Dengue cases in the capital are nearing the 1,000 mark despite some signs of decline in recent days. In the past 24 hours, a total of 16 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever in different hospi

India remains the 'dirtiest and filthiest' country in the world, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said today, lamenting that people in many areas had access to mobile phones, but not toilets.

The Kerala Medical Supplies Corporation, the central drug procurement agency of the state government, will shortlist 2,000 essential drugs to be sold at reasonable prices through government-approved o

An unknown virus showing identical symptoms of dengue and chikungunya has affected a large number of people in the city, leaving virologists flummoxed.

Blood samples examined so far have failed to id

Underlining yet again the poor health infrastructure in West Bengal's government hospitals, six babies have died in a Malda district hospital, officials said on Thursday.

"Since yesterday (Wednesday)

Ace Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir on Thursday pledged to donate his body organs to a Delhi hospital after his death.

"I hereby pledge to donate my kidney, heart, liver, pancreas, small bowel, eyes, l

A hospital for women and children built by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Somali capital Mogadishu will be completed soon, officials said.

The al-Hanan Hospital for Motherhood and Childhood is bei

More than a million men in China are infertile and an official said that symptoms of male menopause which appear in men above 60 can now be found in men around 40.

Research shows that millions of men

Finally, good news on the health front.

Next year will be crucial for India’s polio eradication programme, which appears on track with only one case reported so far this year.

According to an arti

The Uttar Pradesh government Monday suspended a doctor in a case of medical negligence in which a teenager declared dead by him regained consciousness in a mortuary in Muzaffarnagar district.

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