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 latest fad to catch the fancy of the young adult population in major cities is hookah bars. Peer pressure and work related stress has even increased use of tobacco among young women in cities. Dispelling some of the common misconceptions about the different forms of tobacco use, health experts …
Influenza has the potential to infect many people quickly. Although the death rate for seasonal flu is probably only around 1% of those affected, when the numbers so affected run into millions, as they do in India, the number of people who die will also be large. It is this …
Swine flu declared pandemic, can be even deadlier three months after it struck, who declared swine flu a global pandemic of the highest level: phase six. Known as the 2009 A (H1N1) virus, it took down 89,921 people across 85 countries in six continents. The death count was 382. Yet …
US-based Baxter International Inc formally announced on Wednesday that it completed production of its first commercial batches of A(H1N1) vaccine in late July and is discussing plans for distribution with national health authorities. The company will sell the vaccine under the brand name Celvapan, and claims it produced it within …
The death toll in the swine flu pandemic has passed the 1,000 mark, with 1,154 deaths since the outbreak was uncovered in April, data published today by the World Health Organisation showed. Swine flu now reaches 168 countries and territories, the WHO said in its latest update on its website. …
The work on manufacturing of vaccines for H1N1 (swine flu) has begun in India, and now the World Health Oraganisation (WHO) is looking at it for the production of vaccines for the rest of the world as well. Speaking to The Indian Express, WHO Representative to India Dr S J …
Shortage of affects Universal Immunisation Programme----- Lives of250 lakh children could be in danger this year, and probably another 250 lakh next year. They cannot be vaccinated because DPT and BCG vaccines are in short supply. Compared to 2007-2008, DPT (diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus) vaccination fell by 29 per cent in Orissa and …
According to Hindu mythology, Ganga descended from the heavens to wash away human sins. She was so pure and gorgeous that the spray from her streams was enough to stir Lord Shiva's lust! But now, at parts in her course, the river Ganga reeks. She is noxiously dark. And methane …
The present detection rate of Tuberculosis, a common infectious disease that kills nearly 70,000 people in the country every year, is 72 percent, 2 percent higher than the target set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Bangladesh.
Federal Government is preparing a plan to minimise the adverse impact of climate change on livestock. The plan will focus on provision of shading, improved airflow, reduced crowding, alerted diets and provision for ensuring animal health. According to official sources of Planning Commission, a new national forestry policy with institutional …
The swine flu could develop into a health emergency With more people falling prey to the swine flu virus H1N1 in the past six weeks than has happened with previous flu pandemics over as long as six months, the World Heath Organisation (WHO) has done well to formally declare it …
More studies needed on pralidoxime, a drug used to treat pesticide poisoning a team of two drugs is prescribed by who to combat organophosphorous pesticide poisoning. The most widely used class of pesticides, it causes about 200,000 deaths each year, globally. Now, one of the two drugs has come under …
Overuse of emergency contraceptives can kill A 21-year-old came to the Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, bleeding profusely. She had had an emergency contraceptive pill within three days of unprotected intercourse. She thought the bleeding was a side effect of the pill. But she was informed she was pregnant and …
Thick black smoke, emitted by nearly 1.5 lakh old and rickety vehicles, is posing a serious environmental threat to the city dwellers. Sources in Bangladesh Road Transport Authority admitted that nearly 50 per cent of the vehicles plying the city roads don
