The health authorities have sounded an alert across the state following the death of a 16-month-old girl and a 65-year-old man, both from Una district, due to swine flu. While the girl died on January
Western pharmaceutical groups eye big savings in clinical trials but ethical question surround research on illiterate patients. The reality of clinical trails
Typhoid is witnessing a spurt in many Guwahati city areas with a number of people, especially children, getting treatment at various hospitals and nursing homes since the last couple of months. The
Asbestos companies and insurers have agreed to divide the cost of a $114 billion fund to compensate people sickened by asbestos, in a deal aimed at jump-starting legislation on Capitol Hill, Senate
The Pakistan government has asked the provinces to ensure early disease-warning system for detecting and controlling epidemics of different ailments. An official source that the federal government
Ten to 20 per cent of children under the age of five years in Pakistan are reported to be suffering from vitamin-A deficiency (VAD), said a Unicef report. The deficiency, attributed to consumption
The outbreak of high degree viral fever has been reported in various parts of district Haripur. (Pakistan). The disease, called Dungeo fever comontl which first spread by a specie of mosquito in
The Fort and the Maradana Railway Stations were declared as Smoke Free Zones by the General Manager (Operations) of the Department of Railway (Sri Lanka). Mr. Nimal Wijesingbe, General Manager
With one more death reported due to 'suspected' leptospirosis from Navsari district of Gujarat, the death toll due to the water-borne disease has risen to 50 in the state. While, 22 deaths were
Doctors in China have become the first in the world to make an infertile woman pregnant with an experimental technique devised in the United States for women who have healthy genes but defects in
Health conditions in Asia's booming cities will suffer unless governments take urgent measures to slash air and water pollution, the World Health Organisation warned. Many urban areas are growing so
