Two projects to develop Aids vaccins for the poor countries that need them most were launched in London yesterday. One is a UK-Kenyan and the other a US South African collaboration; both are based on

A simpler transplant than bone marrow: For people who need bone marrow transplants to fight leukemia or other deadly diseases, but who lack a compatible marrow donor, doctors are salvaging hope from

UK government health officials are examining whether a drug used to treat cystitis in the US could help prevent people from developing CJD, the human form of mad cow disease. Pentosan polysulphate, a

After gastro-enteritis claimed nearly 1000 lives during the summer and rainy seasons, the backward and tribal dominated Adilabad district has now once again turned into a killing field. This time the

Doctors have devised a laser treatment that could replace hysterectomises for thousands of women every year. A team at the National Medical Laser Centre at University College London has found a way

A firm called M/S Krishna Oil and Caton Company based in the Modasa district of Gujarat has been named by the Central Bureau of Investigation as the main culprit in the recent dropsy epidemic.

In a major policy shift, the government is planning to delicense and dereserve five bulk drugs--tetracycline,oxytetracycline, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and folic acid. At present, these items are

Newly published research into how cells avoid disease could lead to better drugs and diagnostic tests, according to US scientists. Writing in the journal Cell, a team of Massachusetts scientists say

An estimated 200,000 flood victims still living on dykes are at risk from epidemics and the approaching winter, aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said yesterday. "As winter sets in, tens of

The man America knows as 'Doctor Death'', Dr Jack Kevorkian, has been charged with first-degree murder for assisting the death of a terminally ill man in a program televised before a stunned nation