First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Health
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Biogen and Idec agree to merge
Biogen Inc. and the Idec Pharmaceutical Corp. said they will merge to form one of the world's largest biotechnology companies in a $6.7 billion deal sprung from their continuing collaboration in
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Bristol-Myers AIDS drug approved
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., after a disastrous year dominated by an accounting scandal, finally has a spurt of good news, including US approval for a drug the company is pitching as a first-line
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US Seeks to Seize Food Tainted with Medicine Crops
U.S. food products tainted with traces of pharmaceutical crops would immediately be seized from grocery store shelves under a proposal being considered by the Bush administration, government
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Indian assistance for rural eye care
The Embassy of india in Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS) tody for organising eye care camps in the rural and remote areas of Nepal.India is providing
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IAEA to give more radiation machines to India, Pakistan
In order to help the growing number of cancer patients in the developing world who have no access to radiation therapy, the International Atomic Energy Agency has embarked on a project to provide
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Over 1,500 hit by pneumonia, typhoid
Even as the intensity of viral Influenza is slowly lowering, this disrict has been gripped by yet another set of maladies, pneumonia and typhoid. More than 1500 people from various VDCs in this
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One dies after eating infected beef in Bengal
One person died and four other hospitalised after consuming beef of an anthrax-infected cow at Jharkadanga in Birbhum district of West
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UK babies may be genetically screened
Every child born in the UK could be genetically screened and the data stored to plan their future healthcare under government proposals for a massive expansion of genetic
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Joint action on health reform boosts Schroder
Gerhard Schroder, Germany's chancellor, received a big boost to his ambitious social and labour reforms yesterday after government and opposition negotiators expressed confidence in cross-party
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Beijing gets WHO all-clear for travellers
The World Health Organisation yesterday lifted its warning against travel to Beijing, saying the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the Chinese capital appeared to have been halted. The