Bedaquiline to be introduced in 104 districts across 5 States, at 6 identified tertiary care centres. On the eve of World Tuberculosis Day, Health Minister J.P.

The ban, which comes into effect immediately, follows recommendations of an expert committee formed to examine the efficacy of these drug combinations.

It has dwindled despite restriction on the use of diclofenac

A medicine has been launched for the treatment of dengue patients with low platelet counts by the Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited (KAPL), a government enterprise.

HYDERABAD: Indian scientists were aware of Zika virus way back in 1950s and had even stored a vial of the pathogen, which has now emerged as a global health threat, a senior government official sai

At a time when doctors talk of a diabetic epidemic in society, a well-known diabetologist in Chen nai has argued that the disease is over-diagnosed.

To check irrational use of antibiotics, packs of certain medicines will soon carry a 'red line' differentiating them from other drugs.

In what experts describe as another piece of evidence linking Zika with the risk of birth defects, researchers on Wednesday reported finding the virus in the amniotic fluid of two pregnant women wh

Artemisinin, a drug isolated from the sweet wormwood plant artemisia annua, has been in common use to treat malaria.