Private sector's involvement in health care is essential, the West Bengal Chief Minister said. Mr Buddhadev Bhattacharya was speaking at the inaugural function of Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan's

Nutrient rich candies, fortified flour and booster doses for malnourished children are some of the forms of supplementary nutrition to be reviewed by a pilot project of the social welfare department.

In the backdrop of increasing cases of elephant poaching being reported, the US House of Representatives passed a Bill, HR 700, that would reauthorise the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, by

Twenty-four female patients of M R Bangur TB Sanatorium at Digri in Garbeta (West Bengal) became critical within minutes of taking a tablet-Ethambutal 400 mg-last morning.

Economic prosperity seems to have triggered increasing cases of deaths by elephants in south Bengal. Deaths because of man-elephant conflicts are on the rise in south Bengal.

It's a battle between Calcutta Municipal Corporation and groups involved in felling trees in Kolkata. Unfortunately, it appears that the latter is winning hands down.Even as the government started

Kala azar has been detected in six Sunderban villages. The West Bengal minister of state for health and family welfare, Mr Pratyush Mukherjee, said the World Health Organisation had recently reported

A path-breaking achievement has been made by doctors in a state run hospital in Kolkata's suburb. Here one can get the most nutrient-rich blood free of cost. The source of this blood is something our

Fifteen people have died of malaria in Kolkata and in rest of West Bengal this year, said Mr Pratyush Mukherjee, the state health minister said.

The School of Environment Studies of Jadavpur University has found arsenic contaminated water at Rajarhat and adjoining areas where West Bengal's biggest township project is coming