Health

New Delhi, Aug 21 : The Centre on Tuesday said 65 tonnes of emergency drugs have been transported by the Indian Air Force to check epidemics in flood-hit Kerala.According to the Health Ministry, one crore of chlorine tablets have been sent and anothe…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 : People returning to their flood-battered homes in Kerala from relief camps were are being greeted by snakes and other reptiles and insects.At Chalakudy in Thrissur district, a man who returned on Monday night to check the…

New Delhi, Aug 21 : Coming down heavily on the Central government for its failure to frame any policy on e-cigarette, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought an affidavit indicating a time frame for putting in place a mechanism to regulate the manufac…

The media is abuzz these days with horrendous stories of child sexual abuse, the most recent incidents being of abuse in shelter homes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.While the trauma experienced by the girls will send a chill down the spines of most people…

New Delhi, Aug 21 : Monsoon is well underway and with today’s hectic lifestyles, we often forget to take care of our health.The chances of contracting cold and cough have increased. Infections and viral diseases are on the rise, with diseases transmi…

New Delhi, Aug 20 : The government on Monday announced to replace the existing health warning images on the packs of cigarettes and other tobacco products with new sets of images for all tobacco product packs, which will be effective from September 1…

New Delhi, Aug 20 : The Kerala government on Monday informed the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) that the floodwaters in the state had started receding as the rains had abated.The information was shared at a NCMC review meeting here — th…

Kolkata, Aug 20 : A city woman who received one of the kidneys of a brain-dead teenage girl from West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district died at a state run hospital here on Monday, three days after the transplant, a hospital official said.Two kidneys and …

Mumbai, Aug 20 : A team of 110 doctors from Mumbai and Pune left by an Air India flight on Monday with medical relief supplies to help the flood victims in Kerala, an official said.The team comprises 55 doctors from J.J.Hospital, Mumbai, 26 from Sass…

New Delhi, Aug 20 : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre if it favoured a comprehensive law for affirmative action to protect the rights of leprosy patients necessary to remove stigma resulting in their ostracizing from the society.The bench …