WHO published its World health statistics report 2025, revealing the deeper health impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on loss of lives, longevity and overall health and well-being. In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years—the largest drop in recent history— reversing a …
NEW DELHI, 22 JULY: Smokers in Delhi seem the least interested in kicking the killer habit. A new analysis of the tobacco burden in the northern Indian states says attempts to quit by cigarette smokers in Delhi have been the least as compared to any other state in the region. …
Replies sought by January 14, on health hazards in residential areas. The Centre and the city Government were on Monday directed by the Delhi High Court to respond to a plea for a ban on high frequency radio mobile phone towers in residential areas as its radiation causes health hazards. …
Bathinda: Low to very high traces of uranium were detected in water samples taken from tubewells in 43 villages in Bhagta Bhai Ke, Mour, Nathana, Phul and Rampura blocks of the district. The samples, taken by a government lab, were analysed by the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. High …
KOLKATA, 17 JULY: Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), a nationwide survey on tobacco users, conducted by the Central Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the help of World Health Organisation (WHO) covering a population of 69,000 in India, said 10 lakh people die every year in India due to …
Earlier, many nursing mothers inIndia breastfed their babies for a longer period of time. But with changing times, women have begun weaning babies off breast milk much earlier. Data from the National Family Health Survey 3 report indicates that many mothers stop exclusive breastfeeding prematurely, with only 69% infants less …
Desert sand, sea salt, volcanic ash and other forms of natural pollution are adding to rising levels of man-made dirt sullying the air and making it harder, especially for Mediterranean countries, to meet EU environmental regulations. A report released this week from EU body the European Environment Agency (EEA) found …
The government and the MCI dither on a proposed course to provide better primary health care in villages. On February 27, the Delhi High Court slapped contempt notices on the Union Health Secretary and the Chairperson of the Medical Council of India (MCI) for their non-compliance with its order of …
Two cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have been detected in Surin following an outbreak in Cambodia which borders the northeastern province. Deputy Public Health Minister Surawit Khonsomboon yesterday visited two children at Surin Hospital after they developed HFMD symptoms. Doctors found the children were not in a …
Uncontrolled medical treatment in Asia and Africa costs lives and money. David Peters and Gerald Bloom call for governments, firms and citizen groups to get involved.
The camera pans in. The grins of smiling school children fill the frame. An enthusiastic teacher, played by a famous Bollywood actress, sits in the centre. The scene is a "remote picturesque setting". And all are munching happily on Domino's Pizza. The advert is typical of the marketing bombardment now …
About 68 percent of households in Balochistan are exposed to food insecurity, of them 18 percent are food insecure with hunger and 11.5 percent are food insecure with hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity situation in the province. This was stated by the health experts and other speakers during inaugural session …
Cambodia: Health experts working to identify an illness that has killed dozens of children in Cambodia found a link to a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease, the UN health agency said Monday. At least 52 children aged three months to 11 years have died from the undiagnosed …
Amid growing concerns over alarmingly high number of deaths during drug trials in India, new data revealed that of all the clinical trials conducted globally until now, only 1.5 per cent happened in India. But a lower share in the global drug trial component has not resulted in lesser mortality …
The government will be analysing mortality figures during drug trials in India following WHO data showing that 2,031 people died between 2008 and 2011 in such trials in the country. That amounts to about 10 people per week, or more than one person a day. At the same time, the …
Six months after reports came in of ‘totally drug resistant tuberculosis (TDR TB)’ from Mumbai, a “salvage regimen” for the disease has found positive response among several victims. The news of the drug-resistant TB had alarmed experts, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), and this new treatment could demolish apprehensions …
Health officials investigating an unexplained disease outbreak that has killed more than 50 children in Cambodia say they have detected the presence of a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease. But they stressed the investigations were ongoing, with other illnesses, including dengue, also associated with some of the …
Health workers are trying to determine whether a mixture of known diseases or something new is responsible for killing more than 60 children in Cambodia over the past three months, a World Health Organization expert said. Sponsored Links The mystery disease has killed 61 of 62 children hospitalized since April, …
The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) on Wednesday said the exposure limit of radiation due to mobile phone towers in the city is safely below permissible limits as per international standards. In its latest report, the World Health Organisation has classified radio frequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to …
Eating fruits and vegetables every day can reduce your risk of developing heart disease by 20 percent, a World Health Organization (WHO) study showed. Death rates from heart disease are twice as high among people who eat diets high in saturated fat, trans fats and salt such as junk food, …
The Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) Elimination Initiative in the Indian subcontinent was launched in 2005 as a joint effort between the governments in the Region (India, Nepal and Bangladesh) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The objective is to reduce the annual VL incidence below 1/10,000 inhabitants by 2015 based on …
