A large population from Terai have come under the threat of kala-azar, a disease spread by sand fly. About 5.5 million people, most of them from the Terai districts sharing border with Bihar state of

A new drug montelukast offers hope for young asthmatics. The drug works by blocking the production of leukotrienes which are chemicals found in white blood cells, and which stimulate the airways to

Faulty immunisation policies contributed to massive outbreaks of polio in the country during the 1980s, paralysing tens of thousands of children, a leading Indian infectious diseases expert has said.

A virulent new superbug has been discovered by British scientists which is resistant to all known antibiotics and could kill people with weak immune systems, a report in this week's New Scientist

A widespread dengue fever outbreak has infected some 12,000 Indonesians this year and caused a shortage of blood supplies, a health ministry official said on

At least 40 per cent of the doctors and attendant working in different mortuaries in the Capital are suffering from tuberculosis and other disease due to the prevailing unhygienic conditions there.

A new study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine strongly suggests that widespread deficiencies of vitamin D may play a big role in causing the bone-wasting disease osteoporosis among

Delhi Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that the one-day health programmes have created awareness among people, who have reciprocated by coming in large numbers on the prescribed day. The

The Food Control Office at Man Kam To is Hong Kong's first line of defence against any pestilence brewing across the border between China's newest special administrative region and Guangdong

Many babies born prematurely are being fed infant formula that does not meet their nutritional needs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fears. The agency is debating whether to set regulations