Health ministry seeks `500 cr for scheme

With encephalitis deaths being reported from South Bengal districts as well, the Union Health Ministry has decided to send a team to districts like Purulia, Bankura and Murshidabad to assess the cu

A team from Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, Delhi, which visited North Bengal to ascertain the reasons behind the encephalitis deaths found that most patients suffering from high fever for quite

Union Health Minister writes to CM expressing concern

The encephalitis in north Bengal has reached 108, with three more deaths being reported from North Bengal Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday.

Over the next six years, India will see a 21 per cent increase on average in the incidence of cancer.

Morbidity due to non-communicable diseases accounts for a large share of disease burden in India

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan’s anti-tobacco activism has paid off.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday launched a two-day vaccination campaign in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district hit by a suspected encephalitis outbreak that has claimed the lives of at least