The rumors of children contracting fever and vomiting after being given polio drops spread wave of panic among the parents who got their children administered with polio drops on Sunday. Thousands of parents and their children protested outside hospitals in Bangalore.

Police officials said that nobody had fallen ill from the vaccine and filed a complaint against a local TV station, saying it helped spread panic following the rumors of children contracting fever and vomiting.

Spinal muscular atrophy is the most common cause of childhood death caused by a genetic mutation. This disease has no cure, and affects the nerves in an area of the spinal cord, breaking the link between brain and the muscles, meaning they can't be used and become wasted or atrophied.

Doctors in Toronto have developed a new technique to repair a damaged set of lungs that would normally be unsuitable for donation. Doctors believe that this method will help in saving lives of many people who die waiting for lung transplant.

Alberta's health ministry is trying hard to reform its health care system. Sources confirmed that the health ministry has already spent $1.3 billion more than budget this year. Health Minister Ron Liepert has already made some changes in the existing health care system but the most significant changes are yet to come, but are outlined in a document that was released on the Health Department's website in mid-December.

Some pet owners assume that fur of their pets is enough to keep them safe from the cold weather. BC SPCA urged pet owners to make proper arrangements to save their pets from cold weather.

Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA said that because we live in a milder part of the province, we often don't think about the serious risks that cold weather poses to our pets.

During the culling and moping operations, 4 culling members have come down with influenza-like symptoms in Malda last evening. One of them, Mohd Ellius (40) from satgharia was in a very serious condition. He had high fever and breathing problem, so he was admitted to the isolation ward and kept under observation. Chief medical officer of health (CMOH) Srikanta Roy said, “He does not have respiratory problem or influenza symptom so far. But we have kept him in the isolation ward for observations.”