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 …
About 1.3 billion people in South-East Asia continue to be at risk of malaria, even though substantial progress has been made in controlling the disease. The region bears 15 per cent of the global burden, second only to Africa. Malaria is endemic in 10 of the 11 WHO member-states in …
International experts probing China’s deadly H7N9 bird flu virus said on Wednesday it was “one of the most lethal influenza viruses” seen so far as Taiwan reported the first case outside China. China has confirmed 108 cases and 22 deaths since the first infections were announced on March 31 and …
As a step towards increasing the capacity to detect, control and prevent food-borne and other infectious diseases, a proposal will be sent to the Centre by the State to include Mysore and Chitradurga under the Global Food-borne Infections Network (GFN). They will be included in the World Health Organisation (WHO) …
Soon you will be able to stop worrying about where to relieve yourself while you're out in the capital. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday sought the state government's permission to float a tender to begin construction of public toilets. While 126 public toilets were proposed to be set …
It's been three years since a polio case was last reported from Uttar Pradesh. The day was commemorated as "Sankalp Divas" by the state government with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Health Minister Ahmad Hasan and others taking pledge to continue the polio eradication campaign. The last case of polio was …
Prof Abdul Samad, Founder Executive Member of Pakistan Cholesterol Awareness Society (PCAS) said that 17.3 million suffer from heart disease globally. Cardiovascular disease is rated at the top in the list of most lethal diseases, causing loss of precious lives. Dr. Syed Imran Ahmed, Secretary PCAS, Dr. Abu Bakr Sheikh, …
A 25-year, US$10-billion global effort has taken the number of polio cases from hundreds of thousands per year to just hundreds, but it is now struggling to stamp the virus out of its final strongholds in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria, where transmission has never been interrupted. Of these, Nigeria was …
Govt committee to suggest guidelines and prepare new 2025 standards With the aim to fix automotive emission standards till 2025, a government-appointed committee has been tasked with recommending a policy for reducing vehicular emissions, taking into consideration supply and availability of fuels. The government also wants to end the ambiguity …
Businesses that allow indoor smoking have 19 times higher levels of polluted air compared to that of places where inside smoking is banned, a study report said. The study was carried out recently under the joint initiatives of the National Heart Foundation (NHF), Dhaka Ahsania Mission and Young Power in …
Ahmedabad: The milk capital Anand may figure in chief minister Narendra Modi’s speeches in Delhi for the success of Amul, but the district could be a case study for its poor human development index. The district, which saw 21 cases of swine flu and three deaths till April 8, has …
Hyderabad: The dengue virus is more widespread than estimated, as India alone accounted for 33 million infections in 2012, according to a study published by Oxford University researchers on April 7. While the World Health Organisation estimates the number to be 100 million worldwide, the study claims that in 2012, …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice to the Centre and authorities in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on a public interest litigation seeking a ban on cancer-causing agents. The PIL claimed there was a nexus between government officials and the industry, due to which carcinogens made their way …
In an effort to reduce the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is debilitating people in farming areas, the Sri Lankan government has launched a programme to implement recommendations made by the World Health Organization (WHO) to prevent the disease. The Minister of Health Maithreepala Sirisena launched the programme …
Dengue, the world’s most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, is taking a far bigger human toll than was believed to be the case. As many as 390 million people across the globe could be falling victim to the virus each year, according to a multinational study published by Nature on …
Entering third polio-free year, India must destroy all wild poliovirus lab samples by December Having successfully completed two polio-free years, India is preparing to receive the crucial polio eradication certificate from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The certificate is issued on completion of incident-free three years. This primarily involves the …
What are the different types of influenza viruses? There are three types of influenza viruses: A, B and C. Virus A and B cause seasonal flu while C is typically associated with mild illness in children and young adults. Influenza B and C virus have limited genetic diversity as both …
“Survivors of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal are more prone to developing high blood pressure than unexposed people of the same socio-economic background.” This was disclosed by members of the Sambhavna Trust Clinic at a press conference here on Sunday. They presented findings of their recent study …
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research on Sunday reported the first bird flu death in five years after the human infection of H5N1 virus had been detected in the country. The agency that received the test report from the Centre from Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, a …
Pakistan is among the high ranking countries where people are still get affected of preventable diseases like tuberculosis, polio and malaria while non-communicable diseases are raising vigorously in different cities due to apathy of the authorities concerned which is not playing its due role, said Dr Ahmed Salman Khan Ghauri, …
A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is not a cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 21, with six deaths. The WHO praised China for mobilising resources …
