiratory distress syndrome, and long-term noncommunicable disease risks. Early-term births (37-39 weeks of gestation) are also associated with increased neonatal morbidity and developmental challenges, said researchers from Emory University.

Doctors at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, have successfully treated a newborn, who was born with Esophageal Atresia. This condition is quite uncommon & is reported in 1: 3500 births. Such newborns are unable to feed as their mouth is not connected to the stomach due to missing oesophagus & they are at high risk of recurrent pneumonia. The patient was treated via a minimally invasive thoracoscopic procedure. The surgery lasted for around 4 hours, & the baby was discharged in a stable condition in 15 days of post-operative care.

The union govt is set to integrate allopathic & ayush medicine under one academic roof with plans to launch India's first MBBS-BAMS course at the JIPMER in Puducherry. The course is at the conceptual stage and new syllabus is in development. As a part of expansion, JIPMER has begun construction of 470 bed at its Karaikal campus. Outpatient services are expected to commence by January 2027, with full completion target for June 2027.

Brain scans of 3-month-old babies could reveal how emotions and self-soothing abilities might evolve over the following 6 months, potentially helping identify children at risk of developing behavioural and emotional challenges, researchers said. The researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, US, examined 95 pairs of infants and caregivers and found distinct patterns linking white matter structure to emotional outcomes.