WHO plays down risk to Indian children from tainted polio vaccine

Mumbai: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that there was minimal risk of children contracting the polio virus in ...

Half of women at risk of dementia, Parkinson’s, stroke: study

Nearly half of women and one in three men are at risk of developing stroke or degenerative neurological diseases such as dementia and ...

Microplastics may enter foodchain through mosquitoes

Mosquito larvae have been observed ingesting microplastics that can be passed up the food chain, researchers said Wednesday, ...

22 new AIIMS coming up across the country: Nadda

  Bhubaneswar, Aug 26: Union Health Minister J P Nadda today said 22 new AIIMS are coming up across the country and admitted that ...

Zero tolerance: no safe level of alcohol, study says

Even an occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems and dying, according to a major study on drinking in ...

Salt consumption exceeds guidelines in most countries : study

Salt consumption exceeds national and World Health Organization guidelines in most countries, but only the highest-sodium diets, such ...

Dying groundskeeper battles chemical giant Monsanto

Cancer-stricken Dewayne Johnson vowed to fight to his death in a David versus Goliath court battle against agrochemical giant ...

Govt to provide free drugs, diagnostics for Hepatitis B, C: Nadda

New Delhi, July 28 : The government will soon provide free drugs and diagnostics for Hepatitis B and C, Health and Family Welfare ...

UNICEF warns of HIV crisis in teen girls, with 20 cases every hour

London:  Teenagers, and particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS epidemic with around 30 adolescents becoming ...