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 …
The news that a private company intends to leapfrog the government's Human Genome Project which seeks to determine the complete sequence of the 3 billion letter human genetic code raises intriguing public questions. Investors with powerful new equipment say they can decode the entire human DNA sequence in just three …
At least 17 people have died of kalazar, a disease similar to encephalitis in south-eastern parts of the country, a Nepali language daily reported on Thursday. "So far 17 persons in Sihara district, to the south-east, have lost their lives due to kalazar, which is caused by sandflies, while dozens …
According to a report of the Independent Commission of Health in India 10 lakh Indians die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases every year. The reports says that tobacco is the single largest preventable cause of premature death, throughout the world and tobacco-related deaths would increase from the present figure of 3 …
Hong Kong, once known as one of the gastronomic capitals of the world, is sliding toward international infamy - as a place where food is so foul it can kill.
women who smoke, have a 50 per cent higher risk of dying from heart attack than men who smoke, say researchers. The likely reason given is that tobacco smoke has an adverse effect on the female hormone, oestrogen. Researchers monitored nearly 11,500 women and 13,200 men for the study for …
algae , bacteria and fungi play an important role in cloud formation, helping in condensation of water droplets, a process known as nucleation, under which, water molecules adhere to small microscopic particles. Bill Hamilton, biologist at Oxford University, uk , and Tim Lenton, biologist at East Anglia University, uk , …
japan' s largest carmakers, Toyota Motor Corp, has a team of 40 researchers working to come up with plant varieties that can absorb some of the toxic gases emitted by cars. This is Toyota's attempt at dealing with the looming threat of global warming. Toyota also hopes to establish its …
Former Union Minister and Congress leader Jagdish Tytler has accused the BJP Government in Delhi of supplying "filthy and untreated water" to the Capital's residents and said it would be a major issue for his party in the Delhi Assembly polls stated for later this year".The water issue was sparked …
The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 2.9 crore for Yamunanagar district to check soil erosion. The Chutang Nala created havoc in 27 villages would be checked now because the government has planned a watershed gully -plugging check dam and a water conservation dam. Mrs Surina Rajan, Deputy Commissioner informed The …
All forms of advertising for tobacco in the European Union will become illegal after the European Parliament's approval of a total ban. The decision ends a decade long tug of war between EU legislators and pressure groups backed by the tobacco industry and media trade bodies.
Fighting the problem of antibiotic resistance will require a better, more coordinated system of surveillance, as well as an increased effort to prolong the effectiveness of existing antibiotics and to develop new drugs, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Forum on Emerging Infections.
The 20th century began with a world populated by 1.6 billion people and will end with 6 billion inhabitants - with most of the growth occuring in poor countries, demographers estimate. The Population reference Bureau, a nongovernmental and nonprofit research organization, said that most young people in or near childbearing …
A herbalist from a nomadic tribe in Andhra Pradesh, who has been camping on the outskirts of the city for some months now, has been drawing people looking for cures for diseases like diabetes and asthma. Mr N K Bhimraju, of Bhillu tribe from Dhatla village in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, …
Nearly half of Calcutta's population runs the risk of developing cardio-vascular diseases due to high carbonate content in drinking water, according to a study.
In a finding that has significant implications for campaigns to reduce the indiscriminate use of antibiotics a new nasal spray has reduced influenza-related ear infections in children by 98 per cent. Results of a trial, funded by the National Institutes of Health, are published in The New England Journal of …
Peasants from the drought-prone areas of Sangli, Satara, Kolhapur and Solapur staged a demonstration on Tuesday to protest against the state government's water policy, which they feel has initiated privatisation of water resources. The peasants, owing allegiance to the Shramil Mukti Dal (SMD) , have called for a more equitable …
No CBI probe, says CM : Karnataka Chief Minister J.H. Patel ruled out in the Assembly on Monday a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the execution of work at the Upper Krishna Project (UKP). The probe had been favoured by the Estimates Committee of the Karnataka Legislature.
The Punjab Health and family Welfare Department will spend Rs 8 crore up from Rs 3.49 crore to control the spread of AIDS and create awareness about its dangers.
The Group of Eight industrialised countries summit in Birmingham is set to back a World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative to "roll back" malaria. Tessa Jowell, UK health minister told the conference that the G8 leaders were expected to give broad support to a WHO led anti-malaria initiative which aimed at …
