As many as 177 students of Gopinathpur UG ME School at Jadupur village in Puri's Brahmagiri fell ill on Tuesday after taking iron supplements.

More than half of the people in the world rely on coal, wood, crop wastes or dung for their energy needs, according to the World Health Organization.

Children of six VDCs in Bara district are at high-risk of malaria.

When a large number of children are vaccinated for pneumonia, other children too benefit as the spread of the infection is contained.

The Dasharath Municipality, Baitadi has been declared fully vaccinated municipality in the country.

Panic has gripped Dorsi and adjoining villages in the Barnoti block of Kathua district as nearly 60 per cent population of the village, including women and children, have fallen ill due to a myster

The government on Tuesday tabled a bill in the house to regulate sale of baby food and food supplements, inserting a provision for punishment for the suppliers of adulterated formula.

The West Bengal government on Monday ordered a probe into the administering of Hepatitis B vaccine instead of polio vaccine at a medical camp in Hooghly district’s Goghat area that left 67 children

Pune: Rising cases of dengue in the city have led experts to advise people to take preventive measures, like cleaning containers where water can accumulate.

After taking a year to decide which department will parent the Mission Balam Sukham (Gujarat Nutrition Mission) and finally giving the task to a reluctant women and child development department, th