It could take as much as two weeks to identify the deadly virus that has brought death to villages in the mid-western districts of Jumla and Humla in Nepal killing nearly 140 people during the past

Fluorosis, caused by excess fluoride in drinking water, is a silent menance in Rajasthan. The government seems to be doing very little to tackle the

Two major studies of experimental clot-busting drugs from Genetech Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Corp. have set the stage for a marketing war for the successor to Genetech's heart attack treatment,

A NASA-industry team has used the results of Space Shuttle experiments to develop a new flu drug that may decrease the length and severity of the illness and even prevent the development of symptoms

The Food and Drug Aministration will issue new guidelines for labels on aspirin, cold remedies and other over-the-counter drugs, requiring a standardized label designed to be easier to read and

A two-day expert group meet on Indian System on Medicines in the capital on Thursday will discuss control of epidemics like viral fever and malaria etc through Ayurveda and

Although illegal, about 480,000 abortions are performed in the Philippines every year, the head of the local population commission was quoted as saying here on

In a major setback for Unilever PLC, the company said it will be forced to delay the launch of its new, cholesterol-lowering margarine in Europe, after several members of a European Union regulatory

The Lions Club International has started a new initiative called 'Core-4' under which it will focus on health, youth, environment and literacy for the current year under its community development

There are several strong candidates for the first ever genetically engineered cervical cancer vaccine, according to scientists participating this week in a WHO meeting on the current status of