India has fourth highest number of measles cases in the world: WHO

The country’s disease incidence rate per million is 29.68, the lowest in the top 10 countries

कोलिस्टीन पर प्रतिबंध, सीएसई ने कहा- समय पर उठाया सही कदम

स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय ने 19 जुलाई को जारी अधिसूचना में कोलिस्टिन के वितरण, उत्पादन व बिक्री पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया है

WHO launches tool for safer use of antibiotics, curb resistance

The health body has also begun a global campaign to achieve 60% increase in use of drugs that target a specific microorganism rather than several …

WHO launches high impact plan to check malaria

The newly launched response, high burden to high impact, builds on the principle that no one should die from a disease that can be easily prevented

3,000 adolescents die every day of preventable causes: WHO

Gains from investments in maternal and child health programmes are not sustained in adolescence

Centre defers decision to restrict production of yield-boosting hormone for two months

Decision comes after various states said oxytocin is very important to prevent human maternal mortality

WHO must play a decisive role in climate adaptation, says chief Tedros

The new director-general emphasised on health impacts of climate change as one of WHO's priorities 

Religion can play major role in tackling neglected tropical diseases

Leaders in churches, mosques and temples can raise awareness about NTDs and their health impact on populations, says study

Low to moderate risk of Zika outbreak in Europe: WHO

The risk was assessed based on two factors—the likelihood of Zika virus spread and existing capacity to prevent transmission

How colistin went from ‘holy water’ in medicine to ‘sewage’ of resistance

The antimicrobial resistance crisis is affecting even the efficiency of medicines like colistin, whose use is reserved for cases where other …

‘COVID-19 has become endemic in India’

But the world is not out of the woods yet

Looking back at 2021 through DTE's top 10 interviews

Ebola returns to Liberia

Liberia reported maximum deaths in the present outbreak of the disease

Why is tomato fever a cause of concern for Indian children?

This flu is caused by intestinal viruses and is rare in adults as they usually have strong immune systems

Antimicrobial resistant bacteria found in newborn children

These superbugs were most likely transmitted from mothers or the hospital environment to the newborns

Why is Antimicrobial Resistance the biggest threat to humanity?

The rise of AMR is due to unsustainable practices in overlapping ecosystems of animal, environmental and human health. Therefore, it requires a …

FSSAI's GMO threshold for imported food crops ‘unacceptably high’, says letter to health minister

FSSAI issued an order on February 8 setting the permissible limit for GMO in imported food crops at 1%

One tea bag can release 11.6 billion microplastics into your cup

This is higher than plastic loads previously reported in other foods such as from beer, honey, fish and shellfish, chicken, salt, bottled water, …

Story of a cloth and why it’s important for menstruation

While several people believe that when it comes to menstrual hygiene, women in urban India are much better off than their village counterparts, …

New organism with lab-made genes developed

The entire genome of the new organism, called Syn61, has been replaced and it has now 4 million artificially made DNA letters

Every third person in world is obese, says study

Obesity is a risk factor for many health problems, including diabetes, heart diseases, stroke and some types

India joins global research hub on antimicrobial resistance

The country is the largest consumer of antibiotics in the world — consumption increased by 103 per cent from 2000 to 2015, the highest in …

10.4 million new TB cases reported in 2015; global actions falling short: WHO

Report shows that countries need to move much faster to prevent, detect and treat the disease if they are to meet global targets

COVID-19 can reverse decades of progress in eliminating child deaths: UN

Almost 68% of 77 countries surveyed reported at least some disruption in health checks and immunisation services, which may lead to increase in …

एनीमिया और बच्चों में कम वजन को रोकने में भारत ने नहीं की प्रगति: रिपोर्ट

रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, 15-49 आयु वर्ग की आधी से अधिक भारतीय महिलाएं एनीमिया से ग्रस्त हैं