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 …
LAGOS -- The worst Ebola outbreak on record has killed 8,153 people out of the total number of 20,656 confirmed, probable and suspected cases, a mortality rate of 39 per cent, even as Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced the reopening of schools in the country from February 2. …
Conakry — As the Ebola epidemic continues to ravage parts of West Africa, health officials are intensifying their efforts on the ground. Now included in their arsenal is a mobile phone application that promises to speed their response to the outbreak. The app has been deployed in areas of Guinea …
GENEVA (AP) " The World Health Organization says at least 8,153 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Geneva-based body said Monday that the total number of confirmed, probable and suspected deaths from the disease comes from 20,656 cases in the three most affected countries " …
AIR pollution in the city yesterday reached eight times the World Health Organization safe level. And continuing warm weather, with temperatures up to 19 degrees Celsius, means that more pollution is possible today, said officials. Yesterday, a combination of high pressure, temperatures reaching 16 degrees and weak southwesterly winds led …
Vegetables are the noble folk of food world, loved equally by doctors and grandmothers. Vegetarians live off them and meat-eaters are told to live off them. But in Delhi, under every crunchy leaf of radish or the shiny brinjal hide dangerous amounts of pesticides that can slowly kill, shows a …
The year again saw Delhi in news for “wrong” reasons. This time for being ranked as the most polluted city in the world by WHO that drew a sharp reaction from both the government and scientists. The report forced lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung to constitute a high-powered panel to look into …
The 21st Century should be the last phase for tobacco-related deaths and diseases, said Dr Nikhil Gupta, a medical researcher and Kangra district AIDS programme officer here on Friday. He has recently published his research work titled “Death knell for tobacco in 21st Century” in an international journal of health …
Russian researchers have developed a candidate vaccine to protect against the deadly Ebola virus which will soon undergo human clinical trials in Africa. A group of scientists at the St Petersburg-based Research Institute of Influenza developed the vaccine and its trials are due to complete in Africa in February. “The …
Rapid lifestyle changes have increased the combined disease burden of diabetes and tuberculosis (TB) in rapidly urbanizing nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) and other world forums have set the alarm bells ringing for countries like India and China urging them to make a framework for tackling the crisis. The …
Study Estimates 7.5 Billion Litres Of Diesel Being Consumed A day without your smartphone can be demanding. But a new study has thrown up some interesting finds about how energy-guzzling the telecom industry is.Scientists at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and Forschungszentrum Julich in Germany have revealed that the Indian …
Almost all of the most polluted cities in India are located in the north with Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan dominating the list, according to a WHO report on the most polluted cities in the world published earlier this year. Incidentally, UP, Punjab and Delhi also lie in the fog …
High fluoride levels in water in 14,132 habitations in 19 States With drinking water in 14,132 habitations in 19 States still containing fluoride above the permissible levels, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry fears that a huge population is at risk of serious health conditions such as skeletal fluorosis. …
The Centre will soon launch an action plan against diarrhoea and pneumonia in four States, including Rajasthan. The aim is to end preventable child deaths from these two by 2025. As high as 36 per cent of all child deaths, below the age of 5, in India are caused by …
GURGAON: Delhi may have been in the spotlight for being the world's most polluted city, as per a recent urban air quality database released by the World Health Organisation but Gurgaon is definitely no better. A recent study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), using a portable air …
Triggered by severe earthquakes off the northwest tip of Indonesia, early on Sunday 26 December 2004, a tsunami brought catastrophe to South-East Asia. With nearly 200 000 deaths and 11 billion USD in total damage, the tsunami disaster brought into sharp focus the need for disaster preparedness in the Region. …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who inaugurated the discussion via conference call, said that people did have doubts about the safety of emissions. Kochi: There is no independent, reliable data on the safety of electro magnetic emissions from your mobile phone. And if you insist on it, you would rather wait …
PERCHED on a hill in Geneva above the city’s cluster of international agencies, the modernist headquarters of the World Health Organisation (WHO, pictured above) seems a manifestation of the organisation’s grand mission: to lead the world on health. But nearby sits a stinging reminder of its shortcomings. Visitors to the …
Early on November 13, Delhi Environment Pollution Authority chief Bhure Lal left from his residence in Lutyens’ Delhi for his daily walk at Lodhi Gardens, his personal air pollution monitor attached. The monitor read: 1,196 microgramme per cubic metres. He was breathing 20 times the recommended safe standard for particulate …
Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar rolls out 14-point action plan to ensure that the capital of India is better managed Prime Minister Narendra Modi may not have had this in mind when he launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or cleanliness drive, but the National Green Tribunal has stepped in to address …
American scientist Joshua Apte travels in an autorickshaw to present alarming findings for anyone who spends time on or near the roads in this city of 25 million. The autorickshaw lurched through New Delhi’s commuter-clogged streets with an American scientist and several air pollution monitors in the back seat. Car …
