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The 20th century began with a world populated by 1.6 billion people and will end with 6 billion inhabitants - with most of the growth occuring in poor countries, demographers estimate. The Population

A herbalist from a nomadic tribe in Andhra Pradesh, who has been camping on the outskirts of the city for some months now, has been drawing people looking for cures for diseases like diabetes and

The Punjab Health and family Welfare Department will spend Rs 8 crore up from Rs 3.49 crore to control the spread of AIDS and create awareness about its

The Group of Eight industrialised countries summit in Birmingham is set to back a World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative to "roll back" malaria. Tessa Jowell, UK health minister told the

Guatemala became the first foreign state to file a lawsuit against the US tobacco industry in a US federal court in an attempt to recover the costs of treating tobacco related

satyagraha planned : A nationwide satyagraha movement, against the proposed ban on sale and use of common salt, would be launched jointly be the Sarvodaya Movement and the National Alliance of

Armed with fresh industry deocuments, the Florida lawyer, who scored the biggest cash verdict against Big Tobacco, goes to trial again accusing cigarette makers of conspiring against

European Union farm ministers will next month consider ending a ban on beef exports from mainland Britain, raising hopes that exports could start later this

The US government has been charged by a Congressional investigative wing of laxity in screening foreign drug ingredients imported into the country from a variety of sources, including Indian and

From Chilean grapes to Mexican tomatoes to fish from around the world, Americans are enjoying an expanding choice of imported food. But with imports up 50 percent in less than a decade, inspectors

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