French afternoon daily Le Monde said several unpublished scientific studies in Britain had found in sheep tiny proteins identical to those believed to cause so-called mad cow disease in

At least 105 tea garden workers have died in the past few days due to gastroenteritis outbreak in Assam, according to officials on

The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to set up a state AIDS control soceity in order to ensure effective implementation of AIDS control activities and widen its scope in rural

The Maharaja is becoming health-conscious. In keeping with international trend, Air-India (AI) is planning to ban smoking on select flights. The financial impact of introducing 'no smoking' flights

Pfizer Inc. said it is developing an improved version of Viagra, a move that it hopes will keep it one step ahead of potential

A batch of 12 Indian surgeons recruited by the World Health organisation (WHO) would shortly be arrive here (Colombo) to supplement the government medical services in rural areas, official sources

The town of manville, New Jersey, is where the Johns-Manville Company manufactures the largest amount of asbestos products. Its profits have been ploughed back for the people's welfare. The

A virus killed two more Taiwanese children on Sunday, pushing the death toll from the epidemic to at least 38, state television

The National Health Service of UK should remain a tax funded system largely free at the point of use, a study published by the centre-left Institute for Public Policy Research has concluded. The

The M P State Government has decided to constitute State AIDS Control Society with an objective to empower AIDS control programme and expand its effective limits in the rural regions. A decision to