Gandhinagar, July 30 (IANS) As many as 550 final year MBBS interns in various Gujarat hospitals who were supporting the resident doctors on indefinite strike since July 23 resume...More

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday renamed the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) as National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) an...More

Bhopal, July 30 (IANS) Junior doctors of five medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh returned to work Thursday, ending a strike that began 10 days ago for higher stipend and other dem...More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Indian health ministry Wednesday asked educational institutes not to shut but take preventive measures to control the swine flu spread as 23 new case...More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Indian health ministry Wednesday asked educational institutes not to shut but take preventive measures to control the swine flu spread and advised st...More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) A bill, which aims to ensure equal rights for HIV positive people in the country so that they don't face discrimination at work and at health care centre...More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Nearly 53,000 children in the country are HIV positive, with Tamil Nadu topping the list with new 2,650 cases, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the ...More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Hundreds of doctors in the national capital will be trained to handle chemical disaster before the Commonwealth Games next year. ...More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Here comes a medical helpline on the lines of the emergency 911 service in the US. Residents of south Delhi -- particularly the elderly -- will soon be a...More

Gandhinagar, July 29 (IANS) The Gujarat government Wednesday warned 600 resident doctors in government hospitals that their services would be terminated if they continued their st...More

Chennai, July 29 (IANS) Eight Chinese hospital equipment makers will showcase their products in the 'Medicall' hospital equipment exhibition, which will start here Friday, organis...More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Much like the emergency 911 services in the US, in another 10 days residents of south Delhi will be able to dial a helpline set up by the Indian Spinal I...More

Panaji, July 29 (IANS) More than 100 mine workers in the South Goa district have been infected with chikungunya, Health Minister Vishawajeet Rane said in the state assembly Wednes...More

Lucknow, July 29 (IANS) Out of the 136 fresh polio cases detected in the country, as many as 97 were in Uttar Pradesh this year, according to a new report. ...More

Ranchi, July 29 (IANS) The incidence of premarital sex among Jharkhand youths, particularly in tribal areas, is higher than the national average, says a study that also points to ...More