A non-profit group raised an issue regarding the deaths of 49 children during clinical trials of new medicines in AIIMS during the last two-and -a-half years. This group believes that the children enrolled for the clinical tests were from poor families. The Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups had sought information about the trials through a freedom-of-information request.

The hospital denied that children involved in the trails had poor socio-economic background. Moreover the children enrolled for the trials represented the "prevailing mix" of patients treated at the premier institute AIIMS on Tuesday said that the drugs used in the trials were found safe in earlier studies and "not known" to have fatal complications.

The Public health officials of Canada linked 6 deaths to the bad quality of meat. The outbreak of a deadly bacterial disease is expected to come from tainted ready-to-eat meat produced by Maple Leaf Foods. The director-general of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating the matter.

Two people are found suffered from dangerous ailment Listeriosis. It is a sort of food poisoning which can adversely hit the elderly, newborns, pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions. The detectable symbols of disease are fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday discussed some points related to public health and medical facilities during a function. He laid the foundation stone of Jorhat Medical College at Jorhat in Assam. He also flagged off a Mobile Medical Unit in the first day of his two-day visit to Assam. He appreciated the efforts of the state government. He congratulated the state Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for his valuable efforts to set up a medical college in Assam. He hoped that the vision of CM to open three medical colleges will materialize soon.

Amitabh Bachchan, who is considered to be the “God” of bollywood industry, might be busy performing in Britain in the ‘Unforgettable Tour’, but still the superstar took time to undergo a diabetes test in Leicester, just to support the cause of health awareness.

A life of a girl was saved from marrying a HIV+ man, when he was tested positive for the test just before the days of their marriage at Chinnamanur in Theni district. This simple rule has been made mandatory by the govt. under which the couple has to undergo an HIV detection test just before they are about to get married, if they want to hold marriage in some marriage hall.

This marriage of 21-year old Autorickshaw driver, which was scheduled to be held on Thursday, at the Chinnamanur Maravar makkal (Community) Mandapam, was called off since the boy was detected with HIV+.