A major controversy appears to be brewing between scientists and clinicians over the issue of the emerging drug-resistant leprosy. The Bombay Leprosy Project, a non-government organisation,

The National Institute of Immunology (NII) has developed an ELISA test kit for HIV-1 and HIV-2 detection. Designed by the Gamete antigen (Reproductive Immunology) Department of NII, the results shown

Although the number of new AIDS cases in the United States has declined substantially in recent years, HIV continues to spread through the population essentially unabated, according to data released

Indian women will not be allowed to become testing fields for western contraceptives. They will no longer be used as mere "bodies" to try out untested and unapproved methods. The Union Minister for

The country programmes of assistance to Bangladesh by UN Population Fund (UNFPA) was approved unanimously by the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board's second regular session of 1998 at the UN headquaters. The

The Delhi government has launched a programme to creat awareness about thalassemia and screen children and pregnant women as a preventive measure against the fatal disease.

The head of the second biggest US cigarette company Steven Goldstone, chairman, RJR Nabisco stepped up the battle against looming anti-tobacco legislation by inviting the federal government to

The death toll from an outbreak of dengue fever in at least 11 Indonesian provinces this year has risen to 422, a newspaper reported on

Diabetic patients may no longer have to depend on insulin injections, say two scientists at the Allahabad University biochemistry department. They claim to have discovered a chemical which acts like

Applying anti-oxidant vitamins directly to the skin can slow the formation of new wrinkles and erase, to some extent, existing wrinkles and lines, according to a study made public on Thursday. The