India has highest rabies death in Asia
Almost 20,000 people die every year of rabies in India, making it the country with highest rabies fatalities in Asia and the second highest in the world, according to Association for Prevention and Co
Killer horse virus spreading in Australia
Australian officials were on Saturday working to isolate potential victims after uncovering two more cases of the deadly horse-borne Hendra virus, which has erupted in a second state.
Spread to human
Protest over childrens' deaths
Nearly 250 to 300 angry demonstrators gathered in front of the gates of the B.C. Roy Hospital for Children in the eastern part of the city to protest over the death of three children this morning.
Six die of cholera in Kerala
Six people have died of cholera while 56 have been hospitalised with diarrhoea in the tribal hamlets of Kerala's hilly Wayanad district, a legislator said on Wednesday.
The issue was raised in the Ke
Patient burnt alive in oxygen cylinder blast
A 55-year-old patient was tonight burnt alive after an oxygen cylinder blasted at the ICU room in government PGIMER hospital here, police said.
"Kindar Singh, a cancer patient, was burnt alive after
Brain dead for four months, woman gives birth to boy in S. Arabia
In a rare case, a 38-year-old mother who has been brain dead for four months has given birth to a baby boy in Saudi Arabia’s eastern Al Khobar province.
A Gulf News report said that the baby boy was
Indian women world's most stressed: Survey
Women around the world feel stressed and pressed for time, but women in emerging markets are more stressed than their sisters in developed nations - and Indian women say they are the most stressed of
Leaking health information may land you in prison
Leaking information on the health of an individual may earn a term in prison for six months and also a fine up to Rs one lakh.
According to the new Privacy Bill, 2011, which is slated to be tabled in
Bihar's mystery disease identified as toll rises to 41
The mystery disease that has rocked Bihar and killed six more children by Thursday morning, has at last been identified. It is encephalitis, an official on Thursday said. The latest deaths have pushed
Singapore fertility centre fined due to sperm mix-up
A medical facility in Singapore offering fertility procedures has been fined after a different person's sperm was used in an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) process, Channel NewsAsia reported.
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