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 …
Guinea is to be declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO), two years after the epidemic began there. Guineans are expected to celebrate the landmark with concerts and fireworks. The disease killed more than 2,500 people in the country and a further 9,000 in Sierra Leone and …
A swine flu outbreak in Iran has killed 112 people since mid-November and the country's first medical worker has died of the virus, media said on Monday. "About 1,190 people have been diagnosed with the (H1N1) virus and hospitalised" and "the death toll has reached 112", state news agency IRNA …
New Delhi: The future of improved air quality seems bleak as of now. For the residents of the national capital of India, there seems to be no respite from the choking, hazardous air pollution. Smog produced by the toxins and particulate matter in the air has taken over Delhi, damaging …
Soaring pollution levels, crippling floods, quivering Richter notes to scores of environment laws awaiting their implementation - this, in short, was India's environmental standing this year. As alarming as the climatic challenges posed to the nation have been, India is still found struggling to find the right laws to fight …
KOLKATA: The city has been dropped from the air quality index (AQI) carried out by the environment ministry due to an inefficient system and alleged non-cooperation from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board. AQI notifies the public about the declining air quali ty level of each city and what the …
India is devising a plan to combat smog in the capital New Delhi, the world`s most polluted city, two senior officials said, but the government is stopping short of targeting the powerful transport industry. Instead, the plan will call for enforcing bans on what some environmentalists regard as relatively minor …
Delhi Air Pollution, Air Pollution in Delhi Under the plan, the government will enforce a ban on burning garbage and tyres in Delhi and its three surrounding states; require that construction sites are covered with curtains; and clean road dust. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav) Government is devising a plan …
South Korea is to formally declare an end to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome health threat at midnight Wednesday, more than seven months after the first case was confirmed in the country, the government said. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said the decision follows guidelines set by the World …
KOLKATA: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the landmark judgment from the Chief Justice bench of the Supreme Court of India banning registration of luxury diesel cars and SUVs with engine size of 2,000 cc in the entire national capital region of Delhi till March, next year. …
THE H1N1 flu virus has become the major influenza strain in the city this winter and there has been a rise in the number of cases this month, officials from the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday. It is the first time the virus has been …
The Supreme Court of India ordered several transportation restrictions in the nation’s capital on Wednesday to help curb pollution, issuing a temporary ban on the registration of some diesel cars and setting a time frame for all taxis in the region to switch to compressed natural gas. The court halted …
Air pollution is responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 deaths annually in Delhi as it is the fifth leading cause of death in India, a report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today said. The publication 'Body Burden 2015: State of India's Health' released today also said that climate change …
Other than Delhi as many as fifteen of seventeen Indian cities showed levels of air pollution that far exceed the prescribed Indian standards, this as per a ranking of 17 cities covered by the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) which was released by Greenpeace (India) on Tuesday. “As the political …
A residents’ association in Ghaziabad has asked IIT-Delhi to conduct a detailed study of air polluting sources in this Delhi suburb in view of the deteriorating air quality in the National Capital Region. In a letter to IIT-Delhi, Col. Tejendra Pal Singh Tyagi (retd), president of the Apartment Owners’ Association …
The Delhi government may be targeting private vehicles to check rising air pollution levels, but a study by IIT-Kanpur shows that cars and jeeps contribute less than 10% of particulate matter while trucks are bigger culprits. A big contributor to Delhi's air pollution is road dust that accounts for about …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has explained a significant increase in the number of countries moving towards malaria elimination, with prevention efforts saving millions of dollars in healthcare costs over the past 14 years in many African countries. According to the "World Malaria Report 2015", released on Wednesday, more than …
Delhi was the hardest hit this year with 15,730 registered cases and 38 deaths. Punjab had 13731 cases and 18 deaths while Haryana came a close third at 8066 cases and 12 deaths. For a disease that can trigger a crippling fever, bring on muscle and joint pain and there …
The World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years, a UN spokesman said here. The report, entitled Health in 2015: from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals …
Pollutant levels in Delhi's air rose to five times the prescribed limit at various times during the day as the city continues to debate the state government’s measure cut down traffic on roads by half. Although the IMD attributed the sudden increase of pollutants in the air to calm winds …
Beijing: Authorities in Beijing have issued an air-pollution "red alert", the first time warning levels have been raised to the highest level since an emergency response system was introduced in late 2013. The alert will see temporary restrictions put in place from 7am on Tuesday to noon on Thursday: half …
