Orissa is nowhere near eliminating leprosy - despite the work carried out by the State Health Department - after the sudden cut in the Central grant from Rs 153 lakh to Rs 70 lakh. According to

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel began hearings on Monday on a new approach to hepatitis C by Schering-Plough Corp., that uses a combination of drugs to fight the virus and boost the

Jaundice has claimed 19 lives in Dombivali-Kalyan townships in Thane district of Maharashtra in the last two

Drug resistant strains threaten national health security : Even as the India celebrated the Tuberculosis eradication day on March 24 along with the rest of the world, a WHO study has slammed the

The Haryana Government spent Rs 44.40 crores under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme for providing supplementary nutrition to 12.13 lakh children and pregnant and nursing mothers

A total of 25 AIDS patients have been identified in Assam since the monitoring of the dreaded disease was initiated in 1988. Out of this highest number of cases was detected in 1997 (12), followed by

With the discovery of a gene implicated in prostate cancer, French biotech firm Genset SA has closed the gap with U.S. rivals in a high stakes genetic research race. Genset scientists have found a

The Punjab government has agreed to constitute the Punjab Medical Council, the demand for the setting up of which was raised by the Punjab branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

A draft national blood policy finalised by the National Blood Transfusion Council has been submitted to the government for approval. The policy measures finalised last week by the council headed by

Jaundice seems to be sweeping the suburbs of Dombivli, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath in the city. Over the past eight days, 14 people have died of the illness, and although private practitioners