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 …
India's top environmental court on Monday ordered authorities to remove all diesel vehicles at least 10 years old off the capital city's streets in a bid to help clean New Delhi's polluted air. The ruling is the latest in a series of court-issued orders targeting the automotive industry's role in …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has already banned the plying of diesel auto-rickshaws because they create excessive air pollution with poisonous smoke emitting from them. However, the Punjab Government has failed to do their bit in encouraging auto-rickshaws to operate by using compressed natural gas (CNG). In the absence …
Jaipur: In the wake of rains lashing the state, the risk of mosquito-borne diseases is looming large. At least 70 areas in different blocks of the state are at high risk for spread of dengue as they have more than 10% houses infested with dengue mosquito larvae. A health department …
Not long ago the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) banned use of potassium bromate as food additive in wake of a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study flagging their harmful effects on health, including causing cancer. Yet, the buck doesn't stop here, it is said that …
Jaipur: In a notification on the website of the state health department earlier this month, Rajasthan announced a reward of Rs 200 mobile recharge to anyone who informs the government of a maternal death. The toll free 104 number could be used for the purpose, or the government could be …
Climate change is likely to kill 250,000 more people each year by 2030, latest assessment by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows. Most of these deaths will be caused from malaria, diarrhoeal disease, heat stress and malnutrition. India, which already has a high burden of these diseases, is expected to …
KARACHI: Despite growing global concerns over air pollution and the fact that Karachi has been declared the fifth most polluted city in a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released early this year, the government seems to be in no hurry to re-start environmental monitoring stations that have remained idle for …
Analyzing patterns of calls in Pakistan's Punjab region, the researchers forecast suspected dengue cases up to two weeks ahead of time with block-by-block accuracy, the researchers said in a study published in the journal Science Advances. Dengue infections have increased dramatically over recent decades, making the virus the world's fastest-spreading …
Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches Aids or tuberculosis, research in the Lancet suggests. The report estimates that hepatitis infections and their complications led to 1.45m deaths in 2013 - despite the existence of vaccines and treatments. World Health …
PIL Wants Info From Each Of 3 Centres The Supreme Court has issued notices to the health ministry , the department of biotechnology and the Christian Medical College, Vellore, on a public interest petition demanding that detailed data of clinical trials on anti-diarrhoea vaccine Rotavac be made public. The trials, …
Punjab is neither eating, nor living healthy. One-third of it is leading a sedentary life, two-third is obese and overweight, 41 per cent is suffering from hypertension and 87 per cent is taking more daily salt than prescribed. These are some of the startling findings from the maiden survey of …
Lung-penetrating dust from coal-fired power plants in the European Union claims some 23,000 lives a year and racks up tens of billions of euros in health costs, an NGO report said Tuesday. Even as the bloc shifts towards renewable sources like wind and Sun energy, coal still accounted for 18 …
In May 2010, 192 Member States endorsed Resolution WHA63.14 to restrict the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverage products high in saturated fats, trans fatty acids, free sugars and/or salt to children and adolescents globally. We examined the actions taken between 2010 and early 2016 – by civil society groups, …
NEW DELHI: It is fairly clear now that the Delhi government's road restriction scheme in April didn't bring any significant decrease in pollution levels. While a fortnight of limiting vehicles on the road might not have led to a permanent relief, what is worrying is that there is no urgency …
An estimated 6.5 million pre mature deaths in the world are linked to air pollution every year with more than half of them being reported from China and India together. India alone contributes 1.59 million deaths to this dismal statistic. The global number will increase significantly, touching 7.5 million in …
Luanda — THE deadly yellow fever continues claiming lives despite attempts to halt its spread. The disease has killed more than 70 people since it recently emanated from Angola. It has since spread to China, Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. As of June 13, the three countries had reported …
Arun Ganesh has just placed an order for a DIY air pollution monitoring kit worth Rs 5,000. Once assembled, the kit will measure the Bengaluru-based data analyst's exposure to air pollution at all times. Ganesh, who cycles to work, says he's not confident about the pollution control board's data as …
One may not realise it but noise pollution can be a serious threat to a child's physical and psychological health. This tends to reflect even in the child's behaviour, say experts. According to the World Health Organisation, noise beyond a point can interfere with speech and language."Repeated exposure to noise …
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday renewed his call to the Delhi government to make the gas-fired Bawana power plant fully operational so as to provide clean power to the capital, saying he had not received any satisfactory reply to his letter in this regard. "The 350 MW Badarpur …
Nothing alarming about vaccine-derived polio virus, says Union Health Minister “India continues to remain polio free. What has been found here is a vaccine-derived polio virus and not a wild strain. There is nothing to be alarmed as we are following all the protocols prescribed by the World Health Organisation …
