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Around 90 per cent children and labourers working in brick factories in Bhaktapur district are found suffering from skin disease and respiratory related problems, said doctors. The children and labourers
At least seven children have been killed while 185 others hospitalised due to the recent outbreak of measles in a village near Keenjhar Lake, Thatta. Representative of various leading humanitarian organisations
In January 2012, PM Manmohan Singh declared half of India’s children were malnourished and that was a national shame. Yet since then, not a single comprehensive national survey was conducted to determine
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
Two VDCs of the district have been recently declared fully vaccinated. Lekhagaun and Salkota VDCs were declared to be fully vaccinated. With the declaration, the child mortality rate here is expected
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
With the City facing an unusually sizzling summer, it has brought in its wake a spurt in the cases of chicken pox, especially among children. According to doctors, rising temperatures result in ideal
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
Seven out of 10 children in the 2-to-10-year age group have below-median growth parameters (growth measured here as height and weight) and as many as 45 per cent of these children are nutritionally at-risk.
University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering has found that crib mattresses expose sleeping infants to high levels of chemical emissions. Specifically, the team analyzed the foam padding
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