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 …
Costa Rica becomes the 5th country in the world to approve the Sanofi Pasteur's tetravalent dengue vaccine after witnessing a 500% increase in dengue incidence in 2016 compared to last year's numbers. The approval in Costa Rica is the fourth registration of the dengue vaccine in Latin America, and the …
European scientists announced today they had discovered antibodies which attack Zika, a step they hope will pave the way for a protective vaccine against the brain-damaging virus. The antibodies—frontline soldiers in the immune system—“efficiently neutralise” Zika in human cells in lab dishes, and are also effective against its cousin virus …
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least a third of hospitals in developing nations do not have clean running water, a study has found, leading to unsanitary conditions and further spread of disease in drought-hit areas. The study examined 430 hospitals in developing countries and found that one third of …
To fund unique project in all institutions in Chandigarh, Hyderabad in country’s first such experiment With childhood obesity rising, the health research wing of the government is toying with the idea of promoting fit and trim schools by piloting a framework for their accreditation on health-related indicators. In what will …
Thiruvananthapuram: The state has decided to incorporate all the projects in the health sector under the United Nations sustainable development programme. Health minister K K Shylaja said that according to the sustainable development programme the third programme is the development of health sector. Since 2015 all the health policies of …
The first Phase-1 human clinical trial of a vaccine for the Zika virus is set to begin in the coming weeks, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) green-lighting it. The DNA vaccine (GLS-5700) developed by the U.S-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals and GeneOne Life Science, South Korea, has already been …
Pune: Pollution levels in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar may be among the worst, but Maharashtra is also among the states where the air quality is horrendous and responsible for people's deaths. Closer home in Pune, experts said dust, vehicular emissions and industrial emissions are mostly responsible for …
A recent survey has revealed that the quality of indoor air in Gurgaon is poor. The survey was conducted by Artemis Hospital under the Clean Air India Movement. As many as 628 people across offices and houses in Gurgaon were covered. While the offices belonged to the automobile, information technology …
Indications have emerged that ECOWAS countries may have started considering taking a giant stride to adopt the issues of regional harmonized low sulphur fuels by 2020. This came to fore last week in Abuja during the last ministerial regional summit, where the UNEP Programme Management Officer, Jane Akomu dropped the …
The number of deaths in India during childbirth accounts for 17 per cent of such deaths globally Nearly five women die every hour in India from complications developed during childbirth, with heavy blood loss caused by haemorrhage being a major factor, WHO has said. Nearly 45,000 mothers die due to …
In a bid to check the increasing air pollution in the Bihar capital, the government has banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles from the roads from Wednesday. "We have banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles from the roads from June 15 as announced by the state government to control air pollution," district transport official …
After a lot of soul-searching and odds and evens, Delhi has managed to remove itself from the dubious distinction of being the most polluted city in the world. But India has nothing to feel proud about. Four Indian cities – Gwalior (2), Allahabad (3), Patna (6) and Raipur (7) – …
UN Agency Downgrades Cancer Risk Of Beverage, Says May Lower Danger At `Normal Temp' Next time when you pick up your cup of coffee or tea, watch out for the temperature. Drinking very hot beverages can cause cancer of the oesophagus, the cancer research agency of the World Health Organisation …
Diseases of the heart and of the lung remain the bane of India's disease burden, being the top two causes of the deaths, respectively as shown by the recently released WHO World Health Statistics Report, 2016. Ischemic heart Disease (IHD) killed 1215400 people in 2012, 12.4 per cent of total …
The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is a "very low risk" of Zika virus spreading globally as a result of holding the Olympics in Brazil. There is no need to move the Olympics from Rio de Janeiro, or to postpone or cancel them, WHO experts said. The WHO reaffirmed …
Gurgaon: High air pollution levels in the city have been generally associated with winters. But of late, the air quality continues to be poor even during summer - so much so that PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels, the markers of air quality index, have breached the 200 mark in …
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Every five minutes, at least one Indian woman dies during pregnancy and child birth, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday. According to WHO, of the 529,000 maternal deaths occurring every year, 136,000 or 25.7 per cent take place in India. "In fact, two-thirds of maternal …
Ahmedabad: A new study has started ringing alarm bells for Gujarat cities. The uncontrolled exploitation of the air we breathe and lost green cover is reducing life expectancy in the state by between 2.9 and 3.2 years, the study 'Premature mortality in India due to PM2.5 and ozone exposure' has …
Pune: Delhi might be paying the steepest price for its air pollution with life expectancy dropping by 6.4 years while Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are likely to account for the highest number of premature deaths in India, a study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology has revealed. Conducted by …
Thrissur: Union minister of state for Ayush Shripad Naik on Monday said that the Centre has signed an MoU with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to make India's traditional systems of medicine part of all WHO programmes. Talking to reporters here, the minister said the programmes will cover both the …
