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 …
KOLKATA: Reeling under the severest spell of dengue in over half a decade, Bengal is fighting another battle this year -the high fatality rate of the vector-borne disease. Till September 11 this year, provisional data released by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has reported 24 deaths from among …
BHUBANESWAR: Traffic related fatalities in the country have increased by 4.6 percent in 2015 resulting in the death of over two lakh persons. Quoting the figures from a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Claudia Adriazola, the Program Director (Road Safety) of World Resources Institute (WRI) said, WHO’s figures …
KOLKATA: In the past two-and-ahalf years, Kolkata's air qualified as 'good' only once for a fortnight in August 2015. In the 31 months between January 2014 and July 2016, there wasn't a single instance when the average monthly SPM count was below the permissible limit. Worse, it turned absolutely toxic …
The WHO on Thursday called for strengthening India’s disease surveillance network by engaging private healthcare sector more for reliable counts of cases of dengue and chikungunya, which have claimed over 80 lives and affected more than 50,000 people across the country. Terming engagement with private healthcare sector as “critical”, WHO …
A new study performed by researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in collaboration with researchers at the German Center for Diabetes Research, has revealed that common levels of air pollution in homes notably increase the risk of developing insulin resistance as a pre-diabetic state of type 2 diabetes. air-pollution-insulinWhat this means …
PUNE: Every Ganeshotsav, octogenarian Nana Puranik either stops stepping out of his apartment or goes out of the city to skirt the noise demon. Nana has undergone a bypass surgery and faces various ailments. His best bet during the festival is to visit his relatives in rural areas. He complains …
GENEVA/WASHINGTON – The World Health Organization on Tuesday toughened its advice on preventing the spread of Zika, saying anyone returning from areas hit by the virus should practice safe sex for six months afterward. The updated guidelines mean the U.N. health body’s recommendations regarding sexual transmission are now the same …
The World Health Organization today emphasized on need of enhancing and expanding quality life-saving interventions to all mothers, newborns and children across South-East Asia Region to end maternal, newborn and child deaths. Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region, Poonam Khetrapal Singh said, "Countries within the WHO South-East Asia Region …
In a bid to prevent health risks resulting from exposure to electronic junk, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has set up five e-waste collection centres in its areas. It has also initiated a door-to-door pickup service, which is being offered free of cost. The collection centres have come up …
The World Health Organization on Monday certified Sri Lanka as a malaria-free nation, in what it called a "truly remarkable" achievement. WHO regional director Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in a statement that Sri Lanka was among the most malaria-affected countries in the mid-20th century. WHO said Sri Lanka began an …
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of Africans at risk of malaria who live near dams will nearly double to 25 million by 2080 as areas where the disease is not currently present will become transmission zones due to climate change, researchers said on Monday. Without prevention measures, the …
In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August 24, 2016. In Kanpur, a man's sick son died on his shoulder after being denied admission to a hospital on August 29, 2016. Such cases become visible …
Official statistics may underestimate the size of the epidemic caused by Zika virus as some Zika cases may be misreported as dengue, say Brazilian researchers. The methodologies currently available to the public health system and private labs and hospitals may also produce false positives for dengue in patients with Zika …
Sushma Swaraj and John Kerry addressed a joint press interaction. The US said on Tuesday it intends to develop a dengue vaccine and start clinical trials to prevent "unnecessary" loss of lives due to the vector-borne disease, over 15,000 cases of which have already been reported in India this year. …
Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and said it expected more cases to be identified. All but seven of those infected had fully recovered, the Health Ministry and the National Environment Agency said in a statement on Sunday. The seven remain …
Climate change and the spread of invasive ragweed are set to double the number of seasonal allergy sufferers across Europe, with similar impacts likely in North America, researchers say. By mid-century, some 77 million people in Europe will be hit by hay fever misery, up from 33 million today, they …
Being obese or overweight may lead to eight more types of cancer than previously thought, new research has warned. The eight additional types of cancer identified are -stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, ovary , meningioma (a type of brain tumour), thyroid cancer and the blood cancer multiple myeloma. The findings …
The scientists warned that under-reporting of cases could be fuelling drug resistance — and have implications for patients across the globe. An assessment of nationwide sales of anti-tuberculosis drugs across the private sector suggests there were 2.2 million TB cases in India in 2014 — two to three times higher …
PUNE: Epidemic louse-borne typhus is suspected to be the cause of the fever outbreak in Shindewadi village in Pune district that killed two children and affected 90 others this month. Since the confirmatory test kit is not available in India, microbiologists from state-run B J Medical College attached Sassoon General …
The true impact of air pollution has been obscured by the failure to consider people’s exposure as they move around during the day, according to a new study that has mapped the hotspots of New York’s air pollution based on where people gather for work or recreation. The research cites …
