MEERUT - From 26 cases of polio in 2009 to none last year, Meerut district is a mirror of the cheering development taking place in polio-endemic Uttar Pradesh.

LONDON - A revolutionary light-emitting sticking plaster can help zap skin cancers.

NEW DELHI - Further research needs to be done to come up with an antidote to the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) that has claimed at least three lives in Gujarat, a senior health official has said.

MELBOURNE - The Australian taxpayers' money is being used to fund a guide on ways to inject, snort, and swallow cocaine and other party drugs.

NEW YORK - Tara Stile, who has reinvented what it means to practice yoga, is drawing flak from traditional practitioners for her unconventional approach.