Who was Dr. Agron Alija? Physician who died in Canada in a head on crash; how did he die; all you need to knowA London doctor, Dr. Agron Alija, tragically died following a road accident. The 62-year-old physician was killed in a head-on collision on...
25 Oct, 2025, 03.43 AM IST
Robert Munsch, Canadian children’s author, to die by MAID; here’s what it meansRobert Munsch, famed Canadian author, has received approval for Medical Assistance in Dying. He suffers from dementia and Parkinson's disea...
16 Sep, 2025, 02.22 PM IST
The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decadesThe U.S. is grappling with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades, with over 1,288 cases reported this year. Public health offici...
10 Jul, 2025, 07.02 AM IST
Bryan Johnson, who gulps down 54 pills for breakfast, ditches longevity drug rapamycin. Here's whyBryan Johnson, a 47-year-old US software millionaire, had made waves with his ambitious mission to reverse ageing. Now, the anti-aging infl...
10 Jan, 2025, 05.25 PM IST
COP28 delegates urge greater action on climate-linked health risksPhysicians, activists, and country representatives at COP28 in Dubai call for greater global efforts to protect people from health and safe...
03 Dec, 2023, 05.33 PM IST
Study uncovers alarming gender bias in CPR: Women face lower chances of receiving help from bystandersA study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress reveals that bystanders are less likely to administer CPR to women experienci...
18 Sep, 2023, 08.09 PM IST
Why are too many older adults being told they have kidney disease?A growing cadre of physicians are combating what they call an over-diagnosis of this condition in the elderly.
05 Nov, 2021, 08.41 AM IST
Delta variant is sending more kids to the hospital in the US. Are they sicker, too?What remains unknown is whether children who are infected with delta are actually getting sicker than they would have if they had caught a ...
10 Aug, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
Explainer: The US investigation into COVID-19 originsVirus researchers have not publicly identified any key new scientific evidence that might make the lab-leak hypothesis more likely.
09 Jun, 2021, 10.54 AM IST
Antibiotics for Covid cases worsen India’s superbug crisisDoctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand — often antibiotics tha...
26 May, 2021, 09.30 AM IST
Expect a lot more of the same if Trump wins a second termTrump has repeatedly pushed for the end of the Obama-era health law but has yet to deliver a plan to replace it. And he has spent most of t...
31 Oct, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
Unraveling of Trump policies a distant hope for separated immigrant familiesWhile immigrants have faced hurdles settling in the United States for generations and illegal immigration has bedeviled both Republican and...
29 Sep, 2020, 05.38 PM IST
The health of 7.8 billion people is stuck in a dangerous place between China and TrumpNo one from the World Health Organization said in public that China might not be providing the full picture.
21 May, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
This Canadian start-up used AI to track coronavirus and raised alarm days before the outbreakBlueDot's algorithm can sift through several news stories a day in order to detect and monitor the spread.
20 Feb, 2020, 09.06 AM IST
Are large compensation payouts for medical negligence good?A Supreme Court judgement awarding record compensation payout for medical negligence in Kolkata has caused a rift in the medical fraternity.
01 Sep, 2014, 03.41 PM IST