A breakthrough in the treatment of Malaria may be near as scientists at Johns Hopkins University are developing an anti-malarial treatment based on artemisinin, a derivative of a Chinese herbal

Facing pressure from American aid officials and congressional threats to cut off assistance, the Peruvian government is abadoning a campaign that led to sterilizations of thousands of poor

An outbreak of malaria has killed 31 people in the southern Philippines and officials on Wednesday blamed bandits for frightening off health teams sent to kill mosquitoes in remote

Mr. Ashutosh Pal, a Lucknow University student, got a fresh lease of life when the lower half of his cancer-affected breathing passage was removed and reconstructed at the Batra Hospital and Medical

Residents of the walled city, after facing and bearing unseasonal rains and its consequences are now in the grop of throat infection and fever. Their problem is being aggravated because of the

A group of 20 anti-smoking activists and self described nicotine addicts filed a class action suit against a Japanese affiliate of the U.S. tobacco giant Philip Morris Co., demanding it stop sales

The top executives of the major tobacco companies have told the US Senate that they would never agree to modify their advertising and marketing practices unless the lawmakers gave the industry

Four years ago, Dr. Daniel Cohen dazzled the scientific world when his Paris lab roughed out the first comphrehensive map of all human chormosomes. This year, he will complete a far more detailed

A Technique originally devised to test aeroplane turbines are being adapted to help surgeons perform a particularly intricate type of eye operation. The technique was developed by the University of

Three of the busiest railway stations in the Capital are slowly degenerating into breeding grounds for infectious diseases, says the latest report of the non-governmental organisation, Vatavaran.