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 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An interim report of the first-ever dengue seroprevalence collaborative study being carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the state government is in the offing by June. As part of preparing the report and for assessing the progress of the study, a team from WHO will pay …
NEW DELHI: High intake of sodium — a key component of the common salt we consume daily — causes hypertension and a host of diseases associated with it. But what happens if you try cutting down on sodium intake by opting for ‘low sodium salts’ being marketed by many companies? …
Kenyan researchers said on Saturday that they plan to use a combination of new drugs as well as a vaccine in order to end malaria menace in the country. Lucas Otieno, Deputy Director of Clinical Operations at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), told Xinhua in Nairobi that the illness …
Kenya plans to progressively increase domestic funding for combating malaria in order to eradicate malaria by 2030, an official said on Monday. Erjesa Waqo, Head of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) at the Ministry of Health, told a media briefing in Nairobi that currently government financing constitutes only about …
Horizontal gene transfer has played a role in developing the global public health crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, the dynamics of AMR transfer through bacterial populations and its direct impact on human disease is poorly elucidated. Here, we study parallel epidemic emergences of multiple Shigella species, a priority AMR …
The Gautam Budh Nagar administration has issued stringent guidelines for the canteens running in various schools of the district on Thursday. According to the district administration, the guidelines have been issued because of the irregularities found in the food provided by the school canteens. The move follows the food poisoning …
The ministry said “nicotine addiction through e-cigarettes among young people may lead to its consumer to try conventional tobacco products and hence is a gateway product”. THE MINISTRY of Health and Family Welfare has informed the Delhi High Court that it is in the process of formally banning e-cigarettes in …
Drug manufacturer recently phased out its Compassionate Use Programme Hinduja Hospital is trying to import Bedaquiline, an anti-tuberculosis drug, from South Africa for two of its patients suffering from multi-drug resistant TB. Janssen, the Belgian pharmaceutical company that manufactures the drug, recently phased out its Compassionate Use Programme, under which …
Around 88 per cent of the Delhi-NCR population suffers from a deficiancy of vitamin D, according to a recent study. New Delhi: Around 88 per cent of the Delhi-NCR population surveyed suffered from Vitamin D deficiency which causes chronic muscle pain, spasms, low energy levels, depression etc, according to a …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the first health and wellness centre when he goes to Bijapur, Karnataka, on Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14), officially inaugurating Ayushman Bharat. Cellphone numbers of beneficiaries of the National Health Protection Mission (NHPM) will be their identification for the scheme — they will …
DEHRADUN: A year after Uttarakhand witnessed over 700 cases of dengue; the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) has decided to initiate steps at the earliest to check spread of malaria and dengue in the city. As part of the plan, testing of water samples from across the city will be done …
The Delhi Court on Wednesday said the authorities are misleading the court with regard to action taken towards cleaning Delhi and prevention of dengue and chikungunya. Delhi has to breathe, people of the city cannot be allowed to die because of garbage and vector-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya, …
KOLKATA: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to spray Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI) , a kind of bacteria that destroys mosquito larvae, to prevent dengue outbreak in the township. NKDA officials said that BTI will be sprayed using a hand compression machine having a tank capacity of …
CHENNAI: A simple gaffe in protocol for TB diagnosis is turning out to be fatal for patients who are going missing from the state’s records. At least three of 10 patients registered with Tamil Nadu government-run tuberculosis clinics could not be traced because the contact details were either illegible or …
Told to submit list of restaurants, bars allowing hookah in 10 days. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government for not furnishing a list of restaurants and bars in the city which permit hookah smoking on their premises and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 …
In the PIL, filed in the Bombay High Court on Tuesday, the NGO stated that doctors commonly use the rapid antibody test kits for initiating treatment for malaria. Days after the central government banned manufacture, distribution and sale of rapid diagnostic test kits to detect the antibody for malaria, the …
Death of a woman and confirmation of swine flu in two more patients has jolted the state health department out of slumber. The department now is in a state of alert on spread of H1 N1 virus. The latest victim, a 42 year old Woman resident of Lakkhibagh area of …
Aizawl: The Mizoram government has sounded a swine fever and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) alert. An official release on Monday said swine fever and PRRS is most common in the state during March to May and appealed to pig and cattle-rearers to be alert. All pig-rearers were asked …
The number of dengue cases has reached 25 this year, according to a data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Monday. The number of people affected by malaria and chikungunya stands at four and three, respectively. Out of 25 cases of dengue, 13 patients belong to neighbouring …
