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India shows that forcing teens off their phones isn’t always goodThe UK's initiative to restrict social media access for individuals under 16 mimics India's stance, rooted in fears surrounding child well-...- Palestinian Embassy calls for urgent medical aid: "If not India and Indian people, then who?"Palestine's Embassy in India has issued a dire plea for immediate medical aid, warning of a healthcare sector collapse due to ongoing confl...
- Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...
- As Ebola scourges Congo, experts warn of link to the consumption of 'wild meat'Wild meat consumption in Central and West Africa, a cultural staple, poses a significant risk for zoonotic disease transmission, including ...
- 'If Ebola comes, we'll be wiped out': Democratic Republic of Congo conflict-displacedDorcas Mapenzi fears the worst if Ebola comes to the Kingonze camp, where she lives alongside more than 25,000 other displaced people in th...
- 2,400,000,000,000: Chinese are smoking nearly half of world's totalChina's cigarette consumption has surged by 39% between 2003 and 2023, contrasting with a global decline. Despite fewer young smokers, low ...
- Hantavirus scare a wake-up call: Why India must build its disease X defencesA recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship echoes past pandemic scares. Experts warn Disease X, a future unknown pathogen, is a near cer...
- Hantavirus-hit liner reaches Rotterdam, crew being quarantined and ship disinfectedThe MV Hondius arrived at Landtong, a narrow peninsula about 10 km long that is part of Rotterdam port and far from any urban centre. Sever...
- Rare but ruthless: How Hantavirus strikes fast, and should you be concernedA rare hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship has drawn global attention after multiple infections and three reported deaths prompted ...
- Atlantic Council warns: Hitting Iran’s power grid risks humanitarian disasterA report warns against attacking Iran's power and water infrastructure. Such actions would not cripple Iran's military but would cause imme...
- Serum Institute joins CEPI network for vaccines against unknown pathogens (Disease X)Serum Institute of India (SII) has announced its partnership with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) network, based...
- At what point is a disease deemed to be a global threat? Here's the answerThese include the degree of contagiousness and potential for rapid spread, severity of infection, case fatality rate (the number of infecte...
- Russia expresses gratitude for India’s decision to supply HCQPresident Vladimir Putin’s Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated, “The decision of the Indian leadership to send medicines to Russia to help fi...
- Global growth to 'dip below' last year's rate: IMF chiefThe COVID-19 outbreak "is no longer regional issue, it is a global problem (that) calls for global response," Georgieva said. The epidemic'...
- Coronavirus global threat, Army doing its job to contain spread: General NaravaneThe death toll in the novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak in China has risen to 259 with the total confirmed cases surging to 11,791 amid ste...
- Bill Gates says an epidemic can kill 10 million people in next 30 yearsBill Gates said we should worry about a future epidemic that is much more contagious than Ebola, one that spreads via the air, like a deadl...
- John Kerry appoints Nancy Powell as Ebola CoordinatorIn this new role Powell will lead the State Department's outreach to international partners, including foreign governments.
- After floods, Srinagar now faces epidemic threatAs flood waters start to recede in Srinagar, the region is faced with yet another challenge-- threat of an epidemic outbreak.
- Over 11,000 people feared missing in Uttarakhand: NDMAOver 11,000 people are feared to be still missing in the flash-floods and landslides in Uttarakhand, NDMA Vice-Chairman Shashidhar Reddy sa...
- Public health approach needed to combat HIV/AIDS SE Asia: WHOConcerned over the rising threat of HIV epidemic in South-East Asian countries, the WHO has called for a public health approach to combat t...
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