If you want to add years to your life then get a good sleep from today, study finds
Feb 25, 2023, at 09:23 pm
Washignton: Getting good sleep can play a role in supporting your heart and overall health—and maybe even how long you live—according to new research being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.
American mother gives birth to rare MoMo twins, doctors left stunned
Feb 25, 2023, at 09:11 pm
Britney Alba, an elementary school teacher from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, found herself in an extraordinary situation when she delivered her second set of identical twins at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Women and Infants Center.
Feb 24, 2023, at 10:20 pm
London: Some 93% of major metropolitan areas in Europe “shrank” or lost population as a result of the impact of COVID-19, with nearly two thirds of all European cities experiencing the same effect during the pandemic, according to new research published in Cities, the international journal.
Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth
Feb 24, 2023, at 09:51 pm
New York: Maternal health setbacks in many parts of the world have contributed to the worrying finding that a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth around every two minutes, UN agencies said on Thursday.
Study reveals air pollution speeds bone loss from Osteoporosis
Feb 24, 2023, at 02:40 pm
Elevated levels of air pollutants are associated with bone damage among postmenopausal women, according to new research led by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Toronto continues to provide children with opportunities get vaccinated with life-saving drugs
Feb 24, 2023, at 05:20 am
Toronto/IBNS: Opportunities continued to be provided for Toronto students by Toronto Public Health (TPH) to catch up on life-saving vaccines they may have missed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a news release said Thursday on the second annual National Kids and Vaccines Day.
Dr Rajeev Raghuvanshi appointed as the new Drug Controller General of India
Feb 23, 2023, at 03:17 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of Dr Rajeev Raghuvanshi as the new Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) was approved by the, an official release stated.
Auckland and Mumbai to collaborate on cancer care
Feb 22, 2023, at 10:59 pm
New Delhi: Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland and Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai, the largest and the most renowned cancer care hospital and research centre in India, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to engage in long-term cooperation in cancer care.
WHO reveals one-third of prisoners in Europe suffer mental health disorders
Feb 15, 2023, at 10:14 pm
One in three prisoners in Europe suffer from mental health disorders, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report launched on Tuesday.
UN-backed project aims to eliminate mercury from skin lightening products
Feb 15, 2023, at 09:43 pm
New York: The Governments of Gabon, Jamaica and Sri Lanka have united in a $14 million project to eliminate the use of mercury in skin lightening products – a serious public health issue, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on Tuesday.
WHO supports Equatorial Guinea in combatting country’s first-ever deadly Marburg virus outbreak
Feb 15, 2023, at 08:54 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) deployed experts to Equatorial Guinea this week following confirmation of the first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the country.
WHO reports exponential rise in cholera cases in Africa
Feb 10, 2023, at 08:35 pm
New York: Africa is currently experiencing an exponential rise in cholera cases, amid a global surge in the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday.
Reduce pollution to combat ‘superbugs’ and other anti-microbial resistance
Feb 08, 2023, at 06:01 pm
New York: Up to 10 million people could die annually by 2050 due to anti-microbial resistance (AMR), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report launched in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Tuesday, highlighting the need to curtail pollution created by the pharmaceuticals, agricultural and healthcare sectors.
Feb 07, 2023, at 09:27 pm
Kolkata: A study conducted by a group of doctors from several nations, including India, has found that in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, antibiotic drug Doxycycline was a safe and inexpensive treatment widely available throughout the globe and it reduced ICU admissions when added to standard of care.
Regulators suspend prodn of Global Pharma Healthcare's ophthalmic range of products: Reports
Feb 06, 2023, at 02:44 am
Chennai-based Global Pharma Healthcare has been asked to stop the production of its ophthalmic range of products after a joint inspection of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and the State Drug Controller of its production site on Friday, media reports said.
WHO launches bid to tackle inequalities behind global breast cancer threat
Feb 04, 2023, at 07:25 pm
New York: A UN-led global initiative to tackle breast cancer could save 2.5 million lives by 2040, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, just ahead of World Cancer Day.
Mumbai: Teenage girl undergoes India’s first successful unilateral hand transplant
Feb 04, 2023, at 07:37 am
Mumbai: A team of doctors performed a successful unilateral hand transplant on a teenage girl on Friday, the first such procedure in the country.
Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: UNODC report
Feb 03, 2023, at 06:53 pm
New York: Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed to stem the flow, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) states in its new threat assessment report.
African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030
Feb 03, 2023, at 06:14 pm
UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, announced on Wednesday at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Australian scientists make breakthrough in Alzheimer's research
Feb 01, 2023, at 09:55 pm
Canberra: A team from Australia's national science agency has used artificial intelligence to make a breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease research.
Tedros: COVID-19 remains an international health threat
Jan 31, 2023, at 08:41 pm
New York: The head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that now is not the time to declare the pandemic over.
WHO calls for more action to end ‘cycles of poverty and stigma’ related to tropical diseases
Jan 31, 2023, at 07:18 pm
New York: More countries have worked to eliminate dengue, leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) over the past decade, but greater efforts and investment are needed in the face of pandemic-related disruptions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
More countries eliminate neglected tropical diseases but investments key to sustain progress
Jan 30, 2023, at 10:31 pm
Geneva: Today, on World Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Day, WHO releases a new progress report, entitled “Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2023” highlighting the progress and challenges in delivering NTD care worldwide, against a backdrop of COVID-19-related disruptions.
India gets its first covid nasal vaccine iNCOVACC manufactured by Bharat Biotech
Jan 26, 2023, at 10:11 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya and Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh Thursday launched the world's first COVID-19 intranasal vaccine, iNCOVACC.
Mali: WHO doctor seized by ‘unidentified assailants’, as UNHCR raises alarm over continuing violence
Jan 25, 2023, at 08:26 pm
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a statement deploring the abduction of a doctor working for the UN health agency in the town of Menaka, in eastern Mali, by unknown assailants on Monday.
WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’
Jan 24, 2023, at 05:38 pm
New York: Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from its harmful impacts, thus increasing their risk of heart disease and death, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
$2.54 billion needed to tackle unprecedented health needs in 2023: WHO
Jan 24, 2023, at 04:52 pm
New York: Two-and-a-half billion dollars: that’s how much funding the UN World Health Organization (WHO) will need across its operations this year, it said on Monday, to help a record number of people facing disease and starvation.
Japan reports monthly record of over 8,000 Covid-related deaths in Jan
Jan 23, 2023, at 03:08 pm
Tokyo: Japan has faced a new surge of COVID-related deaths, with 8,103 fatalities recorded in January so far, the highest monthly tally since the start of the pandemic, data from the Japanese Health Ministry showed.
Bharat Biotech's intranasal COVID-19 vaccine to be launched on Republic Day
Jan 22, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Bhopal: Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Bharat Biotech is all set to launch its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNCOVACC on January 26, the company's chairman and managing director Krishna Ella said here on Saturday.
Japan authorities sound alert over new bird flu outbreak
Jan 22, 2023, at 03:50 pm
Tokyo: Nearly 140,000 chickens will be culled in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture amid a fresh bird flu outbreak, local authorities say.