10,000 health workers stop polio in Somalia
Mar.26 : Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced today, calling it a ‘historic achievement’ in public health. Read the rest of this entry »
Contaminated ground water in Punjab causing DNA mutations in people
Nov 30 : Ground water in Punjab, India, has been contaminated to such an extent that it is now causing DNA to mutate in people who drink it, warns a research commissioned by the Read the rest of this entry »
Expert calls for urgent measures to halt AIDS epidemic in China
Nov 12 : An anti-AIDS expert in China has said that there is an urgent need for measures Read the rest of this entry »
Improving sanitation, sewerage can radically reduce cholera in developing world
Nov 10 : A recent study has found that improvement in sanitation and sewerage can Read the rest of this entry »
Language barrier leads to poor health care
Nov 2 : There are measurable disparities in the quality of care when patients and care Read the rest of this entry »
New danger in Africa: HIV-TB combined epidemic
Nov 2 : A deadly combination of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) is rapidly spreading in sub-Saharan Africa and has gone largely unnoticed so far. Read the rest of this entry »
Living near an airport may increase high blood pressure risk
Oct 31 : A new study has found that living near a noisy airport can increase the risk of high blood pressure. Read the rest of this entry »
Youth’s exposure to smokeless tobacco unaffected despite non-marketing agreement
Oct 5 : The Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) of 1998, which was designed to limit the marketing of smokeless tobacco to youth, has failed to generate the desired results, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia. Read the rest of this entry »
Childhood rubella vaccination may eradicate chronic eye disease
Sept 20 : A new research has revealed that childhood vaccination for the rubella virus can almost eradicate a chronic inflammatory eye disease called Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI). Read the rest of this entry »
Chronic fatigue syndrome and stomach virus linked
Washington, Sept 14: A research has revealed that there is a link between chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic enterovirus infection of the stomach Read the rest of this entry »