Health news and updates
Toronto/IBNS: Ontarians will be able to receive free flu shots and the new COVID-19 vaccine, approved by Health Canada, at local pharmacies, public health units and primary health care providers across the province starting Monday.
Mexico City/IBNS/UNI: The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said on Saturday.
A new Antarctic ice sheet modelling study from scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers is making them lose ice faster.
Experts with deep experience across government, the private sector, technology, civil society, and academia have been tasked with supporting UN efforts to ensure Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used for the greater good of humanity.
A post-graduate medical student, identified as Animesh Machi, died on Friday in the SSKM Hospital, where he was a student, after suffering from mosquito-borne disease - dengue- official sources said.
Consumer Reports, a non-profit advocacy group, has conducted a study revealing high levels of lead and cadmium in a third of the tested chocolate products, media reports said.
A lethal strain of bird flu has been detected in Antarctica, a region known for being the key breeding ground for many birds.
Nigeria introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system on Tuesday, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls in the largest single round of HPV vaccinations across Africa.
A recent analysis of moon crystals, originally brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts in the 1970s, has indicated that the moon is approximately 40 million years older than previously thought.
The world's oldest dog- Bobi, has died at the age of 31 years and 165 days.
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet will continue to increase its rate of melting over the rest of the century, no matter how much we reduce fossil fuel use, according to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change.
New Delhi: ISRO's unmanned test flight for the inaugural human spaceflight mission 'Gaganyaan' took off from Sriharikota today, marking a significant milestone in India's ambitious space program.
People who eat just two servings of red meat per week may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to people who eat fewer servings, and the risk increases with greater consumption, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has aborted the first test flight for Gaganyaan mission on Saturday (October 21, 2023).
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: The countdown for the launch of the first unmanned Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) to demonstrate the crew escape system of the Gaganyaan programme, commenced at 7.30 pm at SHAR Range Sriharikota on Friday evening.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued a call for better regulations over the use and potential mis-use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare industry.
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: The 24-hour countdown for the first unmanned Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) to demonstrate the crew escape system of the Gaganyaan programme, will begin at 8.00 a.m. at SHAR Range, Sriharikota on Friday.
Los Angeles/UNI: Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars helicopter, is set to make its new flight on Mars later this week, the space agency said Wednesday.
Kolkata/IBNS: As another Kolkata tram trundled out of the Gariahat depot in the city's south this Sunday to complete a full circle of the surviving tracks of the streetcars, a group of environmentally-conscious, heritage-loving people gathered to flag it off and cheer.
Delhi and areas of NCR felt mild tremors when a 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday afternoon.
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to demonstrate its first flight to test the maiden human space mission’s crew module escape system as part of the Gaganyaan mission on October 21.
Srinagar/UNI: Kashmir received moderate rain on the intervening nights of Friday and Saturday, with the Meteorological Department forecasting widespread light to moderate rain, thunderstorms, and snow in the next 24 hours.
Jakarta/IBNS/UNI: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 rocked off East Nusa Tenggara province in central Indonesia on Thursday, the country's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said.
Three in four people suffering from a mental health condition receive inadequate treatment – or none at all – UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as he urged countries to “break down the barriers that prevent people from seeking support”.
Gangtok/UNI: The October 4 disaster in Sikkim as a result of overflow of South Lhonak Lake, killed scores of people.
M.S. Swaminathan’s greatest strength was his ability to engage and connect with ease with everybody across board, from politicians to bureaucrats, academics, journalists, students and common people. Swaminathan’s primary contribution to the country was his work for the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution was a package that helped India overcome a crisis and was not a long-term sustainable solution. Swaminathan was aware of this and it is obvious from the research-for-development projects being implemented by the Foundation. Mongabay India Managing Editor writer S. Gopikrishna Warrier remembers him
Bengaluru: The annual ‘Humans at the cutting edge of robotic surgery’ academic symposium opened here on Saturday with experts Sherry M Wren of Stanford University and Ahmed Ghazi of Johns Hopkins University, urging surgeons from Asia, Europe and Americas to adopt new approaches in surgical innovation and using simulation in their practice.
Multimedia journalist, educator, Fulbright scholar, and founder of Lens15 Media, Jason Strother, visited Kolkata recently to conduct a workshop on the topic of 'Disability Representation In Mass Media, Reporting On Disability And Making Media More Accessible For People With Visual Disabilities' at the American Center. In a conversation with IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra, he talked about climate change, disability journalism and more. Excerpts:
Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
New York: An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday.
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