A five-member team of Ministry of Health arrived in Assam’s Baksa region and started its investigation following administration of measles vaccines that is suspected to have resulted into death of four infants.

The State government, however, said no to the allegations that the infants’ deaths were caused because of botched vaccines.

The government declared ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh to parent of each of the four babies, who died after receiving the vaccines in four different villages under Nimua Public Health Centre of the district.

Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, State Health Minister, said that the government was sure that deaths had not been caused by measles vaccines given to them.

According to a new study published in Human Reproduction, women who were severely depressed during early pregnancy were twice as likely to have a preterm delivery. The worse the depression the greater was the risk of giving birth prematurely, the leading cause of infant mortality.

Spa is very beneficial for the aching muscles. Snake spa is the recent addition in the long list of various types of beauty and health spas available around the world.

Junk food and busy lifestyles are the main culprits behind obesity epidemic. Food should be eaten slowly but people don’t have time to sit down and have food properly.

A federal health panel has suggested pneumonia vaccine for smokers due to high risk of the disease for them. The recommendations of the panel are likely to be accepted by the CDC.

The vaccination program would include smokers in the age group of 19 to 64.

Statistical data indicates that smokers are about four times more prone to pneumococcal disease than nonsmokers.

According to CDC spokesman Curtis Allen, nearly one-fifth of U.S. adults smoke cigarettes. Allen said.