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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 – the highest number recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995.
New data released by the UN on Monday indicated that greenhouse gases have hit a record high showing once again that urgent action and not words is needed from the world’s major polluters to protect us all from climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) insisted.
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: Parts of Odisha were hammered by strong winds and heavy rainfall after the cyclone Dana made its landfall between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra post midnight on Thursday, media reports said.
Kolkata/Bhubaneshwar/IBNS: The landfall process for the very severe cyclonic storm 'Dana', has commenced, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday night with West Bengal and Odisha bracing for the effects of the same amid heavy rains and strong winds.
Annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, and urgent action must be taken to prevent catastrophic spikes in temperature and avoid the worst impact of climate change, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood immunisations leaving many children vulnerable to the resurgence of polio, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in new report.
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: Heavy rains lashed parts of Odisha and West Bengal as the two states are set to experience the landfall of severe cyclone Dana on Thursday night, media reports said.
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Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: Odisha and West Bengal are set to brace cyclone Dana which has already disrupted normal lives in the two eastern states of India.
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: Several trains have been cancelled and normal lives stare at disruption as cyclone Dana is set to make a landfall in Odisha early on Friday, media reports said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a new milestone digital health collaboration recently to expand the Hajj health card initiative to support the roughly 3 million pilgrims who undertake the holy pilgrimage every year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a significant public health milestone for a country with more than 100 million inhabitants.
Bengaluru/IBNS: The European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 mission has successfully passed its final test, paving the way for its shipment to India, where it will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on November 29.
Introduction Even as the world observes Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, it is now the commonest cancer among Indian women. Unfortunately the number of Indian women dying of breast cancer has increased over the decades.
New Delhi/IBNS: Diabetes affects over half a billion people worldwide, causing nearly seven million deaths annually.
New Delhi/IBNS: India has made a major advancement in tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics with the creation of a homegrown portable X-ray device, according to ANI.
Kolkata: In a rare event, nine women delivered twins within a span of just 24 hours—from 8 am on Tuesday to 8 am on Wednesday—at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in Bengal, media reports said.
Around one in seven children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 are affected by mental health conditions – with anxiety, depression and behavioural disorders among the most common, according to a new World Health Organization and UN Children’s Fund report released on Wednesday.
Around one in seven children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 are affected by mental health conditions – with anxiety, depression and behavioural disorders among the most common, according to a new World Health Organization and UN Children’s Fund report released on Wednesday.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has recognized India’s 'extraordinary progress' in advancing Maternal Health and Family Planning.
U.S. scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Britain’s Demis Hassabis have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for cracking the code for proteins’ amazing structures.
World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the Government of India has eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem becoming the third country in the South-East Asia Region to achieve this milestone.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday presented the Nobel Prize for Physics to two scientists Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield for their contribution to the field of machine learning.
Kolkata/IBNS: An alarming 20% of heart attack deaths worldwide now occur in India with approximately 90 million Indians currently living with cardiovascular conditions, according to a cardiac health crisis report released by Kolkata's BM Birla Hospital.
The number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, up from 40 million today, unless urgent measures are taken, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Monday.
Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation, the award-giving body said on Monday.
Statistics released by the Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, and Radiotherapy Institute (Nori) have revealed one in eight women in Pakistan were affected by breast cancer.
A SpaceX Crew-9 mission reached the International Space Station on Monday in their bid to rescue NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore who are currently stranded in space.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.
At least 132 people died after flood and landslides hit Nepal amid heavy rainfalls, media reports said on Sunday.
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