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 …
Bangladesh has received the certificate of the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a Polio-free country. Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mumbai, India, Samina Naz received the certificate from the Governor of Maharashtra, K Sankaranarayanan, at a programme held at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai Saturday, according to a media note …
While an antibiotics policy is on the anvil for the three major municipal hospitals in Mumbai, the majority of private hospitals, nursing homes and standalone consultants here continue to prescribe antibiotics arbitrarily. Studies show the rate of resistance to antibiotics has quadrupled from 5% to 20% in civic hospitals. What …
The world is headed for a post-antibiotic era Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health with cases being reported from every region of the world and having the potential to affect anyone, the World Health Organisation has said. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), as antibiotic resistance is also known as, …
Despite significant advances, there is more work to be done before the international community can be confident that it possesses sufficient protection against any future smallpox threats. The current World Health Organization (WHO)-approved research agenda for smallpox has been tightly focused by the interpretation that research “essential for public health” …
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 Target 5A calls for the reduction of maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015. It has been a challenge to assess the extent of progress due to the lack of reliable and accurate maternal mortality data – particularly in developing-country settings where …
Geneva : On the occasion of World Malaria Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a new guide to help countries to move towards malaria eradication. The new guide provides countries with a comprehensive framework to assess different scenarios and timelines for moving towards elimination, depending on programme coverage and …
Nitrogen is used in fertilizer to replace nutrients which are removed by soils during plant growth but excess nitrogen can harm the environment by polluting water, air and soil. Nitrogen can also be released into the air by animal manure or as nitrous oxide, the third most potent greenhouse gas …
The preponderance of evidence shows that there is no link between cell phone radiation and cancer, said oncologist and renowned author Siddhartha Mukherjee, reports IANS. “I would have suggested to WHO to downgrade cell phones in the list of carcinogens (cancer causing substances) but there is a process to that,” …
Calls for revision of World Health Organization’s list of carcinogens, says not enough data to establish the link. India-born oncologist Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee on Monday urged World Health Organization to remove cellphone radiation from the list of carcinogens on the ground that the “preponderance of evidence suggests there is no …
Usman, 10, has developed asthma and has to use an inhaler when the situation becomes unbearable. The doctor, his mother says, has told them that the condition has more to do with his surroundings rather than any other factor. That is not surprising because Usman’s family lives in downtown, near …
Sometimes, a shard of reality can raise serious doubts about what looks like a grand feat. A small study of water samples from urban and rural households declared as getting drinking water from "improved" sources has shown that about 42% of urban and 60% of rural households were actually getting …
An Ebola outbreak blamed for 135 deaths in West Africa in the past month was not imported from Central Africa but caused by a new strain of the disease, a study in a U.S. medical journal said, raising the specter of further regional epidemics. The spread of Ebola from a …
Air pollution in China and other Asian countries is having far-reaching impacts on weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, a study suggests. Researchers have found that pollutants are strengthening storms above the Pacific Ocean, which feeds into weather systems in other parts of the world. The effect was most pronounced …
Air pollution in China and other Asian countries is generating sweeping impact on weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, it has been revealed. Researchers have found that the pollutants are strengthening storms above the Pacific Ocean, which feeds into weather systems in other parts of the world, the BBC News …
Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90%. The illness affects humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola …
During the monsoon season, threat of malaria and other vector–borne diseases looms large over the tea gardens in Assam that often cause death of many people including children. Experts say that serious steps must be taken to stop the cyclic prevalence of these diseases among the tea tribe every year. …
Campaign to spread awareness on malaria, dengue The Dabbawalas, the famous food delivery workforce in the metropolis, have joined hands with the World Health Organisation to promote awareness about vector borne diseases like malaria and dengue among Mumbaikars. Under the initiative, started on Monday, the dabbawalas deliver lunch boxes with …
As a thick smog hung over Beijing last year, Stephanie Giambruno and her husband decided it was time for her and their two girls to return to the U.S. Giambruno’s husband stayed back in China for his job as general manager of a global technology company. He now skypes with …
Research has revealed that diesel fumes could cause children to develop autism and schizophrenia +6 An environmental report has blasted diesel cars - despite earlier government efforts to encourage drivers to switch from petrol to diesel. Separate research has also revealed that diesel fumes could cause children to develop autism …
Pune: Experts in the city have demanded that vectorborne diseases like dengue be made ‘notifiable’ to curb their spread. The move comes against the backdrop of rising cases of dengue in the state in the last three years. “The current burden of vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya in …
