National Institute Of Health

Tunis/Cairo - Tunisians will not be allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage or Hajj because of fears of the H1N1 virus, known also as swine flu, the government announced Tuesday. No other country has yet said it would prevent its ...

Geneva - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said Tuesday it has started shipping vaccines against the A(H1N1) virus, better known as swine flu, to the United States. The company began sending doses last week from a production seed strain provided by the World ...

Hong Kong - One in 10 Hong Kong people suffering chronic pain have resorted to ancient painkilling cures such as drinking urine and eating insects, a survey published Tuesday claims. Around 90 per cent of the 227 rheumatoid arthritis sufferers questi...

New York - One per cent of American children suffer from autism or a related developmental disorder, a new study published Monday said. This is a significant issue that needs immediate attention, Dr. Ileana Arias, deputy director of the Centres for...

Stockholm - Researchers Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the US have won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine, it was announced in Stockholm on Monday. Their discoveries were important for knowledge about cancer, aging and inherite...