Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata’s air quality has deteriorated sharply this winter, with official monitoring data showing repeated episodes of “very poor” air quality across key parts of the city, even as the issue remains largely absent from political discourse ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections.
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, has achieved a historic national milestone by successfully performing India’s first international remote robotic surgeries on two patients in Mumbai, with the operating surgeon located in Shanghai—over 5,000 kilometres away.
Nearly 200 residents of a village in Uttar Pradesh were administered rabies vaccine shots after it emerged that raita—a curd-based Indian dish they had consumed—was prepared using milk from a buffalo that later died after being bitten by a dog.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens to refrain from self-medicating, especially with antibiotics, during his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio address.
Heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and storms caused more than $120 billion in economic losses worldwide in 2025, according to a new Christian Aid report, Counting the Cost 2025. The findings highlight the escalating financial and human toll of climate change, with fossil fuel expansion identified as a central driver of the crisis.
Obesity is a global epidemic and a major cause of morbidity and mortality because it increases the risk for comorbidities, including heart disease and fatty liver disease (MASLD). Rates of these disorders have risen as the world increasingly adopts energy-dense diets and sedentary lifestyles.
Increased stiffness of the colon, spurred by chronic inflammation, may encourage the development and progression of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC), a study co-led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests.
The Centre on Wednesday ordered a complete ban on the grant of new mining leases across the Aravalli range, stepping in amid controversy over recently notified rules redefining the Aravalli hills and just days after the Supreme Court froze fresh mining approvals.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched the BlueBird Block-2 communication spacecraft of US-based AST SpaceMobile aboard its heavy-lift launch vehicle LVM3-M6, also known as the ‘Baahubali’ rocket, marking a major milestone for the national space agency.
As Delhi continues to reel under severe air pollution, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday highlighted the transport sector’s significant role in worsening air quality and called for urgent measures to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
The Nepalese government has launched a comprehensive five-year Everest Cleaning Action Plan to tackle the growing problem of waste accumulation on the world’s highest peak.
A novel analysis investigating the contribution of social determinants of health (SDoH) to cardiac aging has found that financial strain and food insecurity are the strongest drivers of accelerated biological aging and increased mortality risk.
Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child’s developing brain.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Brazil for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, making it the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this historic milestone.
The HCG Cancer Centre, Kolkata, organized “Blood Club Education Conclave”, offered a focused platform for showcasing the newest breakthroughs in bloodcancer treatment.
A UK research team has developed a pioneering blood test that could change the way lung cancer is detected and monitored.
Once a parched and degraded grassland where blackbucks depended on handouts of food and water to survive, Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary in India's Rajasthan is now witnessing a quiet ecological turnaround. Driven by years of patient grassland restoration—led by former forest officer Surat Singh Poonia—the sanctuary has seen invasive species removed, water systems revived and natural habitats reclaimed. Today, rising blackbuck numbers and returning migratory birds signal a revival that is inspiring similar restoration efforts across Rajasthan. Mongabay India correspondent Azera Parveen Rahman reports
The world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have made their debut at the University of Pennsylvania, powered by a “brain” developed at the University of Michigan.
Taking one pill that combines two or more blood pressure medications may help adults with high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) lower their blood pressure level faster and more effectively than taking multiple medications separately, and it may also reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new scientific statement published recently in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension.
A new study has shown that lowering blood sugar levels halves the likelihood of serious heart problems in people with prediabetes.
CK Birla Hospitals – CMRI Kolkata has announced the launch of Eastern India’s first Comprehensive Lung Nodule Evaluation and Advanced Management Clinic, a pioneering initiative designed to transform the way lung nodules are detected, diagnosed, and treated.
Delhi was shrouded in a thick haze on Sunday morning as air quality across the national capital slipped further into the ‘severe’ category.
Children who spend significant time on social media may experience a gradual decline in their ability to concentrate, according to a comprehensive new study by Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet.
The vast majority of World Health Organization (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent of their populations now use traditional medicine.
Drugmaker Novo Nordisk on Friday launched its blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic in India, at a time when treatment demand for diabetes and weight loss is accelerating across the country.
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert committee has again confirmed that there is no causal link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), following a new review of global scientific evidence.
Kolkata/IBNS: In line with its commitment to the #FightAgainstCervicalCancer, CK Birla Hospitals has intensified its cervical cancer vaccination drive, with an initial aim of administering 5,000 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines.
Getting enough sleep and staying active are two of the most important things we can do for our health, but new research shows that most people struggle to achieve both, and that sleep may hold the key to moving more.
The Ministry of Ayush on Monday organized a Curtain Raiser Press Conference at the National Media Centre, New Delhi, ahead of the 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, to be held from December 17–19 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, where representatives of 100 countries are expected to attend.
Cosmo Pharmaceuticals N.V, an AI-powered healthcare and speciality pharma, has announced a compelling topline results from its two pivotal Phase III trials of clascoterone 5% topical solution for male androgenetic alopecia (AGA, also known as male-pattern hair loss), marking a potential first major therapeutic breakthrough in hair-loss treatment in more than three decades.
