South Asia Health News

India is the global laggard in reducing measles deaths, with three-quarters of the 164,000 deaths from measles that still occur worldwide annually, according to data released Thursday by the United Nations . The developing world has made extraordinary strides in...

But the study was terminated in 1994 and its findings were not made public. No research has been conducted since and lakhs of people who continue to suffer from MIC exposure only receive symptomatic treatment. March 2010. "The gas tragedy...

With only three patients on ventilator across the state since November, there is no indication of the much dreaded second wave of the flu which was expected in winter. "We haven't got many cases of the flu since winter and...

What we have found is that no region of the brain is spared from lead exposure," said the study''s lead author, Kim Cecil, Ph.D., imaging scientist at Cincinnati Children''s Hospital Medical Center and professor of radiology, pediatrics and neuroscience at...

She said the Red Ribbon Express Phase-I showed that “we are on the right track because of the appreciation we got from the people.” Tackling the HIV epidemic was a high priority for the Centre because the disease mostly affected...

A total of 843 people are currently suffering from swine flu infection in Afghanistan, and 16 have died of the virus. The ministry said 332 of those infected are foreign nationals. The mortality rate from swine flu infection in Afghanistan...

Millennium Development Goals which all 191 United Nations Member States have pledged to meet by the year 2015, he added...The world community, he said, must do more, on an urgent basis, to uphold our commitment to reach universal access to...

15 percent of Indian women below 50 are obese: Azad New Delhi, Nov 30 : At least 15 percent of women under the age of 50 are obese in India, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed parliament Monday. A Indian...

So what's the right age for an Indian woman to start getting screened for breast cancer -- 40 or 50?...Monday that regular breast cancer screening of women should start at the age of 50 as opposed to 40, which is...