Despite government vows that "no chickens will be allowed to walk free in the territory" Hong Kong was awash with sightings of live birds that may carry a deadly avian flu. And panicky residents fear

French researchers have discovered a hereditary genetic mutation that appears to provide resistance to the virus that causes AIDS, a medical journal reported. The findings are reported in the Jan 3

Hong Kong has extended "bird flu" tests to rats, dogs and cats in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly disease following the slaughter of millions of chickens, officials said on Friday. The animal

Singapore had a record number of dengue fever and other mosquito-transmitted disease cases in 1997, the environment ministry

A Private nursing home in a posh locality of the State capital has closed down following the publication of a news item in "The Pioneer " that it had become the centre for a well-organised kidney

More than 500 mutton shops in Madurai city ramained closed on Thursday following the death of several heads of cattle due to the 'blue tongue' virus attack. The non-vegetarians avoided purchase of

Indian pharmaceutical companies should concentrate on process research and pursue innovation in drugs that are off patent whose market is expected to be $20 billions by 2000 , a World Bank funded

Leading Indian virologists say that people returning from Hong Kong should be screened to detect carriers of the new influenza virus which has created panic

Although the world popuation growth has slowed down, over 30 per cent of all births still occur in India, according to the Washington based Population

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Quaker Oats Co. has agreed to pay a $1.85 million settlement to people who as children were fed radioactive cereal in the 1940s and 1950s as part of a