Vijayawada has been included in the mosquito eradication drive, a nationwide programme to be taken up by the Union government next year. The project, estimated at Rs 860 crore, is being taken up for

The drug controller of India has cleared an indigenous genetically engineered oral cholera vaccine for trials in the humans. The vaccine was developed jointly by a team from the Institute of

With the onset of summer the seasonal diseases have also made their entry in the Chhindwara district and specially in the rural areas there. The situation has been aggravated by the fact that there

The Andhra Pradesh state government has costituted district-level Societies for population stabilisation (SPS), according to West Godavari district medical and health officer Dr G Swatantra

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Union welfare secretary and the chief secretary of the Delhi government on a petition highlighting the unhygienic working

A team of British scientists is close to finding the first gene known to be associated with speech and language. They have located the part of a chromosome that holds the gene, known as Speech One,

An upsurge in dengue fever has killed 125 people in Indonesia's South Sumatra province during the first two months of this year, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported on

Punjab health and Family Welfare Minister Manoranjan Kalia has expressed concern about the growing imbalance in the State's sex ratio. The number of male children vis-a-vis the female children in the

Not only the doctor but diagnosis also is now just a call away - telemedication enables ECGs to be transmitted over telephones and opinions taken from doctors abroad. By transmitting data ranging

In a significant move, India has decided to ban the controversial anti-malaria drug, Quinanchrine, which is being misused for female sterilisation by doctors. The drug, already banned by the WHO is