UN calls for maintaining links with Ebola affected countries
The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged member states to maintain trade and transport links with the Ebola affected countries to enable timely utilisation of assistant resources.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged member states to maintain trade and transport links with the Ebola affected countries to enable timely utilisation of assistant resources.
Some 22,000 patients of a British dentist are to be recalled for tests to see if they have been infected with blood-borne viruses, including HIV, in what is believed to be the biggest ever recall in UK medical history.
India reported two outbreaks of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus at duck farms in the southern state of Kerala, the first occurrence of the disease since February this year, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday.
Pregnant women who live in polluted areas risk damage to their children’s lungs, a new study has warned. Researchers said exposure to pollution during the second trimester of pregnancy in particular raises the risk of harm to a child’s lungs.
Drinking three to five cups of coffee a day could reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s by up to 20 per cent, scientists claim.
Tamil Nadu Director of Health Services Kulandaiswamy on Monday visited Kirungakottai village, where suspected dengue fever claimed two lives including that of 15-year old girl and crippled more than 100 persons, official source said.
Want whiter teeth? Fruit mixture is not the answer! Reclaiming those pearly whites simply by mixing fruit, such as strawberries, with some baking soda, and applying the all-natural concoction to your teeth does not work, a new study has found.
The Chhattisgarh government on Thursday sacked surgeon Dr RK Gupta, who conducted the failed sterilisation surgeries which claimed the lives of 14 women and left over 50 hospitalised, and also the Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Bhange for ‘dereliction of duty’ and ‘negligence’.
Scientists have developed a new way to deliver vaccines, using unique ‘stealth’ nanoparticles, that successfully stifled tumour growth in mice.
Patients who smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day had a 5.41-fold higher risk of developing cancer than those who have never smoked.