Nothing alarming about vaccine-derived polio virus, says Union Health Minister

Pune: The Union health ministry has made dengue a notifiable disease in the country.

According to UT health officials, notices are being sent to the city hospitals and all private diagnostic laboratories in this regard.

Deaths caused by AIDS declined nearly 55% in India in the past eight years, whereas new HIV infections came down by 66% since 2000.

At a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, Health Minister J.P.

No tobacco day: 150 lives lost per hour in Southeast Asian countries

Taking the lead in the campaign against the sale and use of killer tobacco products, Ropar, Patiala, Sangrur, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur have been declared India’s first five total COTPA (Cigarettes a

MEERUT: With widespread panic being caused following a study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) which reveals that nearly 84% of 38 commonly available brands of pre-packaged

The Union health ministry on Monday asked for a detailed report on the findings of Centre for Science and Environment ( CSE ) suggesting presence of potassium bromate , classified as a possible car

Two months after the Union health ministry launched a miracle drug for tuberculosis, Bedaquiline, with great pomp and show, the drug has not been put to use on a single patient.