India’s mysterious diseases: ‘We need a public health system’

Human health management is dismally low in India, says T Jacob John, virologist and former professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore

Not so young at heart

Young hearts are more stressed out than they used to be. They bear much more pressure these days just to beat. Heart disease is no more an …

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Planners are yet to recognize the Sunderbans is increasingly vulnerable to rising sea level and intense cyclones. Despite the early warning, it …

दुनिया के हर पांचवे बच्चे को नहीं मिल रहा पर्याप्त पानी: यूनिसेफ

दक्षिण एशिया में सबसे ज्यादा करीब 15.5 करोड़ बच्चे पानी की भारी किल्लत का सामना करने को मजबूर हैं, जिसमें 9.14 करोड़ बच्चे भारत ...

Almost 70% senior citizens in India have a chronic illness

One in every five Indians below 45 have at least one morbid condition

अपने आप में बदलाव कर ज्यादा स्थिर होने की कोशिश कर रहा है कोरोनावायरस: रिसर्च

शोध के अनुसार यह वायरस अपने आप में बदलाव कर अधिक स्थिर बनने की कोशिश कर रहा है, जिससे यह हर वातावरण में अपने ...

टीबी रोगियों को ज्यादा है कोरोना से खतरा, स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय ने कहा सभी मरीजों की होने चाहिए जांच

जनवरी से जून 2020 के बीच टीबी के 26 फीसदी कम मामले सामने आए हैं, जिसके लिए कोविड-19 महामारी को जिम्मेवार माना है

India’s mysterious diseases: A timeline

India has witnessed at least 33 unknown fever and 12 acute encephalitis syndrome outbreaks since 2019

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Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it

Translating lessons learnt during the outbreak in West Africa into improved vision health is an ongoing necessity in Congo

Vector-borne diseases may shift base with warmer temperatures

Stanford researchers say climate change will increase risk of vector-borne diseases spreading to countries characterised by cooler climate till now

World’s first malaria vaccine will be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi

At least 120,000 children in each of the three countries will receive the vaccine

Southeast Asia’s double whammy—child malnutrition and obesity

WHO/UNICEF report does a reality check on region’s 'double burden'

Why three toddlers were forced to seek SC ban on firecrackers

Citing fundamental right to life, parents make their children as litigants in a first-of-its-kind PIL against the use of firecrackers during festivals

Monkey fever hits Kerala, health worker fifth victim of disease

Four more suspected cases have been reported in the district and about 20 persons are under observation

Poison on the plate

Study links toxins in food products to cancer and other diseases in children

Fish take oil spills to heart

2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may have caused heart defects in tuna species, reducing their numbers

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Not so hard to crack

A rare fungus threatens Indian walnuts

New labels on beef

Letting go a good thing

After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio-environmental vector management project

Bioterrorism? Child's play

Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India's animal quarantine managers