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 …
In an example of just how bad air pollution has gotten in parts of China, and why authorities there are incentivizing electric vehicles so aggressively (both personal vehicles and public transit vehicles), a smog “Red Alert” was recently issued in 24 major cities across the northeastern part of the country. …
Luanda - Angola on Friday declared the end of a yellow fever outbreak that killed at least 400 people, after an emergency United Nations vaccination campaign covering 25 million people. The outbreak erupted in December last year in the slums of the capital Luanda, spreading to 16 of Angola's 18 …
China's courts will widen the range of offences that constitute "environmental crimes" to make it easier to take legal action against polluters, a senior judiciary official told a news briefing on Monday. The new rules could allow prosecutors to take on persistent offenders in northern China's Hebei province, which was …
Scientists said on Wednesday that they have solved the mystery of how a major smog component, known as sulfate, forms during heavy pollution. The study, published in the US journal Science Advances, identified reactive nitrogen chemistry and water particles in the air as the two key elements, suggesting that reducing …
Students explain how their device works when connected to the engine of a vehicle Four mechanical engineering students from Nashik have invented a device which is an indicator for the vehicle driver about excessive pollutant levels, while driving. The third year students of Sandip Polytechnic — Vikas Sonawane, Akash Thete, …
The Texas health authority advised people to protect themselves from mosquito bites Health officials in the US state of Texas say they have recorded the first case of the Zika virus transmitted by a local mosquito. Up until now, all Zika cases in Texas have been contracted while travelling. The …
A new study reveals that air pollution has found to have traces of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which cannot be treated by common antibiotics. Scientists warned that these bacteria are causing some viruses untreatable. The study was printed in the journal Microbiome. It was led by researchers from the University of Gothenburg …
Khartoum — On the occasion of the World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its latest bulletin that one third of the Sudanese people have access to improved sanitation. The international NGO Save the Children is phasing out its …
GURGAON: City doctors, along with traffic cops and officials of public health and Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) have launched an anti-pollution campaign "Gurgaon Against Pollution - Let's Fight Back". Launched on the occasion of World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day, the campaign will roll out an online …
Sixty health officials from northern Kerala have undergone a two-day training in the ‘daily drug regime’ organised by the State Tuberculosis Cell in the city. The training, concluded on Thursday, was part of the Union government’s decision to roll out the Fixed Drug Combination (FDC) protocol to fight tuberculosis, replacing …
MUMBAI: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines arm of Sanofi, announced the launch of an innovative ready-to-use fully liquid 6-in-1 vaccine, Hexaxim, in India. The vaccine, indicated for primary and booster vaccination of infants and toddlers from six weeks to 24 months of age, provides protection against six major childhood diseases - …
Delhi, Faridabad and Varanasi have the poorest air quality among the 32 Indian cities which are connected to the web-based system National Air Quality Index Portal. Howrah, Nashik and Durgapur had the cleanest air. Average AQI for the period Nov 2015 to October 2016 was released for these cities by …
Almost nine out of 10 European city dwellers breathe air that is harmful to their health, though the continent's air quality is slowly improving, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said today. Air pollution remains the single largest environmental cause of premature death in urban Europe, and was linked to around …
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that Andhra Pradesh will be the first state to implement such a scheme. The Andhra Pradesh government plans to introduce a family health insurance scheme in the state from January 1. A family can avail of the scheme by paying Rs 100 premium per …
China has actually undertaken far-reaching and difficult measures to ensure that the worst is over At Rwanda, India to help seal global climate deal on refrigeration gases Delhi’s smog may have made national headlines in early November 2016–when air-quality levels exceeded by 40 times safe limits set by the World …
The prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is unexpectedly high in eight West African countries, research by the West African Network of Excellence for TB, AIDS and Malaria (WANETAM) has revealed. According to the research published in the open access journal, BMC Medicine, MDR-TB could become a serious public health threat …
With Delhi and many other cities grappling with increasing pollution, the European Union has offered its best technical expertise to help India combat deteriorating air quality. Under the initiative, the EU will initially launch a project in three cities in January to help authorities come out with effective measures to …
Pneumonia is responsible for about 20% of deaths among children aged 5 or below, said Dr M Venkatachalapathy, president, Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), Bangalore, on Thursday. Bacterial pneumonia can lead to meningitis, septicemia and in some cases, death. Inadequate immunization, lack of nutrition, pollution and overcrowding are the risk …
The nation is third among countries with the largest pictorial warning on tobacco products, according to a report released India is third among countries with the largest pictorial warning on tobacco products, according to a report released. The report said that India has moved to the third position out of …
Patna: Patna witnessed Delhi-like smog on Tuesday, triggering a pollution alarm in the state capital, which had been ranked the sixth most polluted city in the world and third most in the country by World Health Organisation (WHO) in May this year. Most factors behind the haze in Delhi are …
