THE simple shield of a net soaked in insecticide could save thousands of children from becoming targets of malarial carriers, reveals a study backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the

Certain sensors in the mother's immune system are desensitised to make it possible for her body to accept the :lien' within: her child

A CHANCE discovery' by. virologists of Baylor college of, medicine in Houston, Texas, could stop life-threatening diarrhoea in children, dead in tracks. Led by Mary Estes, the virologists were

Food that one finds allergic can cause problems in the respiratory tract according to a group of scientists inspecting children with breathing disorders

A meningitis epidemic has broken out in the country claiming more than 2,655 lives, most of them children, says a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report. At least 20 million Nigerians

Otherwise considered vital for human health, vitamin A is now believed to endanger the well being of new borns, if consumed in excess