India to track toilet use with tablets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching a nationwide online programme to check whether people are using toilets as part of his cleanliness drive. From next month, officia...

Vaccination is the best protection against whooping cough

The CDC notes whooping cough most commonly affects infants and young children. It can be fatal especially for those under the age of one. Babies are more at risk because th...

Pediatrics study shows vaccine reminders with explanation increased visits

A little health literacy can go a long way, particularly when it is used to add context to a text message vaccine reminder. That?? one of the findings of a new study publis...

Jennifer Lawrence and More 'Mockingjay' Stars Lend Support to Ebola PSA

The cast of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay is using their star power for a good cause in a new PSA for the Ebola Survival Fund. Actor Jeffrey Wright, who plays the brilliant ...

India Will Meet Under-Five Mortality Rate Target Of 2015: Government

NEW DELHI: Belying concerns raised by several quarters, the government asserted that the country is well on course to meet the Millennium Development Goals of achieving the...

Salman Khan donates 300 lenses to the disabled

Salman Khan’s charity doings have always been an inspiration and here’s the latest donation from his Being Human kitty. The ever-giving actor was recently in Sr...

Pentavalent to replace traditional vaccination methods from Jan mid

In order to replace the traditional method of vaccination of newborn, the state health and family welfare department is all set to launch ??entavalent??vaccination in secon...

Looking Back With Concern- Health 2014

A Snapshot of Global Health- 2014

• Between 2000 and 2012, measles deaths worldwide have been cut by almost 80% ??from 56...
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