Global tuberculosis report 2018
<p>India accounted for 27 per cent of the 10 million people who developed tuberculosis in 2017, the highest among the top 30 high TB burden countries in the world, according to this WHO report</p>
<p>India accounted for 27 per cent of the 10 million people who developed tuberculosis in 2017, the highest among the top 30 high TB burden countries in the world, according to this WHO report</p>
Saying that venture capitalists and drug companies are becoming reluctant to invest in academic medical discoveries, three leading California universities are planning to take on more of the task of
One of India's leading environmental NGOs says that it has scientific proof that a government corporation's pesticide-spraying regime has caused villagers to have levels up to 900 times legal limits
Hardrock mining - the extraction of minerals such as gold, silver, lead, copper and uranium from the earth is practiced in a manner inherently threatening to human health. Several studies have addressed work-related illnesses suffered by hardrock miners.
Paramedics fear virus can spread; docs say rules being followed The admission of a critical patient hit by swine flu has created a scare at Kashmir’s leading hospital as the man suffering from the communicable virus is being treated in a common ward instead of being put into quarantine. Kashmir’s only tertiary care hospital Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has been treating a resident of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district at its surgical intensive care unit for the last five days.
<p>The treatment of chronic diseases like coronary heart disease (CHD) is expensive and can consume a significant portion of household’s income, leading to catastrophic effects on families, particularly
Nitrates enter human body through drinking water, food and air. Ingested nitrates converted to nitrite by microflora lead to methaemoglobinemia, increased free oxide radicals that predispose cells to irreversible damage and effects like cancer, increased infant mortality, abortions, birth defects, recurrent diarrhoea, recurrent stomatitis, histopathological changes in cardiac muscles, alveoli of lungs and adrenal glands, deterioration of immune system of the body.
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai July 19, 2008, 0:40 IST Amid reports of a US Congress probe against India's largest drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories, data show that many leading multinational companies such as Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Merck are also under the scanner of the US drug regulator, for more or less similar violations as Ranbaxy is alleged to have committed.
Seasonal outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) occur with striking regularity in India and lead to substantial mortality. Several viruses, endemic in many parts of India, account for AES. Although
While analyzing the data and information on socio-economic conditions of slum dwellers in selected localities of Delhi NCR, the principal objective of the proposed study is to prepare a framework of social
A protein linked to kidney failure has been identified which could pave the way for new interventions to treat the disease. The protein plays a crucial role in kidney fibrosis, a condition that leads to
Twelve of the world's leading voices for global progress and change gathered last week in Norway for a United Nations Foundation meeting, with calls for international development and global action on climate change. The semi-annual meeting, presided over by UN Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner, took place on June 19-25 in Oslo, Yunus Centre said in a statement yesterday. The board o
TO control the spread of AIDS in India, the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has agreed to undertake AIDS vaccine trials in the country. At present, an estimated four million persons in the
The UN's top health official applauded a new draft for an international pact against smoking, saying it should lead to a treaty with "muscle", but health activists blasted it as too weak. World
Alaskan health officials are trying to curb sales of soft drinks. They say native children are rotting their teeth by drinking too much of it. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, which
<p>Suspected or complicated intra-abdominal infections are common in young infants and lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Meropenem is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent with excellent activity
A leading anti-Narmada dam organization has slammed Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani's statement that the opponents of the Sardar Sarovar Dam were working at the behest of foreign
Britain should lead an international effort to protect Earth from a potentially catastrophic impact by an asteroid or comet, government advisers said. "Impacts represent a significant risk to human
Global food experts have come out unanimously against GM crops declaring that there is no evidence to show that GM crops help enhance a nation’s security. Prof. Jack Heinemann from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Christchurch, New Zealand, and a lead author of the prestigious International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge (IAASTD) report pointed out that GM crops were presently confined to five countries, including the US, which was using 30 per cent of agricultural land for these crops. “The question to be asked is whether GM is an appropriate technology to achieve food sovereignty.
Black carbon (BC) aerosols impact climate and air quality. Since BC from fossil versus biomass combustion have different optical properties and different abilities to penetrate the lungs, it is important