We’ve been tracking birds in a small Nigerian forest for 18 years: What we found & why it matters

Population changes locally for both migrant and resident bird species were similar, being reasonably stable or increasing

World seeing signs of climate breakdown: Antonio Guterres

UN Pact for Future must prioritise communities bearing brunt of climate emergency, says UN secretary-general 

Robots develop new semiconductor materials in tests that are 10 times faster & greener

With the technology, scientists have been able to develop alloys with perovskites materials that can improve solar cells

Road to COP15: DTE’s coverage in the run-up to Montreal

The 15th Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity will be held from December 7-19, 2022

James Webb Telescope captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings after 3 decades

Webb images vividly display Neptune’s fainter dust bands in addition to many brilliant, narrow rings

COVID-19: The poor must wait years for the jab

Intellectual property rights can act as a barrier against wide access to vaccines, treatments for the novel coronavirus disease  

WHO releases first-of-its-kind patient safety rights charter ahead of Patient Safety Day

Outlines core rights of all patients in the context of safety of health care

‘Cancel all debt’: Activists disrupt IMF, World Bank annual meet

Call for reparations as solution for stabilising global economy during debt restructuring panel

Climate change responsible for over 80% of temperature rise within Asia last month, the hottest April ever: WWA

Climate change and El Nino combined to push minimum and mean temperature rise in eastern India to highest ever in April  

World Earth Day 2024: Global network presents solutions for cutting down plastic use in food chain

Slow Food Earth Markets around the world suggest steps undertaken by it to reduce plastics in their food systems

The year 2023 smashed several climate records, with some being ‘chart-busting’: WMO report

Greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and glacier retreat reached …

‘Paxlovid rebound’ cases have experts scrambling for answers

Is it happening because of the antiviral or is this just how the virus behaves?

Monkeypox outbreak brings focus back on smallpox vaccines. But which countries have stock?

Smallpox vaccination was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s

Global Diabetes Compact to increase access to testing, treatment: WHO

About half of all adults with type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed

AMR Awareness Week: Natural livestock farming effective bottom-up approach to reduce antibiotic use in dairy sector

Crisis with AMR obliges dairy sector to look beyond maximising cattle productivity and focus on both milk quantity, quality

AMR Awareness Week: Way forward for pharma companies to ensure antibiotics manufacturing doesn’t drive resistance

The risk of AMR posed by the release of antibiotic manufacturing waste can be prevented  

Mysterious pneumonia-like illness grips China, sparks fear of a pandemic

Experts speculate mycoplasma bacterium to be behind outbreak; more information needed for confirmation

“Rich countries need to consume and produce less animal-source foods”

World Food Prize winner Lawrence Haddad on the impact of climate change on food systems

Road traffic deaths declined overall, but those of cyclists and pedestrians rose in last decade: WHO report

Cyclists deaths have increased by 70 per cent in a decade; just 25 per cent of countries have laws in place to support public transportation,…

World faces a triple health jeopardy as drug pipeline for new antibiotics dries up

It is time to look at antibiotics as global public good

Coronavirus Update: After 4 mln cases in US Trump calls for putting on masks

Pandemic will worsen, US president thinks after 15 mln cases worldwide

Coronavirus update: Tamil Nadu to lock down Chennai, 3 other districts

ICMR distances itself from study suggesting November peak

COVID-19 cases in Africa double in just four days

A host of factors could imperil millions of lives on the continent, warns WHO

Simply Put: A bridge too far

Taliban takeover will impact Afghanistan healthcare: What’s WHO doing about it

WHO working with new Taliban regime to see to it that healthcare services are not impacted