Mumbai: In a shocking study published in medical journal, The Lancet, scientists have found that one-third of malaria medicines in South East Asia and Africa are either fake or of poor quality. What is even worse is that a majority of these fake medicines are being manufactured in India and China. According to teh World Health Organisation (WHO), 2,500 people die worldwide every day of malaria. The Lancet study says ...
01:14 PM, May 24, 2012
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the new Malaria drug is efficacius and safe as its a synthetic moelcue there will be no problem in production too. ...
10:04 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai has seen a four-fold increase in rain-related diseases, while Municipal records show total apathy in health issues. ...
08:59 AM, Jul 08, 2011
New Delhi: India recorded 25 million cases of Malaria and 30,000 deaths in the year 2009 - according to the World Health Organisation. That's one tenth the number of cases worldwide. And now a bigger threat emerging is that of drug resistance. About ten years ago, the most commonly used anti-malaria drug Chloroquine, stopped working against the malaria parasite, forcing countries to switch to the second line of treatment, called ...
09:24 AM, Apr 25, 2011
Mosquito breeding if not kept under check, will lead to a spurt in cases of dengue, chikungunya and malaria. ...
08:42 AM, Apr 05, 2011
A global survey says the figure is 13 time higher than the official estimate. ...
10:46 AM, Oct 22, 2010
CJ Indur Chuggani used a forgotten law to book developers of a filthy construction site for negligently spreading disease in his locality. ...
09:39 PM, Oct 21, 2010
62-year-old Indur Chhugani turned Citizen Journalist to fight for his rights. ...
09:33 PM, Oct 21, 2010
Despite nearly 50 people falling victim to the disease, the government is still refraining from calling it epidemic. ...
09:31 AM, Sep 02, 2010
With more and more govindas going down with malaria every day, dahi handi celebrations in Mumbai face a crisis with most mandals struggling to get participants for human pyramids. ...
04:49 PM, Aug 21, 2010
Mumbai's two police hospitals and 12 clinics meant for the police force are struggling to cope with the huge number of patients. ...
04:18 PM, Aug 19, 2010
Malaria outbreaks in Mumbai, but the state government is shying away from calling it an epidemic. 17138 people have been found positive with malaria in Mumbai. ...
09:02 PM, Aug 03, 2010
There already have been 4000 cases of malaria in Mumbai and the doctors are already worried about this new trend of heart disorder. ...
11:54 AM, Aug 02, 2010
There are about 14000 positive cases of Malaria in Mumbai and now doctors are worried about this latest complication. ...
12:48 PM, Jul 30, 2010
Mumbai is coping with a malaria outbreak along with a spate of other monsoon-related diseases this season. ...
04:18 PM, Jul 11, 2010
Malaria is one of the biggest killer diseases in the world. ...
10:43 AM, Apr 07, 2010
There have been about six thousand reported cases of malaria in Mumbai this monsoon. ...
01:50 PM, Aug 05, 2008
New Delhi: After terminating cash-strapped Deccan Chargers from the Indian Premier League, the BCCI on Sunday began the process of finding a new team by floating tender notices for a fresh franchise. Under this invitation to tender, the winning bidder will be granted the right to own and operate a new team which will compete in the IPL in each year from and including 2013 onwards and will have the ...
09:47 AM, Jul 07, 2008
