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Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire communities, UN agencies said on Tuesday.
A new study has suggested that the use of contraceptive pills may have a hidden cost: impaired mental health.
The Indian government has announced that the country recorded a nearly 49 per cent decline in annual new HIV infections between 2010 and 2024.
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guideline on the use of a new class of weight-loss medicines, marking a significant shift in global health policy as obesity rates continue to rise.
Keeping an eye on blood sugar is a sensible part of routine health checks in India. Many people feel perfectly fine yet carry quiet changes in glucose control. The FBS test offers a clear starting point for spotting those early shifts. It is a straightforward laboratory assessment taken after an overnight fast, and it helps your clinician decide whether further evaluation is needed. This article explains what the test shows, how to prepare, and how to read your report.
New Delhi/IBNS: Heavy rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Sunday as Cyclone Ditwah continued to move along the Tamil Nadu–Puducherry coastline, triggering widespread disruptions, officials said.
Measles deaths have dropped by 88 per cent since 2000 – yet an estimated 95,000 people, mostly children, still died from the virus last year, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday.
Infertility is estimated to affect 1 in 6 people of reproductive age at some point in their lives, World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Once targeted for oil and meat, the whale shark is now being saved by fishers along India’s Arabian Sea coast. What began as a Gujarat-led conservation movement has reached Lakshadweep and Kerala. With awareness drives and rescue compensation, fishers are learning safe disentanglement techniques. Yet, inadequate support and social security gaps continue to challenge the people risking their livelihoods to protect this gentle giant. Mongabay India correspondent K A Shaji reports
Chennai/IBNS: As Cyclone Ditwah moves closer to the north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts, authorities across multiple sectors have intensified preparations.
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi’s air quality plunged further on Friday morning, with the overall AQI touching 384 at 8 am, pushing the national capital deep into the “very poor” category as residents struggle to breathe during peak winter.
The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts and a deteriorating human rights environment disrupt prevention and treatment services across dozens of countries.
New research has revealed that Parkinson’s disease causes significant and progressive changes to blood vessels in the brain, changing the understanding of the disease which may lead to new treatment methods.
While continental in scale, the ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported.
Delhi’s worsening air pollution has pushed the city into GRAP-3, prompting the government and private offices to operate with only 50 percent staff on-site, while the rest work from home.
In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance and accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement – but without a clear commitment to move away from fossil fuels.
Washington DC/IBNS: A Grays Harbor County resident, who was undergoing treatment for H5N5 avian influenza or bird flu, died on Friday, the Washington Department of Health said.
A new study has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and that Neanderthals likely engaged in kissing too.
At least three people died after an earthquake caused a railing to collapse from a five-storey building in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Friday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Tremors felt in Kolkata and other districts of the Indian state of West Bengal as an effect of an earthquake which has been reported in Bangladesh.
At least 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation after a massive fire broke out at the COP30 UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of the venue.
Washington DC/IBNS: A US man has become the first person to be infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu, media reports said.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are driving global surges in chronic diseases, worsening health inequalities, and threatening planetary health, according to a new Lancet Series published Tuesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: A major global study published in The Lancet eClinical Medicine has delivered one of the strongest warnings yet about India’s escalating antibiotic resistance crisis, finding that an alarming 83 percent of Indian patients are carrying multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).
Tata Consultancy Services , a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, has been selected by the National Health Service (NHS) Supply Chain for application development support and maintenance of its core business systems and cloud infrastructure platforms, over a period of 5 years.
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Jagat Prakash Nadda, launched the second version of the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2025–29) in New Delhi on Tuesday, emphasising that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health concern that can only be addressed through collective action.
A study published in Science Advances by University of Utah Health researchers sheds light on the long-term effects of the ketogenic diet, raising important questions about its safety and efficacy for improving metabolic health.
The 3rd International Ayurveda Conference was jointly organized by the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) and Conayur, São Paulo, Brazil, from November 14–15, 2025, the two-day event held under the aegis of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
In Belém, Brazil, as the world turns its eyes to the Amazon where COP30 has been underway for the past week, one question looms large: can climate finance move from pledge to lifeline?
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