For several months, there has been a severe crunch of anti-tuberculosis drugs in government hospitals in the Capital. The reason is not clear. One plea offered is, supplies have not been arriving.

Scientists in the United States say they have devised a way of preventing TB in HIV patients,and their treatments could reduce outbreaks of the infectious wasting disease in developing

Presence of HIV cases is increasing, especially in major cities and northern regions of the State said Dr Chandrasekhar Nayak, Deputy Director of State AIDS

Calcutta has been included in the Rs. 891 crore World Bank aided Enhanced Malaria Control Project for the country. The city is the only one from West Bengal to be included in the project will cover

President Bill Clinton, on Thursday, endorsed a bipartisan Senate Tobaccco Bill that takes a new track on the vexing problems of industry legal protections,and aims to slash teen smoking in half,

The BSE crisis cost the economy between 740m pounds and 980m pounds in its first year,according to a report commissioned by the government and prepared by DTZ Pieda Consulting.The loss was equivalent

Study: Ceramic tea mugs may be attractive but are unsafe for sipping beverage as they are "potential sources of poisoning," according to a study conducted by a team of scientists in

The United States on Friday sharply criticised Brussels for stating it would maintain a ban on US imports of hormone treated beef, judged to flout global trade ruled by the World Trade

Passive smoking kills up to 80 babies a year in Britain and is responsible for several hundred deaths of non-smokers from lung cancer, a London government committee of scientists has said, It called

Pakistan is today the seventh most populous country in the world, with its current population estimated at 140 million. This information was given by the federal government on Thursday to the