Help At What CostUttarakhand Allows Ayurvedic Doctors to Prescribe Allopathic Medicines While the government says the decision can help improve health access in remote hilly areas, allopathic doctors have termed it "illegal." By Aditi Murti
Not So MagicalAndhra Govt. Approves a ‘Magic’ Health Supplement. Locals Believe it Can Cure Covid19 Almost 10,000 people had gathered at a village to procure the concoction -- while violating Covid19 protocols. By Devrupa Rakshit
Rally For ScienceIMA Doctors Launch Hunger Strike to Protest GOI Decision to Allow Ayurveda Practitioners to Perform Surgery The Indian Medical Association says the move blurs the lines between medical disciplines into a single "mixopathy." By Satviki Sanjay
Battling The InfodemicCentre Urges States to Take Legal Action Against Ayurvedic, Unani Drugmakers for Misleading Ads The directive comes after the AYUSH Ministry fielded more than 570 complaints of false advertising in 10 months. By Devrupa Rakshit
Telling It Like It IsAYUSH Practitioners Cannot Prescribe Covid Cures, GoI Tells Supreme Court Current government guidelines allow AYUSH practitioners only to offer preventative, immunity-boosting supplements. By Aditi Murti
