An extensive fumigation programme has begun in Sydney following the discovery that the dreaded disease-carrying Asian tiger mosquito has landed in the Olympic city. The insect which could carry

Nepal Dairy Association (NDA), an organisation of private dairies, has blamed the polluted drinking water supplied by the Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC) for the bacteria found in the dairy

It will doubtless come as something of a shock to discover that mobile telephones might be good for you. But the most recent research, by Alan Preece of Bristol University and his colleagues, could

A drug with the potential to reverse the damage in stroke victims has been deemed a success in Phase II human trials, according to a presentation to be made at the European Stroke Meeting in Venice.

Mobile phone manufacturers across Europe are likely to watch with interest the UK government's attempts to investigate formally the supposed risk to health from the use of such phones. The National

Genentech, the California based biotechnology group, is in talks with the US federal government to settle an investigation into its marketing practices for the human growth hormone Protropin. Under

The outbreak of gastro-enteritis in Dindigul district two months ago has been attributed to the contaminationof Manjalar river.In early February, more than 200 persons from Batlagundu and

Malaysia said that it had contained a viral outbreak that has killed more than 100 people and crippled its pork industry. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the deputy prime minister of Malaysia and head of its

Altogether 820 persons have lost their lives so far in the outbreak of viral influenza and various other diseases in epidemic proportions in different districts of Nepal since the past two months,

The government's draft National health Policy perceives a legislation against the use of tobacco products, a health insurance regulation, guidelines for regulating the private sector and the adoption