The national TB control programme is faced with a serious problem with the Health Ministry dragging its feet on the issue of entrusting the task of procurement of drugs and other supplies for the

Forty people have died from the spread of communicable diseases in the famine-hit district of Humla in Nepal during the last two weeks. The district had seen 332 deaths caused by diarrhoea and upper

A new way of imaging the brain in three dimensions could make it easier to diagnose Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia, Japanese researchers said. It should make it easier for doctors to

As many as 183 towns and villages in Saurashtra and Kutch region have been affected by pollution from chloride in the environment. Surveys revealed, affected people are ageing prematurely. According

The recently introduced Iilizarov fixator technique is proving highly successful in the treatment of complicated orthopaedic cases. Dr Sunil KUmar and Dr Amar Sarin, the two orthopaedic surgeons from

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has started issuing internationally accepted quality products in tune with the norms laid down by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The move is expected to

Pakistan with the existent measles immunization coverage rates below 50 per cent plans to expand it to 95 per cent by the year 2000, sources said. The latest campaign initiated under Expanded

With public concern over the safety of drinking water mounting, local environmentalists are questioning a recent government test that declared bottled water produced in the Chungchong provinces to be

Only 4.1 per cent of men in China use condoms and more than 36 per cent of women have not heard of AIDS, a survey released by the State Planning Commission revealed.

A scientist is to claim that at least 16 more Britons may have died of the human form of BSE than the 27 official victims-and they began dying 11 years before the first recognized case in 1995. Harsh