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Once, vaccines were the poor relations of therapeutic drugs. Traditional vaccines, the sort used to combat childhood diseases such as measles, polio are a low-tech, low-cost boon to public health

The US tobacco industry agreed to pay $6bn over 25 years to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of Minnesota, just hours before closing arguments in the 14 week trial had been about to

Gerald Pier, of Harvard Medical School in Boston and his colleagues studied the relationship between salmonella typhi, the bacterium that causes typhoid fever, and the protein which, when faulty,

International Healthcare major SmithKline Beecham (SB), is all set to launch a cluster of vaccines in India in 1998-99. These include a hepatitis-A vaccine, a two-in-one hepatitis A &B vaccine and

A flourishing kidney theft racket, involving foreign national was traced to a nursing home in Ranchi by a Mumbai Crime Branch team, following complaints of a man who was robbed of one of his kidneys

A new health drink for HIV-infected patients has beenintroduced as part of ongoing resarch to improve the health of HIV-infected patients at all stages. The so-called Dhammarak health drink was

Italy is ageing fast; and according to the country's chief statistical body, Italy has the lowest fertility rate in the world. At last count, in 1996, deaths had outpaced births for four years in a

The Punjab Government will spend Rs 126 crore in the current financial year on the modernisation of the health sector in the state. The Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mr Inderjeet Singh

Southeast Asia is witnessing a startling upsurge in dengue cases this year. More than 21,000 people in Indonesia are reported to be infected, and 490 have died so far. And there is no treatment for

The Health Ministry seems to have bitten off more than it can chew on the issue of banning gutka with a host of ministries opposing the move. An inter-ministerial meeting held last week revealed the

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