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 …
Dhaka's air quality has almost returned to its notorious levels as a rise in vehicle numbers, brick kilns, and building constructions wiped out improvements made by the phasing out of two-stroke vehicles in 2003. According to the government's Air Quality Management Project (AQMP), now defunct, the annual average of particulate …
MONOCROTOPHOS, A common pesticide, is also popular among some Indian farmers for a grimmer purpose: acutely toxic for humans, yet dirt-cheap, it is the instrument most farmers have chosen to end their lives with. A dubious claim to fame for the pesticide industry, even as its effectiveness in pest eradication …
LONDON In a major breakthrough, scientists have discovered that ultraviolet lights can be used to reduce the spread of tuberculosis in hospital wards and waiting rooms. Tuberculosis infects over nine million people worldwide every year and a majority of these are in India and South Africa. Nearly two million people …
The Tobacco March 8: The Tobacco Board of India has formulated a strategy to buy back the licences of tobacco growers in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, in compliance with World Health Organisation (WHO
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo According to WHO reports, young adolescents have been shown to lose the elasticity of their arteries if they are passive smokers, setting the stage for early heart attacks in adulthood
Air pollution is a broad term that refers to any chemical, physical (particulate matter), or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere
This is the 13th annual report on global control of tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO. 196 countries and territories that reported data in 2008 account for 99.6% of the world
Where is the public in public health policy? Years ago, when this author studied policy making in public health at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, his teachers harped regularly on one point. They said public health is 90 per cent about people and just 10 per cent …
WASHINGTON - The H5N1 bird flu virus, which has now sickened more than 400 people globally, is infecting birds and people all across China and is still a cause for serious concern, flu experts said on Tuesday. Recent cases are the expected winter seasonal surge seen for many types of …
BEIJING: A 21-year-old woman in central China has been infected by the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the country's eighth reported case of the disease this year, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as Hong Kong reported that three birds found at local beaches had died of bird flu. The …
Mercury is one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants, both in its elemental form and in chemical combination. When mercury is released into the environment it gets transformed into methyl mercury through microbial action. The methylation of mercury is a key step in the entrance of mercury into food chains. …
Last November in Beijing, government officials representing member states of the World Health Organisation adopted a declaration that provides a powerful endorsement of traditional medicine and may one day become the foundation for a legally binding resolution.
The endemic western UP region, epicentre of all polio outbreaks, remained free of P1 for a record one-and-a-half years till mid-2008 Bihar recorded only 3 new cases of the P1 virus in 2008 New injectible polio vaccine (IPV) to be used to eradicate the disease India may still be a …
Date: 22-Jan-09 Country: US Author: Gene Emery BOSTON - Dramatic improvements in U.S. air quality over the last two decades have added 21 weeks to the life of the average American, researchers reported on Wednesday. Reducing fine particles given off by automobiles, diesel engines, steel mills and coal-fired power plants …
By Our Special Correspondent Chennai Jan. 8: An Indian scientist based in California claims he has developed a technology to detect cancer in the early stages itself. The technology named "Method for early detection of cancer" has been patented and will be available to the medical fraternity in 2 years, …
The most effective means of consistently ensuring the safety of a drinking-water supply is through the use of a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach that encompasses all steps in water supply from catchment to consumer. In these guidelines, such approaches are called water safety plans (WSPs).
Spread of diseases due to climate change may be preventable WILDLIFE is closely linked to the ecosystems and a slight disturbance can have a major impact on the health of animals. Changes in temperatures and rainfall due to global warming make animals vulnerable to the diseases they contract or transmit. …
