In a shocking development, a 12 year old girl student died and 27 others were hospitalized after being administered a shot of Rubella vaccine in Sri Lanka's Matara district.

The girl, Piyasala Hansani, died at his school St. Thomas' Girls School, about 160 km south of the capital Colombo.

It can be recalled that nearly 300 students of the school were given vaccine after which some students had fallen ill and were admitted to the hospital.

Government has been accused of encouraging promiscuity after launching a new campaign called ‘Condom confidence boosts women’s sex appeal’ to encourage young women to carry condoms.

The publicity drive, launched by health secretary Dawn Primarolo, is targeting women in their late teens and early 20s.

It also advises young women that “new research… reveals that women who take control in the bedroom by demanding safe sex are more attractive to English men”.

B. C. new legislation prohibits smoking in the presence of children under 16. The new law will come into effect on World Health Day, April 7. The new law will allow police to stop any vehicle on suspicion of smoking in the presence of children and charge $109 fine if found guilty. Anyone refusing to pay fine will not be issued both a driver's licence and insurance. Parents are applauding this effort of government to protect children from danger of second hand smoke.

Recent study revealed that 695,000 living Canadians were diagnosed with an invasive cancer over a 10-year period ending at the beginning of January 2005. The study concluded that although cancer rates are increasing but it is also a fact that survival rates are improving.

Study by Statistics Canada reveled that the most prevalent cancer in women was breast cancer and prostate cancer in men followed by colorectal cancer. 40% cancer cases are due to breast cancer and 38.2% men were diagnosed prostate cancer.

In Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), blood clot is formed in the vein. DVT can be deadly if the clot travels to lung or brain. Data collected by medical experts estimate that DVT takes more lives than AIDS, breast cancer, prostrate cancer and road accidents put together.

Apollo Hospitals has launched a programme to spread awareness about Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT).

Senior consultant vascular surgeon Dr V Balaji said: "DVT occurs usually in legs without any visible symptoms and is difficult to detect and is not always recognised as having been the cause of death."

To make people aware regarding the implications of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Apollo Hospitals has launched a programme in Chennai.

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is a potentially lethal blood clot, which forms in a vein deep in the body. Such clots occur when blood turns thick and clumps together.

Most deep vein blood clots take place in the lower leg or thigh. Moreover, they can also occur in other body parts.