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An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new United Nations estimates released on Tuesday – highlighting a worrying slowdown in global progress on child survival.
AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (AZPIL) has announced that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has granted approval for an additional indication of Durvalumab.
Rising global temperatures due to climate change could push millions of people into physical inactivity by 2050, potentially leading to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and billions of dollars in lost productivity, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Global Health.
A father’s nicotine exposure can affect his offspring’s ability to process sugar and may contribute to diabetes risk, according to new research using lab mice at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
While some fear that artificial intelligence could lead to job losses and mass layoffs, for others it is emerging as a powerful tool — even helping in the fight against deadly diseases such as cancer.
A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found an association between ultra-processed foods in early childhood and behavioural and emotional development.
Dementia as a major public health issue appears to be receiving growing attention in Australia during the early months of 2026.
Toxic “black rain” linked to strikes on oil depots, mass displacement and continuing disruption to aid supply chains are upending lives across the Middle East and beyond after 10 days of war in the region, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
In recent years, rates of childhood obesity have been rising, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimating in 2024 that approximately one in five children and adolescents met the clinical definition of obese.
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Monday announced that Jwala, a Namibian cheetah and a successful third-time mother, has given birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park.
Under the Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban 2.0, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation in south India has deployed an AI-powered G-SPIDER robotic system to enable safe, precise, and human-free canal cleaning in high-risk areas.
The World Obesity Federation has warned on Wednesday that the world was set to miss the 2025 global target to halt the rise in childhood obesity. And despite the deadline now being extended to 2030, most countries remain off track.
Despite recent advancements in breast cancer treatments, new breast cancer cases in women are predicted to rise by a third globally from 2.3 million in 2023 to more than 3.5 million in 2050. Similarly, yearly deaths from the disease are projected to surge 44%, from around 764,000 to 1.4 million, with disproportionate impact in countries with limited resources, according to a major new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study Breast Cancer Collaborators, published in The Lancet Onco...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide HPV vaccination campaign from Ajmer, Rajasthan, describing it as a pivotal step toward empowering India’s ‘Nari Shakti’ (women power) and ensuring the health of mothers and daughters.
Indian PM Narendra Modi will launch the nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Programme for 14-year-old girls on Saturday at 11:30 am from Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Pressure to achieve at school at age 15 is linked to depressive symptoms and risk of self-harm, and the association appears to persist into adulthood, finds a study led by UCL researchers.
The largest ever study of non-meat diets and cancer risk has found that vegetarian diets are associated with lower risks of several cancers ‒ breast, prostate, kidney and pancreatic cancers, and multiple myeloma ‒ but a higher risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus.
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale struck Kolkata at around 1:22 pm on Friday, sparking panic across the city as residents and office-goers rushed out of buildings in fear.
BM Birla Heart Research Centre has successfully retrieved a leadless pacemaker that had been implanted in a patient for more than seven years, marking what the hospital described as the first documented case in Southeast Asia, involving the extraction of a device of such long duration.
Ottawa: Cervical cancer is now the fastest-rising cancer in Canada, prompting physicians and health advocates to call for urgent national action to reverse what they describe as a growing public health crisis.
A leading orthopaedic specialist has raised concerns over a growing number of young adults in their 20s and 30s experiencing knee pain while walking, climbing stairs, kneeling, or squatting — a condition once largely associated with older age.
Tokyo/IBNS: Moved by the heartbreaking yet hopeful story of Punch, people in large numbers are flocking to the Ichikawa City Zoo in Tokyo to catch a glimpse of the seven-month-old Japanese macaque who has become an overnight internet sensation.
Tokyo/IBNS: Abandonment, rejection, bullying and loneliness — this is the story of a seven-month-old Japanese macaque whose desperate search for comfort and belonging has moved the internet to tears.
A British woman underwent a quadruple amputation after developing sepsis, which doctors believe may have been triggered by a lick from her pet dog on a small cut or scratch.
A new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has uncovered a mechanism that explains how exercise can improve cognition by reinforcing the brain’s protective network of blood vessels, known as the blood-brain barrier.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to accelerate efforts to ensure that millions of people living with cataract can access simple, sight‑restoring surgery – one of the most effective and affordable interventions to prevent avoidable blindness.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday launched the indigenously developed Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, marking a significant milestone in India’s public health journey.
Dr Asis Mitra, MD- General Medicine, MRCP (UK), Senior Diabetologist said in his clinical practice, one misconception continues to surface repeatedly: that diabetes simply means “too much sugar in the blood.” If only it were that simple.
In a powerful demonstration of commitment towards preventive healthcare and early detection, the Rotary Club of Calcutta Pointers, in collaboration with the Indian Cancer Society—celebrating 75 years of unwavering service through its nationwide ‘Rise Against Cancer’ movement—organised a Cancer Awareness and Detection Camp to commemorate World Cancer Day.
In Spiti Valley’s harsh high-altitude landscape, a new study finds that snow leopards, wolves, foxes and free-ranging dogs coexist by constantly shifting their behaviour — adjusting when and where they are active to avoid conflict amid rising human pressure. With human-subsidised dogs reshaping the predator balance, researchers warn this fragile system may not endure without intervention. Mongabay India correspondent Sneha Mahale reports
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