Vijayawada: Vijayawada city is in the grip of viral fevers for the past 15 days. A large number of fever cases are being reported at several hospitals in the city daily.
 
Though the health service

Kochi: At a time when fever is gripping the state and dengue is claiming a lot of lives, in sharp focus currently are healthy living practices and keeping surroundings clean. When it comes to the con

Hyderabad: Coughs and colds are common during the monsoon season, but what one could call “cough etiquette” could prevent the spread of these illnesses.
Droplets from coughing spread the bacteria to

Many areas in Chennai continued to be water logged on Monday even as authorities feared that stagnant pools in many of the low-lying areas were becoming breeding grou­nds for mosquitoes.

After the la

Two Britons seem to be ageing in reverse after contracting a bizarre condition which is rapidly making them behave like kids.

The two brothers -- Matthew, 39, and Michael Clark, 42 -- contracted term

As the state gears up for the monsoon, local bodies have been instructed to form epidemic cells to deal with diseases that often threaten to accompany it .

Dr Thomas Varghese, joint director-health

25 cases of swine flu were reported in various corporate hospitals in Andhra Pradesh, after which the state government has put the health authorities on alert.

"Some of the cases tested positive for

Most mornings, Michael Odongkara takes his daughter Nancy Lamwaka outside and ties her ankle to a mango tree.

It's not something he likes to do. But the disease that gives the 12-year-old violent sei

India's battle against tuberculosis (TB) now has a superhero with a difference -- pot-bellied Bulgam Bhai with furrowed brows and thick moustache who will ask people 'Has it been two weeks?'.

"The cr

The government today announced that the country is free of bird flu disease, but continues to keep a watchful eye on vulnerable areas.

Bird flu, also know as avian influenza, is a flu that affects b