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 …
LUCKNOW: Five cases of dengue were reported from the city on Tuesday and Wednesday, taking the tally of affected patients to 87 since January this year. All cases, verified by the unit of vector-borne diseases control at the office of the chief medical officer (CMO), reportedly had no travel history …
In India, according to a 2012 report in The Lancet as quoted by Medical News Today, breast cancer is one of the most common problems among women here. A new report in Cancer Research UK suggests obesity will emerge as the biggest cause of cancer, overtaking even smoking. The report …
At least three to five cases of dengue are being reported daily from the city. Five fresh cases of dengue were reported today, taking the season count to 79. One case each was reported from Sector 39, 45, 51, 55, and Daria village. Besides, 42 malaria and three chikungunya cases …
Attacks by armed opposition groups in North Kivu province hit by the outbreak have risen in recent weeks, including a deadly raid in the town of Beni that forced the World Health Organization to suspend its work, the agency's emergency response chief, Peter Salama, told reporters. The struggle to contain …
More than 11,000 people in Sudan's eastern state of Kassala have been infected over the past month by Chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne viral disease, but no deaths have been reported, a Sudanese official said on Tuesday. Chikungunya is spread by two mosquito species and can cause severe symptoms, which develop …
At least 45 people have been killed by cholera in Zimbabwe in the past three weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday, describing the strain as "multi-drug resistant". It said that an oral vaccine campaign was due to begin shortly with 450 000 people targeted in the worst-affected …
The twin challenges of malaria and malnutrition are proving a challenge in Niger, where health and humanitarian aid workers say 10 children per day died during the month of August. “We have never seen anything like this before, and we fear it’s just the tip of the iceberg,” said Dr. …
In South Sudan, there is only one head surgeon who serves a population of 200,000 in the country's northeastern region He is this year's winner of the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. It is given annually to those who go above and beyond the call of duty to protect refugees. In …
The UK is "unprepared" for climate change, an expert from the University of Surrey has concluded following an extensive study. University of Surrey academic Dr. Candice Howarth says that while the Government and industry is aware of the potential impacts of climate change on future productivity and day to day …
MUMBAI: On the eve of the first-ever United Nations meet on Wednesday to combat the global threat of tuberculosis, a new medical study warns that almost six out of 10 TB patients visiting private doctors in Mumbai and Patna don't get appropriate treatment. The study, published in PLOS Medicine, an …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is once again witnessing an alarming surge in the number of swine flu cases — an average 200 patients are waging a morbid fight with the viral fever admitted in hospitals spread across Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and other districts. State has recorded 408 swine flu …
Greater Noida: With diphtheria claiming the lives of at least three children and affecting two others in Greater Noida, the Gautam Budh Nagar health department is on its toes. However, despite the department’s efforts to hold camps in the city, residents in several areas are averse to getting their children …
GURUGRAM: This monsoon has seen a huge spike in cases of viral infection. According to data provided by the Civil hospital, a total of 5,024 such cases have been reported this year as compared to last year’s 2,875 cases, a rise of around 75%. A whopping 403 suspected dengue cases …
Entomophagy is practised on a large scale by the tribal communities in North East India compared to eastern and southern states. Termites, honey bees, grasshoppers, stink bugs, aquatic insects and silkworms are common and preferred insect species because they contain high amount of protein, fat, minerals and vitamins. Silkworms are …
Kalkfeld — The Otjozondjupa Region has recorded 616 tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2017, of which 46 were at drug resistant level. These figures were revealed on Thursday by a senior registered nurse at Otjiwarongo State Hospital Hilma Muhenje, who spoke at a graduation ceremony of Women's Action for Development (WAD) …
A study by Seattle-based Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation published in The Lancet says that India’s ranking of 158th in 2016 represents an improvement from its 1990 ranking of 162nd. India ranks 158th in the world for its investments in education and healthcare, a survey of 195 countries has …
Dengue cases have spiralled in the city with over 340 people being diagnosed with the vector-borne disease this season, nearly 70 per cent of whom were affected in September alone, a municipal report released on Monday said. Dengue cases have spiralled in the city with over 340 people being diagnosed …
KOLKATA: It took the death of a 21-year-old girl for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to go hard at dengue in Lotus Park, an area close to the Bijoygarh-Golf Green-Baghajatin belt where dengue had wreaked havoc last year. After Mou Mukherjee died of dengue at MR Bangur Hospital on Saturday, …
Violence in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hindering the Ebola response in the region, where World Health Organization workers remained on lockdown Monday after 21 people died over the weekend, most of them civilians. Authorities say Ugandan rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a group that …
HYDERABAD: Dengue is turning more virulent and causing severe complications in the form of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue severe shock (DSS). It is also developing affinity towards neurological system affecting brain. Most mortality cases related to dengue fevers are DHF and DSS episodes. A research study conducted in …
