New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Blood tests to detect diabetes are likely to be made compulsory at health centres across India following the internationally followed "opportunistic screening" norm. The scheme was in ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The central government has committed Rs.332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister ...

London, Nov 20(ANI): Human placenta therapist Mariana Kovacevic, who helped cure a host of Premier League stars, including Arsenal striker Robin van Persie and Liverpool defender Glen Johnson, could be put ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's constituency in Jammu will reach 100 percent sanitation and toilet coverage by the year 2266 - taking the longest time ...

Chandigarh, Nov 17 (IANS) Haryana has till Tuesday reported 657 positive cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus with a majority of them (466) in Gurgaon city, adjoining the national capital. Eight people ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Monday announced an incentive of Rs. 10 crore (Rs.100 million) for early completion of the eight referral hospitals on the lines of ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Monday urged young doctors in the country to come forward to serve people in rural areas. Speaking at the 37th annual convocation of ...

Hyderabad, Nov 16 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government Monday ordered a probe into the death of seven newborn babies, allegedly due to faulty incubators at a government-run hospital. Health Minister D. Nagender ordered ...

By V.S. Karnic Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) It's free for all in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the state government even though it just about survived a dissident assault to ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday said his ministry was focusing on tackling swine flu more than dengue, which had infected 783 people in the national capital, ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) India will soon introduce the bivalent oral polio vaccine (BoPV), which will protect children against two dangerous strain of the deadly paralytic disease, union Health Minister Ghulam ...

Guwahati, Nov 14 (IANS) Doctors on telephone and attending to emergency calls and providing possible life saving tips or guiding a patient to the right hospital or a specialist - this is ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The onset of winter may reduce dengue cases in the national capital with health officials Friday saying a fall in temperature will affect the breeding of ...

Chandigarh, Nov 13 (IANS) As many as 85 students of a government-run primary school in Karnal district of Haryana were Friday discharged from a hospital, the state's health minister said. The students had ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) International funding agency, the Global Fund, has earmarked $2.4 billion to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria worldwide, including India. "It is the ninth time the Global Fund ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) A 22-year-old woman died of swine flu in the national capital, taking the toll from the disease in the city to 18 so far, health officials said ...

Bangalore, Nov 11 (IANS) Having weathered a political storm, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa seems busy these days either denying his combative statements or apologising to people for the mess in ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) With 45 new dengue cases, the number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the capital Wednesday reached 672, health officials said. "There were 45 fresh ...

Kabul, Nov.11 (ANI): Afghanistan appears to be losing the fight against swine flu, as many parts of the country remain fairly unsanitary. Kabul, which currently is the center of Afghanistan's H1N1 outbreak, ...

Patna, Nov 11 (ANI): Hundreds of junior doctors at the state-run Medical College Hospital (PMCH) in Patna went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday demanding hike in their stipend. The interns are ...

Bangalore, Nov 10 (IANS) Bowing to the dissidents' demands, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday rolled back the transfers of three officials close to the Reddy camp - two weeks after ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi Tuesday expressed concern over the spread of dengue in the capital where the mosquito-borne disease has claimed two lives ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Officials supervising the construction of the Commonwealth Games village have been fined for letting water stagnate at its building site and making them breeding grounds for ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has fined officials at the Commonwealth Games village for letting water stagnate on its construction sites, which have become breeding grounds ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia Monday accused the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) of not taking measures to check the spread of dengue that has claimed two ...

Chennai, Nov 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday suffered a jolt in Tamil Nadu when its National Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP S. Thirunavukkarasar joined the Congress. The Congress announced ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) With more than 550 cases of dengue reported in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia will meet Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit later Monday to discuss ...

Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) Eradicating polio from Bihar continues to be a big challenge with at least 100 new cases of polio recorded in the state this year, despite multi-million rupee campaigns ...

New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) With 29 new dengue cases reported in the capital Saturday, the total number of those affected by the vector-borne disease rose to 527, health officials said. "There were ...

Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) In a rare instance in Indian politics, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, facing revolt from a few ministers and legislators, Saturday shed tears publicly at his plight, ...