The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has obtained permission for “restricted use in public health emergency” of two second-line HIV medications for use against the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
The first citizen's report on governance was released today. Called the Social Watch India Report 2003, it has taken a critical look at Parliament, the National policy domain, the Supreme Court and
Increasingly portly Australians may be slapped with a "fat tax" on chips, hamburgers and soft drinks as obesity balloons to record levels. A recent national survey of over 11,000 people by the
Two dozen new mothers and their babies have been quarantined in Canada's latest outbreak of SARS, after a medical student became ill shortly after working in the delivery room of a Toronto hospital.
Health officials in three US states tried to track down pet prarie dogs believed spreading a smallpox like illness that may have infected 33 people. Only six of them were being treated in hospitals.
The Muslim and Jewish method of animal slaughter, which involves slitting animals' throats and allowing them to bleed to death, should be banned in Britain immediately, a government-funded group
India is expected to approve within six months the commercial growing of a genetically modified potato which contains nutrients lacking in the diets of many of the poor, the BBC reported. The BBC
Announcing pre-poll sops to the rural areas of Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today promised to link every village to bus terminals and railway stations, to build flyovers and to also provide
Monsoon has arrived on time and rains in the June-September period would be above normal in most parts of the country, says US-based International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI).
For the first time, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has come out with a vision statement that acknowledges problems related to environmental health. It talks of how to deal with the adverse
Long before organic became fashionable, one little corner of Punjab was doing the right thing. Not because they anticipated the world back-to-basics boom in growing and eating naturally, but simply
