Washington, October 26: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg has strongly come ahead in favour of the passing of the new Senate bill that would equip her agency with novel means to perk up food safety.
Washington, September 8 -- The health care reforms bill is the centre of attraction again as Congressional Democrats are all set to make another attempt to gather some Republican support for the plan.
New York, August 22: In an endeavor to crack the whip on erring companies that market pain relief ointments containing ibuprofen illegitimately, the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. issued stringent warning asking companies that do not have a federal approval to refrain from such activities.
New Delhi, July 25: The ever increasing nuisance caused by false and bogus drugs has caught the attention of the government finally.
New Delhi, July 2: In a momentous judgment, the Delhi High Court legalized sexual activity between members of the same sex, provided the adults involved in the intercourse consent to it.
Delhi, June 17: Agitated by the trend of some private hospitals employing unregistered medical practitioners as regular doctors, a local court held Tuesday that such ongoing practices must be checked.
Ahmedabad, June 3: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has asked a city doctor to dish out 2.5 lakh to the mother of a deceased patient as compensation for gross medical negligence.
New Delhi, May 26: In a decision that will benefit the senior citizens, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has asked insurers to allow entry of customers up to 65 years of age under all health policies.
New Delhi, May 14: Delhi’s Indraprashtha Apollo Hospital has been asked by the State Consumer Commission to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the kin of a man who died due to inordinate delay in his treatment nearly six years ago.
The epidemic of swine flu is threatening to turn into a pandemic. Here's how the world is coping.
Having already claimed lives of over 159 people in Mexico and infected nearly a dozen others in the U.S., swine flu has become a cause of grave concern for human race.
