70 school kids hospitalised after food poisoning

About 70 school children were hospitalised near Delhi on Wednesday following food poisoning. Doctors and officials suspect either the daily mid-day meal they were served in the school or jatropha fruits could have caused the illness. "Children of the Government Primary...

Medics Fighting Tide of Cholera, Other Flood-Borne Diseases in South Asia

"Medics in Bangladesh battled outbreaks of diarrhoea and cholera Friday as international aid began to flow in South Asia to help millions lacking water and food after the worst floods in decades. The death toll was well above 2,000 on Friday with 16 more deaths reported in...

Tuskeegee Redux

"HIV positive children and their loved ones have few rights if they choose to battle with social work authorities in New York City. Jacklyn Hoerger’s job was to treat children with HIV at a New York children’s home. But nobody had told her that the drugs she was...

Breast-feeding has no impact on intelligence

"LONDON (Reuters) - Breast-feeding has no impact on a child's intelligence, according to research published on Wednesday. Although breast-feeding has many advantages for children including reducing infections, respiratory illnesses and diarrhoea, enhancing a child's...