Health News

97,000 kids test positive for AIDS from 2007-2009

As many as 96,942 children tested positive for AIDS during the last three years in India, Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said Tuesday.8:07 PM on December 08

Six new dengue cases in Delhi, tally 1,132

Six new cases of dengue were reported in the national capital Tuesday, taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease to 1,132 so far, a health official said.8:05 PM on December 08

HIV/AIDS bill under finalisation: Azad

The HIV/AIDS bill, aimed at preventing discrimination and protecting the rights of people living with the disease, is 'under finalisation', union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday.8:03 PM on December 08

Ayurveda prevents swine flu, but no scientific data: minister

Ayurveda plays a 'positive role' in preventing swine flu, which has claimed over 630 lives in India and infected around 20,000 people, but there is no scientific data to prove its efficacy, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.8:02 PM on December 08

Himachal gears up to tackle swine flu

Authorities in Himachal Pradesh have decided to step up measures to tackle swine flu after another person died of H1N1 virus, Health Minister Rajeev Bindal said Tuesday.4:02 PM on December 08

Pharma firms to conduct H1N1 vaccine human trials in India

An indigenous swine flu vaccine is far from ready but India has given the green signal to two foreign pharmaceutical giants to begin human trials of their vaccine in the country.2:01 PM on December 08

Celeb doctor who teaches Chinese medicine in China!

What's common between Sachin Tendulkar, Manoj Kumar and China? Acupuncture and a man named P.B. Lohiya, who is not only therapist to sports and other stars but also teaches the ancient Chinese treatment in China.12:01 PM on December 08

Five swine flu deaths in Delhi, India toll 632

Five more H1N1 patients died in Delhi, taking the swine flu toll in the country to 632, health authorities said Monday.12:02 AM on December 08

Three swine flu deaths in Chandigarh

Three deaths due to influenza A (H1N1) virus were reported here Monday, health officials said here.12:00 AM on December 08

Four swine flu deaths in Delhi, toll 34

Four more swine flu patients have died in the Indian capital, taking the total to 34, officials said Monday. But they refused to count a fifth fatality because he was not from Delhi.8:03 PM on December 07

Qureshi's condition improves, taken off ventilator

Senior Hurriyat Conference leader Fazal Haque Qureshi, who was in a critical condition since Friday after he was attacked by unidentified men here, was taken off life support systems, doctors attending on him said.6:06 PM on December 07

India jeopardising global measles death target

Nearly 300 children die of measles every day in India, various UN agencies claimed Monday arguing that delayed vaccination policies of the country are jeopardising the 2010 global target of reducing measles mortality by 90 percent.6:05 PM on December 07

With dipping mercury, dengue receding in Delhi

The capital Monday reported only one new case of dengue. Health department officials said the number of cases of the mosquito-borne disease has dropped because of the dipping mercury level.6:03 PM on December 07

After 'Paa', brothers suffering from progeria promised aid

Ikramul Khan and Ali Hussain, two brothers in a Bihar village suffering from progeria, a disease that accelerates the ageing process, have now been promised help by the state government after Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Paa' highlighted the illness.2:01 PM on December 07

Chandigarh to host convention on cancer

Chandigarh will host a national convention on cancer Tuesday to draft a strategy to prevent, detect and treat the perilous disease at an early stage.12:01 PM on December 07