Two more children have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar, taking the toll to 34 in the state, officials said on Wednesday.

The children died after reporting high fever followed by convulsions and

Anthrax scare has gripped Orissa's tribal dominated Kandhamal as at least 12 people including children, were affected by the dreaded disease in Tumudibandh block of the district, official sources s

An estimated 70,000 children are infected with HIV in the country and the ailment is caused to most of them by parent-to-child-transmission (PTCT), according to a recent finding by the National AIDS C

A killer E. coli bacteria outbreak has claimed another fatality in Germany, regional authorities said on Friday, bringing the death toll to 31.

The latest reported victim was a 75-year-old woman in t

The deadly E. Coli outbreak could have been spread by terrorists, say doctors, who add that rogue groups may have deliberately implanted the killer germ into fresh produce. Though Germany has been the

Australian apex vegetable group today said that the E coli outbreak which has killed 22 people in Europe is unlikely to hit Down Under.

William Churchill from Ausveg said Australia does not import b

As the death toll in Germany's E coli outbreak rose to 18 and the number of infections climbed to more than 1,830, health authorities are investigating the possibility that the killer bacteria may hav

that it was most likely contaminated during processing in Japan.

Some 15 diners were infected with the O157 strain of E. coli bacteria after eating at a Korean-style barbecue restaurant a Japanese ou

India, where 95,000 adolescents are living with HIV, has been listed along with the sub-Saharan countries having the highest number of youngsters infected by the deadly virus, according to a UN re

With rumors swirling in conspiratorial corners that the end of the world is nigh, the US government this week posted some online counsel on how to be prepared in case of a zombie apocalypse.

"There a