Topic: Contagious And Infectious Diseases

Now, get SMS alerts on tax dues

Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started SMS services to give information to the citizens on their tax dues and about the status of their...

Bangladesh anthrax cases spread

Bangladesh has put health officials on high alert after the number of people infected by anthrax in the north of country rose to more than 300. ....

Pregnant woman from Halol dies of H1N1

Swine flu claimed the 10th life in the city on Sunday since it resurfaced after the onset of monsoon. A 25-year-old seven-month pregnant woman, who...
An array of new mosquito repellents and lures may be possible following the discovery by researchers of a new set of sensors that the principal ...

Pet Food Linked To Salmonella Illness

Fido's food may be making kids sick, a government report warns, detailing the first known salmonella outbreak in humans, mostly young children ...

Salmonella Egg Recall Grows to 380M

Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in four states and possibly more, health officials said Wednesday as...
Questionable drug patents that put lives at risk are finally starting to get more scrutiny. The Public Patent Foundation (better known as PUBPAT)...
The first clinical trials on a new investigational drug being developed to treat infections caused by hepatitis C virus have been successfully...
In what is being described as the first judgment of its kind in the UK, a family was awarded nearly $140,000 after a medical assessment panel...
In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 "bird flu" virus in South East Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of...