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The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) would introduce health service schemes for workers in three north-eastern states, union Minister of state for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya said.

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In a bid to ensure that children left out of routine immunization drive get vaccinated, the union health ministry launched the second part of Mission Indradhanush, its flagship vaccination programme.

An Indian woman has been fined $400 ($260 US) for bringing cow urine into New Zealand, a media report said.

Researchers have designed and synthesised a nanometer-scale DNA "machine" that can make the process of detecting the antibodies that can help with the diagnosis of infectious and auto-immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and HIV much cheaper.

A new research suggests that replacing sitting desks with sit-stand desks at offices could offer a cost-effective and sustainable approach to fight  obesity. The study was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

A new study has found that knowing people who enjoy comparatively higher status may be detrimental to your mental health.  The findings appeared in the journal Social Science and Medicine.

While exercise is good for everyone, it is also a well known fact that some struggle more than others, suggested a recent study by researchers at Lund University. The researchers studied the effects of exercise in people with increased risk of type 2 diabetes caused by being immediately related to someone with the disease. The study is published in Journal of Applied Physiology.

Allergan plc,, a leading global pharmaceutical company, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Juvederm Ultra XC for injection into the lips and perioral area for lip augmentation in adults over the age of 21.

The union cabinet approved the setting up of three new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in as many states.