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‘Air pollution cuts India’s average life expectancy by 5 years’
Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the others mentioned in a new report by the University of Chicago
Current monkeypox nomenclature is stigmatising: Experts
Scientists in advanced discussion with World Health Organization to adopt neutral language for monkeypox
Monkeypox cases in non-endemic countries cross 1,000 mark in a month. What this means
Global public health risk has been classified as ‘moderate’ but the WHO refrained from stating it has pandemic potential
Why Maharashtra, Kerala are still adding 2 of 3 new COVID-19 cases in the country
These two states have become the bellwether for what is to come with cases typically rising here before other regions
Dengue emergency in Singapore: Experts blame climate change, new strain, more mosquitoes
Traditional peak dengue season has just begun and Singapore has already recorded more than 13,000 dengue cases this year
काल के गाल में समा रहे जच्चा-बच्चा : अस्पतालों में चूक जारी
अस्पतालों में प्रसव में पिछले 15 साल में रिकॉर्ड बढ़ोतरी…
Tamil Nadu leads Food Safety Index 2022, Andhra Pradesh lags behind
Goa leads small states while Jammu and Kashmir leads Union Territories
दवाओं के ट्रायल ने ठीक किए कैंसर मरीज, कीमोथैरेपी या सर्जरी बिना इलाज की उम्मीद जगाना जल्दबाजी
ड्रग ट्रायल में शामिल मरीजों को कीमौथेरेपी या सर्जरी की…
Ground report: Climate disasters in Bihar, UP make children more vulnerable to trafficking
Trafficking rackets use climate disasters as opportunities, say experts
Drug cures rectal cancer patients in new trial. Will this impact current course of treatment?
Patients part of the study didn't require any chemotherapy or surgery
Monkeypox virus found in semen. Is it enough to call it STI?
Labelling monkeypox sexually transmitted diseases / infection will lead to stigmatisation of particular community, feel experts
Now drones can be used to deliver medical supplies, vaccines in India: ICMR guidelines
Indian Council of Medical Research releases guidelines based on learnings from pilot project
Long Covid: 2 million cases in UK, experts seek recognition of condition as ‘occupational illness’
Most cases reported to have tested positive a year ago
Climate change & trafficking: ‘We have little understanding’
Down To Earth spoke with Christopher Richter from International Organisation for Migration to understand why the data gap exists
Probable cases of acute hepatitis in children cross 600, cause remains unknown
As many as 38 children required transplants and nine died
‘Paxlovid rebound’ cases have experts scrambling for answers
Is it happening because of the antiviral or is this just how the virus behaves?
Countries agree to sustainably finance WHO amid COVID-19 pandemic
The aim is to reach 50 per cent of WHO’s budget by 2028-2029 if possible
भारत में फैल रहा बफेलोपॉक्स, विशेषज्ञों की चेतावनी पर ध्यान देने की जरूरत
दुनिया के कई हिस्सों में दिख रहा अर्थोपॉक्सवायरस का संक…
Monkeypox outbreak brings focus back on smallpox vaccines. But which countries have stock?
Smallpox vaccination was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s
Cases of Buffalopox, India's latest emerging viral threat, underline need to understand evolutionary biology
West India has seen multiple outbreaks of buffalopox that belongs to the same family of viruses as monkeypox
Monkeypox continues to spread in non-endemic countries, no deaths reported yet
That no patient has travel history to endemic area has experts worried
Do tribal lives matter? Life expectancy, health indicators stay poor in Madhya Pradesh
Malnutrition in the tribal population is 1.5 times higher than the national average
How disasters, poverty fuel human trafficking
Natural disasters triggered 30.7 million displacements globally in 2020
What has been the impact of long Covid on the global workforce: US, UK data offers some clues
Classifying long Covid as either an occupational disease or a disability is an option being considered by some governments
Monkeypox outbreak most geographically widespread in half a century
Monkeypox cases have been on a slow but steady incline, a trend that has often been overlooked by many