Washington  - The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that patients can sue drugmakers for failing to warn adequately of serious side effects, even if their warning labels were approved by the federal government, according to a landmark case that could expose the industry to billions of dollars in damages.

In a 6-3 decision, the court upheld a 7-million-dollar reward to a professional musician whose arm had to be amputated after she was improperly injected with Phenergan, an anti-nausea drug produced by pharmaceutical firm Wyeth.

Nebraska health officials said alfalfa sprouts are the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 24 people in Douglas County in eastern Nebraska and Iowa.

Sun Sprouts are locally grown sprouts distributed by CW Sprouts of Douglas County, Omaha which are sold at grocery stores and restaurants which have been linked to the outbreak. Infected people who were interviewed all had the common link of sprouts which made officials pinpoint them to be the likely cause.

In a shocking development, one more case of hepatitis has come to light in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat.

However, health authorities in the state are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that no other person dies due to this fatal viral disease.

With this the total number of people infected with hepatitis has gone up to 185 in the state, of which 56 have died.

The town of Modasa in North Gujarat district is considered to be the epicentre of this disease.

A new study conducted by an international team, led by Oxford University, revealed that consuming two glasses of milk daily can help people against memory loss and Alzheimer's disease in adulthood.

The researchers discovered that that milk, which is one of the best sources of Vitamin B12, lessens the neurological damage to the brain that can give rise to forms of dementia.

Additionally, the study also disclosed that old patients having low levels of B12 had twice the amount of brain shrinkage as compared to those with higher levels of the substance in their bodies.

Over 60 children in Batakwada Tad primary school in Santrampur taluka of Panchmahals region suffered from food poisoning after drinking milk provided to them under Gujarat government’s “Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana” on Tuesday.

Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana is a recently-launched tribal welfare programme.

The students started vomiting within minutes of consuming specially packed flavoured milk.

When some school teachers checked the pouches, they found insects in the milk pouches of ‘Doodh Sanjivani’.