Health news and updates
New York: A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports published on Thursday have revealed.
New York: The unusually warm conditions in Europe that marked the festive season broke records – and likely skiers’ hearts - in several countries on the continent, on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed.
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his first virtual briefing for the year.
India and Pakistan can better manage water resources to reduce impacts of climate disasters. Raksha Kumar, Khuldune Shahid and Ghulam Mustafa report from across the border
New Delhi/IBNS: Mild tremors were felt in Delhi and adjoining areas on Thursday as an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan.
Srinagar: Major parts of Dal Lake and other water bodies freezed amid plummeting night temperatures in Srinagar and other major parts of Kashmir valley on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Bengal is reeling under severe cold with the temperature gradually on the wane.
New York: As COVID-19 infections surge in China, coronavirus experts gathered at the UN health agency on Tuesday, to discuss next steps.
Guwahati/IBNS: In a scary video which went viral on social media, a rhino is seen chasing a tourist convoy at Assam's Kaziranga National Park.
Guwahati/IBNS: For the first time in the last two decades, Assam has witnessed zero rhino poaching incidents in the year 2022, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.
Kolkata: Visiting Professor at the Kolkata based West Bengal University of Health Sciences, School of Public Health-Dr Naresh Purohit has said the Covid-19 outbreak in China has caused the world to go into panic mode again, exactly three years after the first episode of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in December 2019.
New Delhi/IBNS: An earthquake measuring 3.8 magnitudes on the Richter Scale was recorded in Haryana's Jhajjar with tremors felt in Delhi and surrounding areas on Sunday morning, the National Center for Seismology said.
New Delhi/IBNS: XBB1.5 strain of coronavirus responsible for the rising infections in the United States, was detected in India for the first time on Friday, media reports said.
Los Angeles: New Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 40.5 per cent of Covid-19 cases in the United States in the week ending December 31, nearly doubling from the previous week, according to data updated Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Paris: Beginning next month, all plane passengers traveling from China to France will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results and will be tested again upon arrival, Clement Beaune, the Minister Delegate for Transport of France said.
Despite gains, maternal deaths haunt South Asia. While the figure ticks up in Pakistan, in India the rise has been stemmed amid challenges, report Amer Malik and Abantika Ghosh from across the border
Paris: Beginning next month, all plane passengers traveling from China to France will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results and will be tested again upon arrival, Clement Beaune, the Minister Delegate for Transport of France said.
New Delhi: In a significant achievement demonstrating strengthening of the country’s health infrastructure, India has surpassed a notable landmark- 150,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) have been operationalised before Dec 31.
New Delhi: India registered 243 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the government has recently announced several precautionary measures to prevent a surge in cases amid rise in infection in China and few other nations.
New Delhi/IBNS: All fliers from China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand will have to submit a negative Covid-19 test report before arrival in India starting Jan 1, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Thursday.
Manila/UNI: The death toll from heavy rain and floods triggered by a shear line in the Philippines has climbed to 32, according to the government data released on Thursday.
New Delhi/IBNS: No government health centre in the national capital has free-of-cost Covid vaccines left, while paid vaccines for all at private facilities, continue to be available over the next few days, media reports said.
Fatalism and hope hang heavy in the air as Pakistan and India battle nature’s fury dealing a big blow to the small-scale earners in the tourism industry. Iffat Hasan Rizvi, K Rajendran and Sai Manish report from the two sides of the border
Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati researchers have studied the efficacy of a specific bacterial endoglucanase enzyme, RfGH5_4 from Ruminococcus flavefaciens in breaking down woody biomatter into simple sugar that can be fermented efficiently to produce bioethanol – a promising renewable fuel that can replace petroleum-based fuel systems.
Chennai: Four international travellers who returned from China and Dubai have tested COVID positive at the Madurai and Chennai international airports on Wednesday.
New York: Three years ago this month, the virus that causes COVID-19 was first detected, the UN chief reminded on Tuesday, the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.
New York: The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses.
Guwahati: In line with the Covid-19 mock drill held all over the country, the Health Department, Assam has successfully conducted the mock drill in the state.
Tokyo: Mandatory testing for COVID-19 is being introduced by the Japanese government from December 30 upon arrival for travelers from China due to an increase in the number of confirmed cases there, Japanese media reported on Tuesday.
New Delhi/UNI: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said the country was fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, if the Covid-19 cases spike once again in the country.
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