Government officials in Mysore district will have to pedal their way to offices on bicycles every Monday as per the orders issued by Mysore deputy commissioner P.S. Vastrad to all offices in the distr

The health care sector of the state is failing to address the health needs of the citizens.

While household expenditure on health care is rising, the state is finding it hard to sufficiently finance

Reports that a group of scientists from Singapore have located a human antibody that has the potential to neutralise and kill the dengue virus within two hours has brought cheer among the medical comm

Abu Tahir, 33, languishing in the Coimbatore Central Prison for the last 15 years for a murder he committed when he was 18, will soon die behind bars. Doctors from the Coimbatore Medical College have

The district administration and health authorities are intensifying their epidemic prevention drive as more cases of monsoon-related diseases are being reported from various parts of the district.

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Finally city dwellers have got hygienic and properly maintained public toilet facilities.

Union minister professor K.V. Thomas has inaugurated the clean and eco-friendly bio toilets set up in differ

“Nearly 65 divisions within Chennai corporation have reported cases of mosquito-borne dengue since January 2012, with Kodambakkam being the worst affected zone,” said Dr P. Guhanantham, health officer

“Nearly 65 divisions within Chennai corporation have reported cases of mosquito-borne dengue since January 2012, with Kodambakkam being the worst affected zone,” said Dr P. Guhanantham, health officer

A child casually approaches an office worker on a cigarette break.

‘Can I get a light?’ asks the boy. ‘Don't you want to live and play?’ comes the shocked reply.

The scene is part of a Thai anti-smo

Affecting Indian women over 40 years – a decade earlier than the West — breast cancer today is the most common type of cancer among women in the country.

In India, lack of awareness and misconceptio