The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a proposal by the Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for the implementation of National AIDS...
Scientists at Yeshiva University have found through a study that Vitamin C kills drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. What they discovered? The researchers who were actually trying to...
As per a new study, it has been found that both the decline in cognitive ability with age and schizophrenia have some common genetic variants that link both the conditions. However, reduced...
The Department of Yoga Therapy and Training of Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) has been designated as WHO Collaborating Centre in Traditional Medicine for a period...
India has unveiled its first indigenous vaccine against rotavirus- Rotavac, the major cause of diarrhoea deaths among children. The preventive vaccine has passed all clinical trials and it will...
With the new Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) 2013 coming into effect, the prices of 348 medicines, including life saving drugs will be cheaper soon by up to...
Doctors warn of Superbug in Japan deadlier than AIDS As per doctors, a new sexually-transmitted superbug- antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea HO41 – could ultimately prove to be even more deadly...
With an aim to expand and promote the reach of vaccination, the Union Government has kicked off its four-week special immunization programme in high-risk areas across the nation....
The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) will be launched as a new sub-mission under the extensive National Health Mission (NHM), as approved by the Union Cabinet. The Union...
In August 2010 an expert committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Asad Rahmani (Director Bombay Natural Society) was constituted by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to study...
