All together six hundred and fifty people have died of communicable diseases in two Nagaland districts since mid-June, official sources said. Malaria, viral fever, hepatitis, typhoid and

Two researchers have concluded that legalizing abortion in the United States in the 1970s led to the drop in crime seen in the country two decades later. The Chicago Tribune reported that it had

Some 46,000 Spaniards die annually from smoking related cancer, considered the leading preventable cause of death in Spain. The first wrongful-death lawsuit against Tabacalera, once a state-owned

After 40 years of debate among doctors, medical review boards and law-enforcement officials, state legislatures in U.S. have begun passing laws to shield doctors from being prosectuted for

A year ago the National Academy of Sciences warned that the current governmental structure for protecting the public from unsafe or mislabeled food was a fragmented mess. Responsiblity for safety is

The Supreme Court today issued notices to four cigarette majors, including ITC Ltd, on a PIL which alleged they were not displaying statutory warnings prominently while advertising their products --

Scientists : Researchers say they have found a way to take the agony out of waiting to find out if an abnormal Pap smear means cervical cancer or nothing at all . Adding a quick test for the human

Belgium backed away from a clash with the European Union authorities, saying it would obey stringent rules on testing its food exports for cancer-causing dioxin - but would appeal against them to the

The first combination vaccine which offers protection against both hepatitis A and typhoid was launched in the UK on Monday , its manufacturers SmithKline Beecham Plc said. In a

U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has ordered an investigation into whether thousands of workers were unwittingly exposed to plutonium for more than two decades at a federally owned plant in