Bengaluru PGs put on high alert after cholera cases detected in cityCholera cases at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute trigger an alert for PG owners from their association. Guidelines stress ...
09 Apr, 2024, 09.57 PM IST
Explainer-How climate change is making the world sickGovernment ministers at COP28 discuss protecting people from climate-driven health threats, including malnutrition, as experts predict a gl...
03 Dec, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
Delhi govt issues advisory on water-borne diseasesCautioning that there is an increased risk of contracting water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera in the rainy season...
21 Jul, 2023, 12.42 PM IST
Health advisory issued as temperature soars in KeralaThe State Health Department's move came a day after a heat index report from the KSDMA showed extreme 'feels like temperature' in many part...
10 Mar, 2023, 09.28 PM IST
We've run out of cholera vaccines, WHO official says as disease surgesThe U.N. health agency says global fatality rates are rising and there are around 30 countries around the world that have reported cholera ...
16 Dec, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
WHO cautions world, seeks help over deplorable condition in drought-prone Horn of Africa. Read details hereWorld Health Organization has looked to bring attention of the world towards a deepening crisis in the disease-prone Somali peninsula. The ...
18 Aug, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
Parks & recreation: Pandemic opens up spaces for dates, exercise and social gatheringsThe park often offers us not just safety from infection but also a sense of community, a rare combination these days.
16 Aug, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
New testing labs to help check spread of coronavirus in UP, Maharashtra, West Bengal: Amit ShahExpressing gratitude to the prime minister for launching the "high throughput COVID-19 testing labs", Shah said these hi-tech facilities wi...
27 Jul, 2020, 09.08 PM IST
PM Modi to launch 'high-throughput' COVID-19 testing facilities in 3 cities todayUnion Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, along with Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh are expected to participat...
27 Jul, 2020, 07.44 AM IST
Pandemic halts vaccination for nearly 80 million childrenUNICEF reported a significant delay in planned vaccine deliveries due to lockdown measures and a dramatic reduction in the number of availa...
22 May, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
The 123-year-old law that India may invoke to counter coronavirusFollowing the World Health Organisation's far-reaching announcement, the Union cabinet secretary yesterday said all states and Union Territ...
12 Mar, 2020, 05.53 PM IST
Recalling history's 10 deadliest diseases that came before the coronavirusBefore the coronavirus, the human race has had to deal with various epidemics and pandemics across the centuries. Many of them have claimed...
01 Mar, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
- Delhi weather helps the NDM-1 superbug thrive
The rate at which the NDM-1 gene is copied and transferred between different bacteria was highest at 30°C - a temperature common in Delhi.
07 Apr, 2011, 12.11 PM IST
- Drug resistant superbug retains Delhi tag
Naming the drug resistant superbug New Delhi Metallo Beta Lactamase-I (NDM-1 ) after India's capital city was 'a big mistake' admitted Lanc...
07 Apr, 2011, 11.53 AM IST
- World cannot pay for Pakistan flood disaster: US envoy
The outside world cannot foot the entire bill for Pakistan's recovery from devastating floods and the Pakistani government must do more, US...
20 Sep, 2010, 10.45 PM IST
- Epidemic fear grips Leh as gastro cases begin piling up
Doctors have reported a steady rise in the cases of gastroenteritis due to contaminated drinking water.
12 Aug, 2010, 04.59 AM IST
- WHO warns of epidemic in Iraq
With over 7,000 cases of acute diarrhoea have so far been reported in northern Iraq, a UN health agency has said that there was an urgent n...
11 Sep, 2007, 09.10 AM IST