World Malaria Day: How Africa plans to fight the disease
Malawi becomes the first African nation to roll out landmark vaccine, Ghana and Kenya to join the league soon; Uganda adopts a new mass action …
‘Climate crunch time’: Battle to secure planet’s future will be won or lost in next 18 months, says Antonio Guterres
UN chief urges countries to slash emissions, protect people and nature from climate extremes, boost climate finance and clamp down on fossil fuel …
Rhinos, elephants, pangolins, cedars, rosewoods & agarwood most affected by illegal wildlife trade: UNODC
Wildlife trafficking persists worldwide despite two decades of concerted action at international and national levels, says 2024 World …
WHO launches ‘CoViNet’ — a global laboratory to monitor emerging coronaviruses
Builds on COVID-19 reference laboratory network established during early days of pandemic to confirm disease
Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR is not real’
The current innovation cycle is not new. It was formulated in the 1980s if not before
Three UN organisations launch a new global coalition of global leaders to tackle AMR
20-member group to be co-chaired by Bangladesh and Barbados prime ministers
Climate Emergency CoP 25: World is hotter than ever before, says WMO
Paris agreement has failed to put brakes on emission rise
IEA projects rapid increase in installed solar capacity by 2040
However, it expects carbon dioxide emissions to continue rising for decades
Coronavirus update: Centre says not spend on any new scheme for a year
India added ~10,000 cases Thursday
COVID-19: Tedros accepts proposal to ‘evaluate’ WHO's response
US Secretary of Health rebukes WHO, China at World Health Assembly
Extreme weather events most severe global risks over next 10 years: WEF
Through 2026, extreme weather events in top 3 risks in 13 countries; climate tipping points expected to change weather patterns
Kenya’s William Ruto makes case for Africa at COP28, calls for transformation of global climate finance framework
Many post-colonial countries, especially from Africa, didn’t exist when World Bank, IMF were formed; they should have a say in their …
Prevention, not mitigation needed to solve South Africa’s plastic problem: WWF
Interventions needed across plastic value chain rather than just waste management
WHO comes out with framework to combat Zika virus
Says $56 million would be required to implement the framework
Oppenheimer often used Sanskrit verses and Bhagavad Gita was special for him — but not in the way Nolan’s film depicts it
Despite Oppenheimer’s quoting the Panchatantra about common sense being more important than intellectual scholarship, his own …
Biden’s plan for ending the emergency declaration for COVID-19 signals a pivotal point in the pandemic – 4 questions answered
Ending the federal emergency reflects both a scientific and political judgment that the acute phase of the pandemic has ended and that special …
Over half of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment: WHO
More research is needed to discover why AMR has increased and the extent to which infections are related to hospitalisations and antibiotic …
WHO approval to South Africa’s vaccine regulatory body
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority ranked at maturity level 3 out of 4 classification levels
Global pandemic fund to open for investment proposals in November
The treasury will help boost pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in low- and middle-income countries
Occupational hazard: Exposure to ionising radiation affects over 24 million workers globally
Behavioural risk factors plays an important role in the worldwide cancer burden and 44% of global cancer deaths are preventable
2022 may continue the trend of world’s warmest years: UK Met Office
This will be the eighth consecutive year when the global average temperature would cross the 1°C
COVID-19 effect: Healthcare costs push over half billion into extreme poverty
A wide gap in affordable healthcare access, combined with reduced income can exacerbate crisis
Corticosteroid can be used for effective treatment of children hospitalised with MIS-C: WHO
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome has been seen in several children exposed to or recovering from COVID-19
Asia Climate: India, China, Japan lose billions to extreme weather annually, says WMO report
India, China and Bangladesh recorded most of the disaster-related displacement recorded globally in 2020, according to State of the Climate in …
By 2030, early warnings on floods and droughts to be available for all: WMO
World Meteorological Congress endorses Water and Climate Coalition for promoting sharing and access to integrated hydrological, cryosphere, …