UN officials say that Iraqi children are dying as a result of poor health care, nutrition and sanitation. The UN's children agency believes a third of all children under five are chronically

"Kaira one of the most progressive and prosperous districts and the main producer of tobacco in Gujarat and, thus rightly called the 'zone of golden leaves' is now gradually being known as the 'zone

The US-based basic research drug company - CytoMed has entered into a strategic alliance with the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad to work on new compounds targeted at

Twenty people have died since 1994 and 188 others have become ill from side effects of a hepatitis drug produced in Japan, Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare said. The prescription drug, known

Glaxo Wellcome PLC continued its cautious march back into the vaccine business by unveiling a DNA vaccine collaboration with Powderject Pharmaceuticals PLC, a fledgling Oxford, England land based

Two team of researchers from US have said they have made progress towards vaccines that work against melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. Both vaccines give extra help to the body's immune system

Chinese scientists have begun researchers to develop a unique vaccine for the deadly human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) based on the research of an effective antidote to a fatal horse disease

United Nations Health chiefs suppressed a finding that cannabis is safer than either alcohol or tobacco, according to a report last

A two year ban on exports of beef from the UK seems certain to be eased within months after European Veterinary experts gave unexpectedly strong support to a scheme certifying that herds are free of

An international group of scientists claimed to have found a new gene related to both breast and lung cancer. In the journal Oncogene, the researchers wrote that the gene, known as BAP1, functions