With India's population fast reaching the 10-billion mark, the Census Department is gearing up for its millennial headcount, with a data users' conference in New Delhi scheduled for April. Deputy

British Opposition parties on Tuesday failed to overturn the controversial ban on the sale of beef , ordered in December as a safety precaution against the spread of mad cow disease. The House of

The Union government has decided to reimburse states for all treatment of those with post-AIDS infections, provide money for encouraging private investment in AIDS care and to have facilities for

The Union Health Secretary, Mr K B Saxena, today ordered an inquiry into the blood selling incident at the Indian Red Cross Society.

Federal health officials, alarmed by spiralling sales and the fashion for cigar-smoking among women and the young, may soon require cigar advertisements to carry the U S Surgeon -General's health

A malaria epidemic has killed 354 people in two western Kenya districts in the last two weeks, health officials

Intensive livestock production and excessive use of antibiotics have contributed to a rise in food poisoning, the Meat and Livestock Commission of UK

Fear of mad cow disease has sparked a national and worldwide recall of a kidney transplant medication. A total of 62,284 phials of Atgam, a sterile solution used to treat recipients of transplanted

The World Bank has been criticised for its neglect of population and reproductive health concerns with a $500-million budget for the purpose. A report--"Falling Short" -- released by Population

The multi-crore pan masala industry, which has grown by leaps and bounds in the last one decade in India, is in a crisis following a nation-wide campaign against the use of such products.The