First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Health
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Singapore Sars case confirmed by US
US laboratory tests have confirmed that a Singapore medical researcher has severe acute respiratory syndrome, the world's first case in three months. Singapore reported the case last week after the
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Contaminated water kills 3 in MP
Three tribals, including a child, died and 15 others fell sick after consuming contaminated water in the forest near Daurani village in Pohri sub-division of Shivpuri district of Chhattisgarh.
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Prescribe anti-TB drugs only under new guidelines
After the failure of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme started in 1962, the Punjab government does not want to take any chances in the newly launched Revised National TB Control Programme
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Hong Kong's SARS case turns out to be false
The suspected case of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) reported from Hong Kong turned out to be a false alarm with two medical tests confirming that the woman suffering from fever had not
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Six fresh cases of diarrhoea
The fear of diarrhoea is not over yet. At least six fresh cases have been reported in Yamunanagar, Haryana. Even now, 56 persons are down with the disease in civil and ESI
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Canada ponders how best to stem west Nile spread
Canadian health officials are studying why the West Nile virus has proliferated in the Prairie province of Saskatchewan this year, and how best to prevent its spread in years to come, a prominent
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Drastic measures for normal health services
The Health Ministry (Sri Lanka) is to take drastic measures today to ensure normal services at Government hospitals amidst the proposed trade union action by the Health Services Trade Union Alliance
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Japanese encephalitis claims 11 in Kailali
Japanese encephalitis has claimed 11 lives, while more than five dozen remain afflicted in Kailali district (Nepal). According to information provided by District Public Health Office (DPHO) of
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Polio: Appeal by Muslim leaders
Clergymen headed by president of the All Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Lucknow, Maulana Sayyed Mohd Rabe Hasni Nadvi dispelled myths about polio vaccine. "Polio virus is being hunted down in
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Conjuctivitis affects large swathe of the population in Dang
Conjuctivitis, the eye infection that causes redness of the eyes, accompanied by itching has affected unprecedented numbers in Ghorahi district (Nepal) with people of all ages being