Days after food poisoning complaints and rumours of cholera made rounds in parts of Thousand Lights area, the corporation and metro water officials continued to collect water and food samples on Monda

Doctors in Pakistan are fighting to save the life of a baby boy born with six legs because of a rare genetic condition, hospital officials said Monday.

The infant was born to the wife of an X-ray tec

About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country's north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female e

Even if a patient is in the fourth stage of cancer, homoeopathy can be helpful. If the inherent capacity of the body responds, homeopathy has been helpful in curing various forms of cancer, claims Dr

Select probiotic agents can either prevent or treat antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in both children and adults. Research by some institutions across the country says use of specific probiotic agents

On Pulse Polio Immunisation Day, 5,83,384 children below the age of five were given polio drops in Hyderabad district. District immunisation officer Dr G. Srinivaslu said, “Around 90 per cent of 6.5 l

The Assembly witnessed acrimonious debate between Opposition DMDK and treasury benches over the healthcare delivery in government-run hospitals. Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, who intervened, said al

About 70,000 newborns in Nigeria are HIV positive, a top government official of the west African nation has revealed.

Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) John Idoko

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

Deccan Chronicle checked with the government laboratories about their preparedness to check the pesticide level in water and found that none of them has taken this threat seriously.

The National Inst