The second phase of National Pulse Polio Programme, 2014, began in the city today. Drops were administered to over 1.56 lakh children up to the age of five years in the district.

Fifty per cent of AIDS patients were young and parents and peer educators could play a pivotal role in raising awareness among them, said Dr BB Rewari, National Programme Officer for Anti-Retrovira

Dr Vikas Suri and Dr Ashish Bhalla from Chandigarh said children less than a year old and people suffering from diabetes, AIDS, cancer, etc were at high risk of catching the H1N1 virus.

Mobile teams deployed to administer drops in remote areas

Over 4.13 lakh children below the age of five were administered oral polio vaccine at the intensive pulse polio campaign held in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts on Sunday.

The number of children suffering from tuberculosis in Parsa, Bara, and Rautahat districts in mid-Tarai is far greater than that shown by government statistics.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Delhi government on a plea to levy higher tax on car owners and making diesel-run cars more expensive.

Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number of viral Hepatitis (A, B, C & E) cases in the country if data released by Union ministry of health and family welfare is to be believed.

Think twice before taking a deep breath in New Delhi, where worsening air pollution has drawn comparisons with Beijing, the world's pollution poster child.

On bad days in India's congested capital, the air is so murky it slows traffic to a crawl. Conversations are punctuated with rasping coughs. Weak bands of sunlight filter through a grainy sky.

Majority Are From Poor Nations

Globally, nine out of ten persons who need palliative care or medical care to relieve pain, symptoms and stress of serious illness don’t get it. A majority of these live in low and middleincome countries, a recently released report has revealed.