Inflammation, not virus infiltration in the brain, may be responsible for alteration in brain gene activity
UK: Six children die of Strep A, a common bacterial infection
Road traffic injuries the second leading cause of death among children aged 5-14 years: WHO
Bhopal: 38 years later, fungal diseases rise among survivors in telling sign of flawed healthcare
Bhopal: 38 years ago, while the world slept, its worst industrial disaster unfolded in the heart of India
Anil Agarwal, founder of Centre for Science and Environment and founder editor of Down To Earth, was in Bhopal ...
Health inequities to be blamed for premature deaths among people with disabilities: WHO
They are at a two-fold risk of contracting chronic illnesses like asthma, depression, diabetes, obesity, dental disorders and stroke
Can China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy survive in the face of citizen protests, infectious variants?
China is recording more than 70,000 COVID-19 cases daily, a pandemic high for the country
COVID-19: Activists slam Centre’s affidavit washing hands off compensation for vaccine mortality
There was a huge lack of transparency about vaccine-related complications in the government’s awareness campaigns, activists said
Chink in Alzheimer’s armour? drug slows cognitive decline, but could have side effects
Latest data raises apprehensions about the occurrence of brain enlargement and bleeding in patients
India improves maternal mortality ratio, but poorer states yet to make progress
This is a considerable improvement from the 130 deaths per lakh in 2014-2016
Scientists revive approximately 50,000-year-old ‘zombie virus’ from frozen lake in Russia
When permafrost melts, bacteria, viruses and radioactive materials, trapped in its frigid layers for thousands of years may also ...
Reproductive crisis? Sperm counts dropping rapidly worldwide
Mean sperm count dropped to 49 million/ml from from 104 million/ml in 46 years
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 ends with Muscat Ministerial Manifesto on AMR
The Manifesto has called upon different stakeholders in human and animal health as well as environment sectors to come ...
Malady to miracle: Leprosy bacteria grows liver in armadillos, gives hope for human organ regeneration
Study finds bacteria of the chronic infectious disease reprogrammed certain cells into ‘stem-like cells’
Imminent threat: WHO warns 40 million children susceptible to measles as outbreak intensifies in India
There has been a ‘steady decline’ in measles vaccination coverage since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO ...
Your scented sanitary napkins can cause heart disease, insulin resistance: Study
Sanitary pad manufacturing companies are not required by law to state ingredients on the packet as they are labelled ...
International bodies like WHO, FAO join hands at CITES COP19 to curb zoonotic diseases
Zoonoses defined as infectious diseases spread between animals and humans by food, water, fomites or vectors
WHO’s updated priority pathogen list to be out by early 2023
The current list includes COVID-19, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Ebola and Marburg
Pandemic treaty: Draft urges cooperation, equity, transparency but misses independent monitoring
Draft has evolved from a working document circulated earlier this year in July and builds on the comments made ...
Antimicrobial Resistance: New CSE report focuses on major ethnoveterinary medicine programme
AMR has been recognised as a ‘silent pandemic’ and is a global public health threat today
WHO advises immediate skin-to-skin care for premature babies instead of initial period in incubator
Most babies born at or after 28 weeks survive in high-income countries, but in poor countries, survival rates can ...
World @ 8 billion: WHO handbook now covers family planning during epidemics, high-risk HIV
Practical measures detailed to support the continuity of family planning services during emergencies
Livestock farming is a crucible for zoonotic disease; here is how
Artificial oceans of pigs and poultry in the hinterlands become mixing vessels for viruses from humans, livestock and wildlife, ...
Eight billion humans: Stanford Professor Paul Ehrlich tells DTE situation worse than 50 years ago
The world’s population is not declining; but there is a good drop in fertility rates among the rich, according ...
Lumpy Skin Disease outbreak shows livestock diseases are not just about animals; here is why
Down To Earth reports from Rajasthan and Delhi on how outbreaks like Lumpy Skin Disease have harsh economic and ...