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 …
With the monsoon hitting the national Capital, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal chaired a review meeting at the Raj Niwas directing the concerned agencies to intensify vector-control measures. Baijal has directed distribution of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material by the local bodies through Domestic Breeding Checkers (DBCs) for public …
PANAJI: With dengue cases on the rise, the directorate of health services closely monitored areas from where the fever was reported and found that factors leading the spurt in the mosquito-borne disease differed from place to place. In the port town, which saw a rise in dengue cases last year, …
NEW DELHI: As a hotbed ofmosquito-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya and malaria, Delhi has a vast army of anti-mosquito officials comprising supervisors, field workers and domestic breeding checkers. That’s a comforting thought given that the monsoon has just arrived in the capital and the outbreak of any vector-born calamity is …
There were 50 cases reported in 2016 and five deaths recorded. Hyderabad: Dengue and swine flu have seen a rise in 2016-17 and continue to take their toll in the monsoon and winter seasons, according to National Health Profile. Deaths caused due to swine flu were 1786 in 2016 and …
GUWAHATI, June 27: According to a survey report released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Assam has been listed as the fourth highest tobacco consuming state in the country. The survey was conducted by the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), India. According to the report, 48.02% of the …
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee leader Niranjan Patnaik hit out at the CM. In a series of tweets, he claimed he would show “the mirror to BJD government over the status of women in Odisha”. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday announced that insurance coverage for women under the BJD’s health …
Dog bites, money bites have become a menace in Delhi. According to a data, 19 people lost their lives due to animal bites between 2016 and 2018. Apart from this as many as 3,000 dog bite cases came to the fore till April 2018, as per The Indian Express report. …
Nagpur: Platelet count is a common problem in lots of infections like malaria or dengue. But majority of the people do not require platelet transfusion and nothing will happen to them even if the count has crashed. Transfusion is required only in a few cases, said Dr MB Agrawal of …
Researchers have found that protein found in human semen significantly increases Ebola virus infection, explaining how sexual transmission has led to the virus' resurgence. Although Ebola is transmitted primarily through direct contact with blood and other body fluids from infected people, follow-up studies from the 2014 epidemic found that men …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recommended stringent punishment like life imprisonment, Rs 10 lakh fine for food adulteration to curb food adulteration following the Supreme Court order Those adulterating food products could face life imprisonment and penalty of up to Rs 10 lakh as per …
One of the world’s most dreaded viruses has been turned into a treatment to fight deadly brain tumours. Survival was better than expected for patients in a small study who were given genetically modified polio virus, which helped their bodies attack the cancer, doctors report. It was the first human …
Consumer preference for natural products, slowing growth and intensifying competition are providing serious food for thought to multinationals in the health food drinks market In a span of three months, owners of two big health food drinks — Horlicks and Complan — have said they are looking to exit the …
Dengue and chikungunya aren’t the only mosquito-borne diseases people in Delhi need to be wary of. Malaria, which is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes that can breed in dirty water, is spreading fast too. In the past week, a municipal report released on Monday stated, there were 11 new cases of …
The document gathers its data from the Directorate of health and family welfare of all the States and Union Territories, Central Government Organisations, National Health Programmes and other concerned national, international agencies. With the government sparing just 1.3 per cent of the GDP for public healthcare, way less than the …
A new study has shown that an early warning system may be developed to predict dengue outbreaks by mining meteorological and epidemiological data for a given geographic area. In the study, scientists at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, used data mining tools to analyse the weather parameters before …
At least 11 fresh cases of malaria have been reported during the past week in Delhi, pushing the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 40, according to a municipal report released today. At least 11 fresh cases of malaria have been reported during the …
The liver is a vital organ that processes nutrients, filters blood and fights infections. ‘Hepatitis’ means inflammation of the liver. When the liver is inflamed, in due course it ends up in scarring and its function gets deranged. Heavy alcohol use, toxins, some medications, herbal remedies KOCHI: The liver is …
Panaji: In India, there are 65 million people living with diabetes and the annual coronary deaths are expected to reach 4 million in 2030, said director, Centre for Chronic Disease Control, professor D Prabhakaran. He was speaking at the ongoing 50thinternational cardiovascular disease prevention training seminar in south Goa. Prabhakaran …
Jamshedpur: Monsoon hasn't arrived in Jharkhand, but dengue has. A 39-year-old woman, who was admitted to Tata Main Hospital (TMH) on June 18 with high fever, tested positive for the dengue virus on Saturday night, triggering an alarm against the vector-borne disease that stalks the steel city almost every year. …
KOLKATA: A post-graduate student of Calcutta Medical College has tested positive for dengue, making it the first case after the onset of monsoon this year. The vector-borne disease had affected more than 18,000 people in the state last year, claiming at least 30 lives. Swasty Kumari, a trainee in gynaecology, …
