Health News

Treat HIV/AIDS as social, developmental issue, say experts

On the eve of World AIDS Day, experts working in the field of HIV-AIDS Monday stressed the need to consider the disease more as a developmental and social issue than a health issue to check its spread.6:02 PM on November 30

HIV positive children dream big... unaware of their ill health

Ignorance is bliss and this adage perhaps best suits a group of children in Andhra Pradesh who want to make it big by becoming doctors, engineers, pilots or even cricketers like 'captain Dhoni'. But they are all HIV positive and don't know about it.4:02 PM on November 30

HIV positive children dream big... unaware of their ill health

Ignorance is bliss and this adage perhaps best suits a group of children in Andhra Pradesh who want to make it big by becoming doctors, engineers, pilots or even cricketers like 'captain Dhoni'. But they are all HIV positive and don't know about it.4:02 PM on November 30

Kerala's HIV-positive siblings need more money

Bensy and Benson, two HIV positive children who fought a gritty battle to prevent schools in Kerala from turning them away a few years back, get aid from HLL Lifecare Ltd but say they now need more money as the elder sibling has to make frequent trips to the hospital.2:03 PM on November 30

Punjab to get two multi-super speciality hospitals

Under the public-private partnership (PPP), Punjab will get its first multi-super speciality hospitals inside the premises of civil hospitals here and Bathinda by 2011.10:00 PM on November 29

Three die, six taken ill from food poisoning in Kolkata

Three people - a woman, a girl child and a teenaged boy - died and six others were critically ill in two incidents of suspected food poisoning in Kolkata Sunday, police said.8:00 PM on November 29

Bill to bar favours to doctors from pharma companies: Azad

To clamp down on medicos favouring particular pharmaceutical companies while prescribing medicines, the union health ministry will soon table a bill in parliament, barring doctors of state-run hospitals from taking favours like foreign trips and gifts from pharma majors.8:00 PM on November 29

Apollo Hospital served notice for charging money from poor patients

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Apollo Hospital for allegedly charging money from patients belonging to the economically weaker sections of society.6:02 PM on November 29

Delhi plans more awareness ads as swine flu increases

As the number of swine flu cases escalate in the national capital, the Delhi government plans to spread more awareness about the H1N1 virus with a slew of ads in newspapers in the coming week.6:02 PM on November 29

Sonia Gandhi to flag off AIDS awareness train Tuesday

United Progressive Alliance chief Sonia Gandhi will flag off a special AIDS awareness train - the Red Ribbon Express - from Delhi Dec 1, the World AIDS Day.6:00 PM on November 29

11 new dengue cases in Delhi, total now 1,079

The capital Sunday reported 11 new dengue cases, taking the total number of people affected by the vector borne disease to 1,079.2:02 PM on November 29

Degrees for UP medicos post government hospital stint

Seeking to overcome the shortage of doctors in public hospitals and medical centres in Uttar Pradesh, the state government now plans to grant degrees to students of state-run medical colleges only after they serve a stint in government hospitals, an official said Saturday.12:02 AM on November 29

Seven new dengue cases in Delhi, total now 1068

With seven new dengue cases, the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease in the national capital has reached 1,068, a health department official said Saturday.8:01 PM on November 28

Four swine flu deaths in Delhi, India toll 566

In a major health setback, four people have died of swine flu in the national capital while 106 fresh cases were reported - the highest in the country Friday, a health official said.12:00 AM on November 28

Himachal records second swine flu death

An eight-year-old boy of this Himachal Pradesh town, suffering from swine flu, died in a government hospital in Chandigarh, making it the second death of the state resident due to the H1N1 virus, a health official said Friday.10:03 PM on November 27