Having discovered that they have most likely been looking for the wrong virus, public health officials are investigating whether as many as eight more people than previously reported have died in

The hitherto silent "Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers' Health Protection Act - 1996" has been brought to the notice of the Delhi High Court in a public interest litigation seeking its

Just a kilometre from Prahladpur, Delhi where about 50 people had contracted jaundice two months ago, eight cases of hepatitis, including a family of four have been reported from a single lane in

The Ministry of Health declared a "Red Alert" in the Pacific coastal region of Puntarenas this week, when it was discovered that a strain of dengue previously detected only sporadically in Costa Rica

A study looking at the risks to public health from antibiotic resistance in farm animals has been finally been released. The Soil Association, the UK's organic food certification body, welcomed the

Changes in air pressure can have a direct effect on the way we think, according to research carried out in Ukraine. Anatoly Delyukov, a physicist at Kieve University, has been monitoring air

Scientists at a British military research laboratory said they had developed a genetically modified vaccine for bubonic plague which they planned to test on humans

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has increased the prices of two bulk drugs - Pentoxfylline and Sulfamoxole and decreased that of another bulk drug,

A new generation of spray-on drugs is set toreplace skin patches, oral tablets and even injections in the treatment of some common ailments after a breakthrough by Victorian researchers. A simple

The imposition of SRO 922 will cause serious damage to preventive care relating to several diseases in Pakistan, according to pharmaceutical industry sources here. The affected areas would be