Dengue - fastest spreading disease: WHO
Dengue fever is now the fastest spreading insect-borne virus in the world and has reached “epidemic potential,” the World Health Organization says. Indeed, Dr. Scott Halstead, a leading dengue expert
Dengue fever is now the fastest spreading insect-borne virus in the world and has reached “epidemic potential,” the World Health Organization says. Indeed, Dr. Scott Halstead, a leading dengue expert
Michigan governor Rick Snyder apologized on Tuesday for the debacle that caused the city of Flint’s water supply to be poisoned by lead, while the top state environment official resigned in light of a
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohit Joon Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 16/01/2019 regarding illegal lead melting factory being operated in Punjab Khor Village, Kanjhawala, Delhi
In their analysis that goes back to 1958, the researchers show that levels of Vibrio bacteria – which can cause illness in humans and even death – have been increasing as sea surface temperatures rise.
<p>Global human development -- which can be measured as a combination of the world's education, health and living standards -- could decline this year for the first time since the concept was introduced
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa has seen it all. The livestock allergy leading to serious health ailments, including deaths in Khaprakhol of Patnagarh sub-division in Balangir district where a herd of goats was affected by Bt cotton and other incidents in KBK districts and areas in Rayagada speak volumes about the effects of genetically modified (GM) crops.
PNS | New Delhi Access to safe drinking water would be made a citizen's fundamental right if the BJP was voted to power. NDA's prime ministerial candidate LK Advani, who held consultations with leading environmentalists, public health engineers, doctors and senior technocrats here on Monday, also proposed the establishment of a Safe Drinking Water Mission.
The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) guidelines of April 1998 say epidemiological studies on workers exposed to Electric and Magnetic Field (EMF) and the public have shown no major health effects associated with typical exposure environments. The studies have yielded no convincing evidence that typical exposure levels lead to adverse reproductive outcomes or an increased cancer risk.
March 25: The city scores low among other southern capitals when it comes to child health. Bengaluru leads the south brigade, followed by Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai in the Lifebuoy Child Health Quotient Survey, the results of which were released on Wednesday. Hyderabad has been ranked 12th among the 17 state capitals where the survey was conducted among mothers.
Noise is the permanent background score to life in bustling cities and towns. But when it exceeds a threshold, it disrupts the thought process and causes great annoyance. The World Health Organisation says it also affects health. Prolonged exposure to noise at particular levels can lead to hypertension.
Unhygienic conditions: Residents are worried that stagnant sewage will lead to outbreak of diseases in Salem.
Climate change and global pollution cannot be adequately tackled without addressing the neglected issue of the world's booming population, according to two leading scientists. Professor Chris Rapley,
<p>The specificity of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) used for early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV infection is <100%, leading some HIV-uninfected infants to be incorrectly identified as HIV-infected.
Malnutrition in all its forms is a major challenge everywhere in the world, and particularly in low and middle income countries. To reduce malnutrition, innovations in food systems are needed to both provide
Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, according to WHO’s latest estimates, published in “Suicide worldwide in 2019”. Every year, more people die as a result of suicide than HIV,
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority fired a high-ranking manager last year who had repeatedly warned top agency officials and federal authorities of lead contamination in the US
The UN said on Monday more than 100,000 Pakistani survivors of the region’s huge October 8 earthquake still have not received any form of aid, and a leading British charity warned of a health
China ordered tighter bird-flu monitoring and more-aggressive vaccine research as a visiting U.S. official warned that overreacting could also be dangerous if it leads to trade-halting measures that
Detection of high levels of lead in blood sets off alarm bells India’s bustling metros are a nightmare for motorists and traffic policemen who manage traffic. They are often at the receiving end for
<p>With increasing incidence and mortality, cancer is the leading cause of death in China and is a major public health problem.Because of China’s massive population (1.37 billion), previous national