Researchers in Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, and Hamilton are involved in an international flu treatment trial which may yield a cure for the highly infectious disease. The research under way in

Japan will provide a grant of nearly 400 million Yen to Bangladesh to help eradicate polio from the country. Japan will provide the grant to UNICEF-Bangladesh for procurement of 30 million doses of

Nick Brown, the new agriculture minister of UK acceded to European Commission demands by announcing a further cattle cull in an attempt to speed the removal of the beef export ban. The new cull would

The South African cabinet has approved draft legislation to severely limit smoking in public places, to ban all tobacco advertising and to impose heavy penalties on violations. Health Minister Dr

Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered that an anti-inflammatory protein called carlgranulin, previously detected only in white blood cells, may play an important role in the

Cerebral malaria cases in the country have shown an increase this year. Over two lakh cases of the more lethal form of malaria have been reported so far. Last year, the number of cases reported up to

The Uttar Pradesh Government has shaped a plan to reform the delivery system in the State's health sector, by dedicating itself to the three-'S' motto - Samay, Swachhata and Sadvyavahar. Under the

Makers of drugs for the treatment of rare diseases-so-called "orphan drugs"-will be awarded exclusive distribution rights for 10 years throughout the European Union, allowing them to recover the

Countering decades of promoting "breast is best" for infant nutrition, the United Nations is issuing recommendations intended to dicourage women infected with the AIDS virus from breast-feeding. The

US consumer groups are urging that a popular diabetes drug, which they claim damages the liver and has caused 26 deaths, should be banned by the US government. The drug regulatory body, the US Food