Viral illness kills 17, affects 35,000 in China
July 15th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 15 (IANS) A hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 17 people and affected nearly 35,000 in China's Hunan province this June as high temperatures helped it to ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
29 infected with TB in Chinese school
June 6th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 5 (IANS) A total of 29 people -- 26 students and three teachers -- have been infected with tuberculosis at a school in China, officials said Tuesday.A Grade ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Six-legged baby’ operated in Karachi
April 19th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Doctors in a Karachi hospital have successfully removed the extra limbs of a baby boy who was born with six legs.The operation lasted for about two ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
100 students suffer food poisoning on China campus
April 19th, 2012 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 19 (IANS) About 100 university students in China's Sichuan province required medication for vomiting and diarrhea Wednesday afternoon following a suspected food poisoning incident, Xinhua reported Thursday.Health authorities ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Wrong treatment leads to Hepatitis C cases in China
March 3rd, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) Improper diagnosis and treatment in clinics in a Chinese province have lead to over 100 Hepatitis C cases, the health department said.The cases have been reported ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Officials axed, Pakistan fake drugs kill 109
January 29th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 29 (IANS) Punjab's state health secretary has been sacked following the death of 109 heart patients due to the use of fake drugs in a leading Pakistani hospital, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
‘Company owners held in substandard medicine scandal’
January 26th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) The owners of three of the six companies involved in the substandard medicine scandal that has led to the death of over 100 patients have been ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
100 die from fake drug use in Pakistan
January 26th, 2012 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 100 patients at a heart institute in Pakistan's Punjab province have died from reactions to spurious drugs, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said.Sharif said ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Alarming HIV/AIDS surge among Pakistan’s drug addicts
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 23 (IANS) There is an alarming surge in HIV/AIDS cases among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) says.HIV/AIDS prevalence among IDUs in ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
South African beach dubbed world’s deadliest
January 16th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 16 (IANS) A beach in South Africa has been dubbed the "world's deadliest" after a surfer was bitten to death by a shark in the sixth fatal attack ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Lahore dengue toll rises to 106 (Lead)
September 27th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) The toll due to dengue in Lahore has risen to 106 after five more people succumbed to the deadly vecctor-borne disease in the city Tuesday.The Punjab ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Pakistan needs coordination mechanism for epidemics: Gilani
September 20th, 2011 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Pakistan needs to develop a national coordination mechanism for controlling epidemics like dengue, says Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.There has been a rise in dengue ... Read more...
Posted in World |
5,000 suspected dengue cases reported in Pakistan
September 14th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 14 (IANS) About 5,000 suspected cases of dengue fever have been reported from across Pakistan, Punjab's capital Lahore alone reporting over 4,000 of these cases.The government of Pakistan's ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Dengue fever grips Pakistani province
September 4th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 4 (IANS) Pakistan's eastern Punjab province is in the grip of a dengue epidemic with dozens of cases being reported daily at various hospitals, Xinhua reported.At least ... Read more...
Posted in World |
125 fall ill after mudslide-triggered gas leak in China
July 4th, 2011 - 10:08 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 4 (IANS) At least 125 people fell ill Sunday due to chlorine gas leak from a chemical plant that was damaged in a mudslide in China, officials said.The ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Sex now the main source of AIDS spread in drug-plagued China province
November 29th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.29 (ANI): Sexual transmission appears to have overtaken drug use as the main cause of the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus in southwest China's Yunnan Province.According to a Xinhua news ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Four dead, 2,000 affected by dengue in Pakistan
October 23rd, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) More than 2,000 people are suffering from dengue fever in Pakistan's Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces and at least four patients have died in the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
24 dead in Afghan poll violence
September 18th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 18 (IANS) At least 18 Taliban militants and six security personnel, including a soldier, were killed and several civilians injured in clashes in various Afghan provinces amid the country's ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Cholera outbreak in China
August 29th, 2010 - 7:52 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) An outbreak of cholera, reportedly caused by unclean food, sickened 30 people in a province in east China, health officials said.
The cholera outbreak was reported in Mengcheng county ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Northwest China Scorching Under Pneumonic Plague
August 2nd, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by GD
Reports are pouring in of a possible 'pneumonic' plague break out in the north western part of China. Thousands of the residents of the specified region are said to have been quarantined ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Canada confirms first flu death
May 9th, 2009 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 9 (IANS) Canada Friday confirmed its first death from the influenza H1N1 flu.
Health officials said the swine flu was the cause of the death of a woman in Alberta province ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Woman dies of bird flu in China
January 19th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jinan (China), Jan 19 (Xinhua) A woman has died of bird flu in east China's Shandong province, the second death caused by avian influenza in the country this year, an official has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chinese girl infected with bird flu: official
January 18th, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
Taiyuan, Jan 18 (Xinhua) A two-year-old girl has been confirmed to be infected with bird flu in north China's Shanxi Province, a provincial government official has said. The girl, surnamed Peng, took ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Intestinal virus under control but only for now, warn Chinese officials
May 1st, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): A Chinese health official has warned that the intestinal virus Enterovirus 71 (EV71), which has claimed the lives of 20 children and infected more than 1,800 ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Suspected bird flu patient dies in China
February 25th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Guangzhou (China), Feb 25 (Xinhua) A 44-year-old woman who was suspected of having bird flu died Monday in the southern province of Guangdong in China, the provincial health department said. The woman ... Read more...
Posted in World |