Simply Put: Student suicides
DTE Coverage: Highlights from 76th World Health Assembly
Progress at event on WHO funding, indigenous health, drowning, hazardous chemicals
Opinion: Community support can go a long way in properly implementing homeless dog management policies
Dog lover or not, everyone agrees that streets are no place for any dog and they shouldn’t be there
Colas get new sweetener
Finally, stricter rules for transporting livestock in India
The amended rules specify the size of partitions for different categories of livestock and poultry inside transport vehicles
No to natural sweetener
Nature’s zero-calorie sweetener—stevia—kept out of Indian market
Pandemic accord: 7th deliberative session concludes with differences on patents
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body has to present the pandemic agreement to the next World Health Assembly in May 2024
World Drowning Prevention Day: There is a need to create safe spaces, says WHO
Drowning is among the top 10 leading causes of death for children and youth aged between one and 24 years
Zoonotic diseases: interview with Sarman Singh of AIIMS
A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be spread from animals to humans. Scientists estimate that more than six out of every 10 infectious …
The M in IMA
Hepatitis in children: 2 new research focuses on probable causes
Their findings reveal it is likely a combination of 3 elements — co-infection with two different viruses and genetic susceptibility
Criminalising bestiality safeguards society
If India’s laws do not adequately punish those who commit sexual assault on animals, they may move on to unleash their cruelty on humans too
Watch before you eat
Air pollution contributes to heavy metals in vegetables
It is time to introduce the 'Shaktiman Act'
Why every Indian needs to rise up and sign this petition
In almost 4 decades, 400 US veternarians killed themselves, says study
It also reveals that veternarians are up to 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population with different occupations
Deaths, hospitalisation can go up due to Omicron, warns Europe’s health agency
A ‘stealth’ version of Omicron can raise risks of virus spread
New coronavirus variant: Reconsider entry ban to UK, urges South Africa government
The South African government will take up the matter with UK soon
Uttarakhand HC order declaring animals as legal entities reflects cultural progress: experts
Animal rights experts and lawyers hail the move, calling it a good evolution of law
World not on track to reduce suicide mortality rate by 2030 : WHO
While COVID-19 has increased mental stress globally, a new WHO report shows a crisis was already in place in 2019
Coming up in 2020: Measles, AMR big health challenges
Many countries are no more 'Measles-free'; antimicrobial resistance is a worry for India too
‘Albumin better indicator of diabetes’
New research says measuring levels of free albumin and albumin attached to glucose molecules in the blood can be a better diagnosis for diabetes
Limited access to pesticides reduced suicides in Tamil Nadu villages: WHO report
In rural India, poisoning accounts for four in 10 suicides due to swallowing of pesticides
IMA to endorse PepsiCo's food products
Cap energy drinks
CSE laboratory tests show energy drinks contain excess caffeine; their market grows without checks
Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus outbreak, Cameroon on alert
Urgent meeting on Marburg virus by WHO today