New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Thai national was found suffering from swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in India to 129, said an official statement ...

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here have rejoined a 10-year-old boy's broken spinal cord, hospital authorities said Saturday, terming it as a ...

Wellington, July 4 (DPA) Three people have died of swine flu in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health announced Saturday, reporting the country's first fatalities from the H1N1 virus. It said the chief ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Twelve new cases of swine flu were reported in the country Friday, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases to 128, health officials said here. "About ...

Washington, July 3 (IANS) The parents of a three-year-old Southeast Portland boy who died after an Indian-American doctor nicknamed 'Dr Death' operated on him have settled their wrongful death lawsuit for $200,000. According ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The central government will set up more medical colleges through public-private participation to meet the shortage of skilled doctors in India, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Three consignments of bulk drugs from unregistered manufacturers in China have been detected in Chennai sea port recently, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Friday. The officers of ...

Washington, July 3 (IANS) Well planned vegetarian diets are healthy and nutritious for all age groups and help prevent heart diseases, cancer, obesity and diabetes. Winston Craig, professor of nutrition and wellness at ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) About 460 foreign medical graduates this year cleared the screening exam that makes them eligible to practice in India, while the number was 1,326 last year, ...

Hangzhou (China), July 3 (Xinhua) A patient suffering from influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, died of electrocution when she was taking a shower in a hospital here, the police ...

Washington, July 3 (IANS) Overweight children, as young as those in kindergarten, tend to be more depressed, anxious and lonely than their slimmer counterparts, says a new study. "We found that both boys ...

Thiruvananthapuram, July 3 (IANS) With a seven-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother testing positive for influenza A (H1N1) infection, the number of swine flu cases in Kerala has risen to six. The two ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The cabinet Thursday hiked the estimated construction cost for an ultra-modern 650-bed army hospital at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir to Rs.2.32 billion from Rs.1.26 billion. The ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Four new cases of swine flu were detected Thursday, taking the total number of influenza A(H1N1) virus to 116, health officials said here. Among those who tested positive ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Health experts and activists Thursday said the Delhi High Court ruling decriminalising homosexuality will be a new tool in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS as ...

Kathmandu, July 2 (IANS) Three days after Nepal reported its first cases of swine flu, health officials Thursday said the Influenza A (H1N1) virus has also been detected in two more. While four ...

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) There has been an improvement in the health sector but India faces a shortage of over 28,000 health centres, the Economic Survey 2008-09 said Thursday. "There is a ...

Patna, July 2 (IANS) A man in Bihar's Gaya district, diagnosed with AIDS, committed self-immolation to get rid of daily pain and suffering, police said Thursday. Satyendra Malakar, 35, a resident of Barora ...

Toronto, July 2 (IANS) An internationally recognised Indian Canadian neurosurgeon is among 60 people honoured with the Order of Canada this year. The top civilian awards were announced Wednesday to mark Canada Day, ...

An increase in the number of suicides among people attempting to stop smoking using the smoking-cessation medicines Chantix and Zyban has prompted US regulators to issue a warning and require stronger worded ...

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Three new cases of swine flu were reported in India Wednesday taking the total number of cases reported to 112, a statement said. One person each in Delhi, ...

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The government Wednesday announced plans to revive the public sector vaccine producing institutes in the country. "An oversight committee has already prepared a roadmap for revamping the ...

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) In a move to overcome the "overwhelming shortage" of doctors and paramedical staff, especially in the remote corners of India, the government Wednesday announced it ...

New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) In a bid to address the shortage of skilled manpower in the health care sector, the government will offer monetary incentives to doctors and paramedical staff working ...

Thiruvananthapuram, July 1 (IANS) A 69-year-old woman tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) Wednesday, taking the total number of swine flu affected people in Kerala to four, a health official said. The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- President Obama met with top officials from former President Gerald Ford's administration on Tuesday to discuss the 1976 H1N1 flu outbreak, the White House said. "Today I joined ...

Lucknow, July 1 (IANS) A pregnant woman was allegedly denied treatment in a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district because she was HIV positive, following which she delivered the baby ...

Toronto, July 1 (IANS) The Canadian University of Western Ontario has developed a new HIV/AIDS vaccine that is ready for human trials. The vaccine called SAV001H has been developed by the university at ...

New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Five more people, including a 12-year-old girl, tested positive for swine flu Tuesday taking the total number of cases reported so far to 109, the health ministry ...

New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) In spite of the government's claims that rural health is undergoing a massive change under its flagship programme, a survey by a federation of advocacy agencies Tuesday ...