A federal judge has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency wrongly declared secondhand tobacco smoke a dangerous carcinogen in a landmark 1993 report in

With its Global Polio Eradication Initiative progressing on target, the WHO is now preparing for "life after eradication". It is getting ready particularly to avoid a resurgence of the disease on

Poor environmental quality is directly responsible for around 25 per cent of all preventable illnesses and constitutes as much as two-third of all preventable illnesses in childhood, say experts.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Jal Board are working in tandem to tackle the menace of cholera which has been accentuated with the onset of

The Health Minister, Mr. Dalit Ezhilmalai, declared the intention of the Government to launch awareness campaigns under its National Cancer Control Programme on the harmful effects of pan masala that

Scientists have succeeded in mapping the genetic make-up of the bacterium that causes syphilis. The information could be critical for developing new vaccines anddrugs against the disease. Molecular

Doctors are on the verge of using vaccines to treat cancer patients, according to a new report. 'Cancer vaccines on the brink of commercial launch'found that the first such vaccine is expected to

Former Prime Minister Laurent Fabius and two other former ministers will be tried by a special tribunal on charges of contributing to the deaths of patients who received transfusions from government

An anti-narcotics program begun in Afghanistan late last year is in danger of being dismantled, a top UN official said, citing reports that opium poppy production may be increasing in areas under

A special-priority project involving a cost of over $ 1.01 billion, is being undertaken by the Bangladesh government to combat malnutrition, a multifaceted health