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 …
2,434 dengue cases were reported last year; no case this year so far With the arrival of monsoon season, the possibility of the cases of vector-borne disease have increased. However, the Health Department claims to have taken all possible measures to curb the spread, but the department feels that people …
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) launched a report titled All In, in Eastern and Southern Africa: Catalysing the HIV response for adolescents. Launched at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, the report demonstrates progress made on adolescent HIV programming …
Indore: Giving a relief to small shopkeepers and small-scale manufacturers, the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed the food safety officers of the states to avoid minute labeling defects on food packets and also not to take legal action against them. The FSSAI issued an advisory …
Chinese authorities have ordered a company in the northeastern province of Jilin to halt production of a vaccine after it was recalled last week, amid an ongoing probe into fraudulent business practices, official media reported. China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) ordered Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences to halt production on …
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) may have amended an act empowering itself against allowing stagnant water at construction sites, members of a Rapid Action Force (RAF) of the KMC health department conducting regular drives to different dengue-prone areas are finding it an uphill task to take on a section …
HIV prevalence was 1.6 per cent among female sex workers, 2.7 per cent among men having sex with men, 3.1 per cent among eunuchs/transgender and 6.3 per cent in IDU compared to 0.28 per cent among pregnant women attending ante natal care clinics. Even as an approximate 10.54 lakh persons …
At least eight fresh cases of malaria were reported in the first week of July, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the city to 54. With the arrival of the monsoon increasing fear of vector-borne diseases, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has started …
According to experts, shigella has shown steady trends towards multiple drug resistance. Hyderabad: Shigella bacteria, which cause diarrhoea and spread mainly through water, has been found in a wide variety of food like beef, chicken, egg, milk, fish, vegetables and fruits collected from farms in and around Hyderabad. The study, …
A drug to treat malaria - the first such pill to get approval in 60 years - has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria, which makes 8.5 million people ill each year. This type of …
Radiation from your mobile phone may affect your memory, a worrying new study has revealed. Researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute have looked at the relationship between exposure to radiation (RF-EMF) from mobile phones, and memory performance in teens. They found that brain exposure of radiation from …
A report by UNAIDS, "Miles to go—closing gaps, breaking barriers, righting injustices", warns that the global response to HIV is at a critical point. Eastern and southern Africa remain the regions most affected by the HIV epidemic, accounting for 45 percent of the world's HIV infections and 53 percent of …
Kampala — Uganda is a step closer to achieving 90 per cent of the people living with HIV/Aids having the amount of the virus in their bodies suppressed by 2020, as one of the global targets set to end the Aids epidemic. The move is based on the findings by …
Continuing its drive to check vulnerable places in the district under ‘Tandarust Punjab mission’, the anti-larvae wing of the Health Department on Thursday detected cases of 12 dengue larvae in various localities. Four teams of the anti-larva cell led by Gurvinder Sahota, Harjit Kumar, Raj Kumar and Gurvinder Bajwa undertook …
As per the government data, 25 cases of different types of cancer were reported in the village in five years. As many as 25 cases of cancer have been reported from Harsola village in Indore district in the last five years, an NGO has claimed, prompting the government to announce …
Linda-Gail Bekker, president of the International AIDS Society and lead author of the Commission’s report, told The Indian Express, that current approaches to HIV control were not adequate to contain it by 2030. A new report by the International AIDS Society and Lancet Commission, released online on Thursday, says the …
GURUGRAM: The district health department confirmed the first dengue case this year on Thursday. The 40-year-old patient, a resident of DLF 5, has been admitted to a private hospital. District epidemiologist Ram Prakash said that out of the 18 suspected cases of dengue, only one was confirmed, so far. “This …
Processed meats such as bacon and hot dogs are linked to mental breakdowns, a study suggests. Patients taken to hospital with manic episodes were more than three times more likely to have recently eaten meats such as ham, salami or beef jerky. Scientists believe this could be because the foods …
PUNE: Young adults in the city have been the worst hit by the dengue this year. The highest number of dengue cases have been reported from among people in the age group of 25-34 years (140), followed by those in the 15-24 years bracket (126). Incidentally, there have not been …
500 cases of infection reported this year as against 5,300 last year Breaks in monsoon may give the State a breather from the spate of dengue infections that the health department has moved to contain. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a decrease in rainfall activity in Telangana for …
Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries today said it has received approval from the US health regulator for its INFUGEM injection used for treatment of cancer. This is the first US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval for a product from the company's Halol facility after receipt of Establishment Inspection Report …
