the Bihar government has been spending over Rs 2.22 crore annually for 17 years on the salary of those employed in its small pox eradication programme though the world was declared free from

following an outbreak of the foot-

In a bid to protect its beef exportsthe Argentine government concealed an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease for monthsaccording to media reports. This disclosure was followed by an immediate ban

Rural health care

Human anthrax in India may be linked to the falling vulture population believe wildlife scientists in India. Animal anthrax remains endemic in India because of inadequate vaccination. The lack of

A mystery disease kills 35 people in Siliguri

It's a medical equivalent of tracking a pathological killer and his method. US-based researchers have sequenced the genome of a poten

Medicinal values of marine life make it vulnerable to overexploitation. But it is now possible to artificially produce such qualities

Alcohol is responsible for a liver disorder that affects around one in four people in developed countries. Though the causes are not clear, but livers of alcoholics have identical symptoms. Ann Mae