Latest air pollution data ranks world’s cities worst to best
Mar 05, 2019, at 09:56 am
Goldach, Mar 5 (IBNS): Air pollution will take an estimated seven million lives globally in the next year, while costing the world’s economy nearly 225 billion USD.
Cold morning in Delhi, possibility of light rain
Mar 04, 2019, at 12:50 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) National capital witnessed a cold morning on Monday with a partly cloudy sky, while minimum temperature settled at 11.2 degrees C, two notches below season's average.
'Once lost , hearing doesn't come back': World Health Organization warns on World Hearing Day
Mar 03, 2019, at 04:43 pm
New York, Mar 3 (IBNS): Many people live with unidentified hearing loss, often failing to realize that they are missing out on certain sounds and words. To address this problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging people on this year’s World Hearing Day, held on March 3, to check their hearing.
Ocean life faces ‘onslaught of threats’ from human activity, but tools exist to save it
Mar 03, 2019, at 04:38 pm
New York, Mar 3 (IBNS): Underwater life is severely impacted by an “onslaught of threats,” but we already have the tools to positively influence ocean conservation, the UN said in a statement marking 2019 World Wildlife Daywhich, this year, is celebrated under the theme “Life Below Water: for people and planet.”
Online OPD booking at Kolkata medical college hospitals
Mar 03, 2019, at 10:20 am
Kolkata, Mar 3 (UNI): In order to simplify the registration process and reduce the long queues of patients at government hospitals, the State Health Department has launched online ticket booking for patients visiting outpatient departments (OPDs) of the medical college hospitals in Kolkata.
Laws must protect, ‘not reject’ says UNAIDS chief on Zero Discrimination Day
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:20 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): Discriminatory laws and practices that bar access to health and other services must be changed, the United Nations agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS said on Friday, Zero Discrimination Day.
Trees in ‘green’ Cameroon refugee camp, bring shade and relief from ‘helter-skelter’ of life
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:18 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): The land is sandy, dry and scorched by the searing sun of the African Sahel, but that has not stopped the planting of some 50,000 trees at a camp for Nigerian refugees in the far north-east corner of Cameroon.
DR Congo: Insecurity and attacks mean Ebola will keep spreading, warns world health agency
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:13 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): Worsening security in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo marked by attacks on Ebola clinics have made it a “given” that the deadly virus will spread further, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Dry eye disease likely to hit 275 million people in India by 2030: says LVPEI study
Feb 28, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 28 (UNI/IBNS) Dry Eye Disease is likely to be affect the 45 per cent or nearly half of India’s urban population by the year 2030, roughly translating to a staggering 275 million people, Hyderabad-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) said in its research study report on Dry Eye Disease here on Thursday.
Feb 28, 2019, at 02:58 pm
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik will lay foundation stone for National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) at Ghaziabad on Thursday in the august presence of General V. K. Singh, Union Minister of State for External Affairs.
NASA study reproduces origins of life on ocean floor
Feb 28, 2019, at 01:05 pm
Washington, Feb 28 (IBNS): Scientists have reproduced in the lab how the ingredients for life could have formed deep in the ocean 4 billion years ago. The results of the new study offer clues to how life started on Earth and where else in the cosmos we might find it.
Heavy downpour lashes Tirupati, surrounding areas
Feb 27, 2019, at 08:27 pm
Tirupati, Feb 27 (UNI) Heavy downpour lashed Tirupati city and its surrounding mandals on Wednesday evening, resulting in disruption of normal life for more than an hour.
Wild fire in Bandipur Tiger Reserve and surroundings under control: CM H D Kumaraswamy
Feb 27, 2019, at 06:19 pm
Chamarajanagara, Feb 27 (UNI) Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday conducted an aerial survey of the damages to the Bandipur national park and Tiger Reserve ad surrounding forests and said the forest fire was brought under control.
Tourist resort Kufri, Narkanda experience snowfall
Feb 26, 2019, at 08:10 pm
Shimla, Feb 26 (UNI) Tourist resort Kufri and Narkanda experienced light snowfall in the afternoon on Tuesday and the capital town got snowflakes as it was mainly overcast.
Swine flu claims three more lives in Gujarat
Feb 26, 2019, at 07:53 pm
Gandhinagar, Feb 26 (UNI) Three deaths due to swine flu took place in Gujarat on Tuesday taking the cumulative figure of mortality caused due to H1N1 over 83.
Ministry of AYUSH and WHO working group meeting on benchmarks for training in Yoga from today
Feb 26, 2019, at 07:03 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): Ministry of AYUSH and WHO are jointly organizing a three days Working Group Meeting for reviewing the WHO document “Benchmarks for Training in Yoga” from 26-28 February, 2019 at New Delhi.
Thunderstorm with gusty winds likely to occur in Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh
Feb 26, 2019, at 05:10 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 26 (UNI) Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds is likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Jayashankar Bhupalapalli, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Warnagal, Suryapet, Jogulamba Gadwal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mechal –Malakajgiri of Telangana during the next 24 hours, Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
India may get normal monsoon rains in 2019: Skymet
Feb 25, 2019, at 06:50 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS): India's private weather forecasting agency Skymet on Monday said the country is likely to experience normal monsoon rains this year.
Carrots and cartoons could be the secret to upping kids' vegie intake: Study
Feb 25, 2019, at 05:19 pm
New York, Feb 25 (IBNS): Want to get your child to eat more vegetables? It could be as easy as peeling a carrot and sitting them in front of the TV, according to new Deakin University research.
Humble vitamin C tablet key to Deakin diabetes breakthrough
Feb 25, 2019, at 05:17 pm
New York, Feb 25 (IBNS): A new study from Deakin University has found that taking 500mg of vitamin C twice daily can help those with type 2 diabetes by lowering elevated blood sugar levels across the day and minimising spikes in blood sugar after meals.
Deakin study shows city walkability can fix disadvantage health gap
Feb 25, 2019, at 05:15 pm
New York, Feb 25 (IBNS): Promoting 'walkability' in city neighbourhoods is a key way to reduce health inequality between the rich and poor, according to new Deakin University research.
WHO Goodwill Ambassador Big B welcomes India’s hepatitis initiatives
Feb 25, 2019, at 04:21 pm
Mumbai/Kolkata, Feb 25 (IBNS): The World Health Organization and its Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region, Amitabh Bachchan, have welcomed India’s national action plan for viral hepatitis which aims to reach life-saving drugs and diagnostics to over 50 million affected people across the country.
Rain likely to occur in Telangana, AP
Feb 25, 2019, at 02:34 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 25 (UNI/IBNS) : Light to moderate rain or thunder showers is likely to occur at isolated places in Telangana and Coastal Andhra Pradesh during the next 24 hours, while maximum temperature is likely to be above normal by 2 to 3 degree Celsius in Telangana and 2 to 4 degree Celsius in Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema at many places during the same period, Meteorological Department said on Monday.
Feb 25, 2019, at 12:17 pm
Chennai, Feb 25 (IBNS) More than 300 children and 200 caregivers (parents and guardians) of Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu have benefited from a vision screening initiative by Essilor Vision Foundation (EVF) in association with ARCOD and India Vision Institute (IVI).
Feb 23, 2019, at 09:26 am
New York, Feb 23 (IBNS): With the biodiversity of plants cultivated for food shrinking, the global population’s health, livelihoods and environment are under severe threat. This warning from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) comes as the UN agency releases a new report – the first of its kind – on the state of the world’s biodiversity in food and agriculture.
Pregnant, nursing women can now be given Ebola vaccine, UN health agency announces
Feb 22, 2019, at 09:35 am
New York, Feb 22 (IBNS): Reversing an earlier decision, the World Health Organization (WHO) now recommends vaccinating pregnant and breastfeeding women against the Ebola virus.
Leopard crossing highway run over in Jalal Shivar
Feb 21, 2019, at 04:34 pm
Nashik, Feb 21 (UNI) A two-and-half-year old leopard was killed in an accident in Jalal Shivar on Malegaon-Kopargaon state highway in the wee hours of Thursday.
Spending on health increase faster than rest of global economy, UN health agency says
Feb 21, 2019, at 09:03 am
New York, Feb 21 (IBNS): Spending on health is outpacing the rest of the global economy, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Maharashtra: Leopard seen at Thane shopping mall, caught from basement of nearby hotel
Feb 20, 2019, at 03:55 pm
Thane, Feb 20 (IBNS): A shock and surprise was waiting for people of Thane on Wednesday morning when a leopard was found lurking at a popular shopping mall and a hotel in the area.
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:51 am
Boston, Feb 20 (IBNS): Active, middle-aged men able to complete more than 40 push-ups had a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes—including diagnoses of coronary artery disease and major events such as heart failure—during 10 years of follow-up compared with those who were able to do less than 10 push-ups during the baseline exam.