Teva Pharmaceutical Industries of Israel and Ranbaxy Laboraties of India are among the makers of generic drug seeking acquisitions in Germay to tap growing demand for cheaper medicines throughout

Tobacco-related deaths in Asia are expected to increase four times by 2030 as the number of smokers in the region continues to grow, particularly among women and children, the World Health

Last week in Geneva, the World Health Organisation held a meeting to set its agenda for the next two years. The main topic was AIDS, and WHO's plan to treat three million people who are living with

Ibrahim Shekaraum the Kano state governor whose eight month moratorium on polio widely acros Africa, has said in an interview that he is ready to resume immunizations. The suspension was prompted

Health officials feared that as many as 1000 people could be dead in single Haitian town from floods that wiped out villages across Haiti and the Dominican Republic, a figure that would nearly double

Russia's largest hydroelectric dam harnesses the great Yenisei River where the Sayan Mountains melt into Siberian steppe. It was once a showcase of Soviet engineering prowess, then of an emerging

Bangladesh authorities have arrested the executive director of one of the country's largest nongovernmental oranization,s Proshika, on charges of corruption. The Bureau of Anti- Corruption has

Prions, the misfolded proteins that are widely believed to cause brain wasting disease, have been found in sheep muscle, scientists announced

Few scientific developments have provoked more shouting than genetically modified foods. Plenty of people, especially in Europe, call them Franken foods and argue that we do not know if they cause

Chinese scientists have begun testing a SARS vaccine on four volunteers at a Beijing hospital, the state news media reported, in what appears to be the first such experiment on humans. The