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Commonwealth meet to focus on mental health issues


Health ministers from Commonwealth countries will meet in Geneva later this week to discuss ways to ...

ASHA worker murdered in Bihar


An ASHA was murdered on Sunday by unidentified assailants in a village under Atri police station are...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani comes out of coma


Officials in Baghdad, however, did not initially confirm the report, Fars said.

J&K govt planning to regularise PHE workers: Minister


The Jammu and Kashmir government was planning to regularise Public Health Engineering (PHE) workers ...

CPI-M to form panel to study tribal health problems


CPI(M) will be forming a panel under public health expert Dr B Ikbal to study the health problems of...

HC orders Health Secretary to submit affidavit on hospital


The Orissa High Court has refused to accept an affidavit filed by a junior officer of state health d...

NRHM scam: Hearing in four cases takes place


Four cases relating to the multi-crore NRHM scam were heard by a CBI court.

Chhattisgarh minister files defamation suit against 2 Congressmen


Under attack from Opposition on over an alleged land scam, Chhattisgarh`s Health Minister filed a cr...

Chhattisgarh Minister files defamation suit against two Congressmen


Under attack from Opposition on over an alleged land scam, Chhattisgarh`s Health Minister Amar Agraw...

Govt to empanel 70 new hospitals, labs in CGHS; may lower rates


Beneficiaries under the Central Government Health Scheme will soon have many more healthcare service...

7 national nodal centres for strengthening nursing school: Azad


The government has identified seven national nodal centres for strengthening nursing school, Health ...

Pentagon seeks $526 bn for 2014


US President Barack Obama has proposed a USD 526.6 billion base budget for the country`s defence dep...

Rs 280 crore sanctioned for NEIGRIHMS: Azad


The Centre has sanctioned Rs 280 crore for setting up of an undergraduate MBBS medical college, a nu...

Michelle Obama’s fitness mantra: Keep moving, be healthy


Welcoming thousands of people in the White House lawns, she said: "Overall, we want you guys to have...

`Mandela now breathing without difficulty`


Nelson Mandela was breathing without difficulty, South Africa`s presidency said Saturday, as he spen...

Nearly two lakh pregnant women get benefits of Central scheme


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday said nearly two lakh women and over 20,000 children hav...

Kejriwal fasts for fifth day, health deteriorates


AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal`s indefinite fast against "inflated" power bills entered the fifth day to...

ASHA workers stage protest over remuneration


Accredited Social Health Activists staged a protest after a meeting held by Naveen Patnaik.

WB Health Service Amendment Bill, 2013 passed


The West Bengal Assembly passed State Health Service Amendment Bill, 2013, aimed to provide incentiv...

Parl panel objects to rural healthcare course


A Parliamentary Committee has opposed introduction of an undergraduate community health course to cr...

Centre releases Rs 6.28 crore for Amarnath Yatra


The union ministry for health and family welfare has released Rs.6.28 crore to the Jammu and Kashmir...

Mandela`s memory fading, says close friend


Nelson Mandela, South Africa`s former president and the anti-apartheid hero who returned home after ...

AP government shuts down 42 sex determination centres


Andhra Pradesh government shut down 42 sex determination centres to check declining child sex ratio ...

Haryana taking steps to check spread of swine flu; toll 38


Haryana Government is taking effective steps to check spread of swine flu in the state, where 38 per...

Indians deficient in Vitamin D


Despite ample sunlight, people in India are deficient in Vitamin D which is leading to problems like...

83,000 toxic chemicals pose unknown threats


Some 83,000 synthetic chemicals circulate freely in water, soil, air, wildlife, food and manufacture...

Campaign to reduce maternal deaths in Karnataka


Obstetricians and gynecologists joined hands with US-based international non-profit organisation Pro...

Foreign doctors in NHS hospitals must speak English: UK govt


From April, foreign doctors wanting to treat patients in UK hospitals run by the National Health Ser...

Mexico decrees health emergency for avian flu


Mexican authorities decreed a health emergency due to an outbreak of avian flu in the central state ...

Big protests in Spain against health care reforms


Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of 16 Spanish cities today to protest plans t...

Minister faces protest over police action at Bhojshala


Mahendra Hardia faced the wrath of locals when he arrived at a hospital to meet those injured in the...

Government proposes changes in law governing MCI


Government will now be empowered to remove the President or other office-bearers of Medical Council ...

Compulsory health certificate must for Amarnath pilgrims: SASB


Pilgrims to the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas will have to submit a compulsory hea...

MP govt calls for alertness about swine flu


Madhya Pradesh Health Department has issued directives to the district collectors and chief medical ...

Sonia launches universal child health screening service


Congress President Sonia Gandhi launched a national health programme in Palghar, a tribal block in M...

PHC inspector arrested for raping four-yr-old girl


A Primary Health Care inspector was arrested at Kullampatty village for allegedly raping a four-year...

Drug Controller to finalise compensation for death, injury in clinical trials


Pharmaceutical firms conducting clinical trial of drugs in India will no longer be able to get away ...

Most research chimps should be retired: US panel


Chimpanzees, who have served an important role in advancing human health in the past, will no longer...

Health sector is priority of J&K govt: Deputy CM


Recognising that health sector is priority area for the state government, J&K Deputy Chief Minister ...

NRHM scam: Kushwaha, nine others produced in special CBI court


Babu Singh Kushwaha and nine other accused in the multi-crore rupee NRHM scam in UP state were prod...

Army launches helpline for ex-servicemen at Northern Command


Army has launched a special helpline number for ex-servicemen of Udhampur-based Northern Command in ...

Sonia to launch health programme in Thane on Feb 6


Congress President Sonia Gandhi will launch a health scheme on February 6 under a series of programm...

Five arrested for selling govt drugs in open market


Five persons, including a store keeper of ex-serviceman`s contributory health scheme (ECHS) poly cli...

`Robust institutional efforts needed to curb skewed child sex ratio`


Measures to curb the declining child sex ratio in the country should be further anchored in robust i...

Venezuela delays Chavez inauguration over health woes


Worsening health condition of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has prevented him to return home in t...

US State Dept gifts Hillary `football helmet`


US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned to office on Monday and besides receiving a grand sta...

President Hugo Chavez `stable`: Venezuela Govt


Chavez is in a "stable situation" in a Cuban hospital receiving treatment due to an infection, his g...

Malala`s friends jubilant at her recovery


Malala was shot by a Taliban assassin as she took a bus home from school in Pakistan`s northwest Swa...

Nelson Mandela has recovered: Presidency


South Africa`s former president Nelson Mandela, who was hospitalized for almost three weeks last mon...

Chavez aware of his `complex state`: Venezuelan VP


Seeking to diffuse speculations about Chavez’s health, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in a telev...