People of all age groups are at risk of long-term physical and mental health issues after Covid infection, a study has found. ...
France has raised the risk level of the highly pathogenic bird flu from "moderate" to "high", the Official Journal of the French Republic reported....
Two UN humanitarian relief funds have allocated $9.5 million to prevent the spread of cholera in Lebanon....
The WHO has announced that it has donated emergency medical supplies to south Nigeria's Anambra state, in response to flood disasters during this rainy season that has affected more than 600,000 people in the state....
The Japanese government has decided on a policy to allow each prefectural government to declare stepped-up coronavirus measures, amid growing concerns about the possible arrival of the eighth infection wave....
A new study now claims that mortality risk from air pollution is very high even at very low levels of outdoor particulate matter (PM) 2.5 -- levels which had not previously been recognised as being potentially deadly....
The Finnish government has said it has expanded the provision of state-funded Covid-19 booster vaccines and will let municipalities decide whether to offer booster shots to people of all ages. ...
The Indian Medical Council (IMC) has extended its support to the MBBS students at PGIMS Rohtak who are protesting against the bond policy for MBBS admission in Haryana....
The overall sugar consumption of Indians went up by 32 per cent between October 22 to 27, during the Diwali week - an all-time high for 2022, which resulted in an average weight gain of 1.5 kgs per user, a report said on Wednesday. ...
The Centre has granted 265 Diplomate of National Board (DNB) postgraduate medical seats to several government hospitals in 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir with the active contribution of National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS). ...
