SHILLONG: The culling of bird-flu infected fowls within 3 km radius from the Government poultry farm in Williamnagar, East Garo Hills is expected to be completed by Wednesday.
Steep declines in fatal cases of lung and breast cancer have led the drop in cancer deaths in the United States in the last several years, according to data by the American Cancer Society Wednesday
The World Malaria Report 2011 summarizes information received from 106 malaria-endemic countries and shows clear progress in the fight against malaria and a decline in estimated malaria cases and deaths. For the first time, it contains individual profiles for 99 countries with ongoing malaria transmission.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday added $50 million to fight AIDS in the United States and launched efforts to treat two million more people abroad.
Men who have sex with men (MSM) in India are disproportionately likely to be HIV-infected, and face distinct psychosocial challenges. Understanding the unique socio-cultural issues of MSM in India and how they relate to HIV risk could maximize the utility of future prevention efforts.
Health activists have reacted strongly to the decision of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to cancel new grants to the three pandemics until 2014.
The decision was taken at the 25 th Board of the Global Fund as a consequence of donor governments' failure to fulfil their financial pledges to the Global Fund.
India, which has one of the highest population of HIV-infected people in Asia, has witnessed a decline in new infections by a significant 56 per cent from the epidemic's peak in 1996, with other As
Bhopal : The malaria situation in Madhya Pradesh has reached a critical level with the death toll consistently increasing every day and the opposition parties slamming the ruling BJP government for
With the malaria situation in Madhya Pradesh reaching a critical level as the death toll increasing consistently every day, the BJP government has been slammed by the Opposition parties for its alleged failure to contain the epidemic-like situation and they have demanded removal of State Health Minister Narottam Mishra.
