Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change
Jul 26, 2022, at 06:52 pm
New York: New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking the first-ever global effort to address this increasingly major concern.
Monkeypox: How it spreads, who’s at risk - here’s what you need to know
Jul 26, 2022, at 05:57 pm
New York: Monkeypox is not a new disease, and in some African countries it is endemic. However, the international outbreak which began in May 2022, has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a global health emergency. Here are some of the important things to know about monkeypox.
‘Do one thing’ to save lives on World Drowning Prevention Day: WHO
Jul 26, 2022, at 05:50 pm
New York: More than 236,000 people die annually from drowning - among the leading causes of death for those aged one to 24 years, and the third leading cause of injury deaths worldwide overall - the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, urging everyone to “do one thing” to save lives.
India registers 14,830 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 36 deaths
Jul 26, 2022, at 03:24 pm
New Delhi: India registered 14,830 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 3.48 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Mass vaccination against monkeypox not recommend in Singapore
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:30 pm
Singapore/UNI/Xinhua: Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) does not recommend mass vaccination of the whole population against monkeypox as of now, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in a Facebook post on Monday.
UK: NHS critically understaffed
Jul 25, 2022, at 09:17 pm
London/UNI/Sputnik: The National Health Service of the United Kingdom (NHS) is facing the worst shortage of workforce in its history, which threatens the safety of both employees and patients, the Health and Social Care Committee of the House of Commons said in a report on Monday.
California wildfire still remains uncontained
Jul 25, 2022, at 07:06 pm
California: Firefighters in California are struggling to contain a fast-moving wildfire which is growing in size.
Bavarian Nordic monkeypox vaccine gets EU approval
Jul 25, 2022, at 06:51 pm
Copenhagen: Bavarian Nordic announced on Monday that the European Commission (EC) has extended the marketing authorization for the Company’s smallpox vaccine, IMVANEX to include protection from monkeypox and disease caused by vaccinia virus.
India registers 16,866 COVID-19 cases, 41 deaths
Jul 25, 2022, at 04:02 pm
New Delhi: India on Monday registered 16,866 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the country's daily positivity rate touched 7.03 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
DGHS to hold high-level meeting as Delhi reports first Monkeypox case
Jul 24, 2022, at 09:25 pm
New Delhi: A high-level meeting has been called by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to review the situation of Monkeypox after a case was reported in the national capital on Sunday.
Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization
Jul 24, 2022, at 07:09 pm
New York: Monkeypox is an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand ‘too little’, and which meets the criteria of an emergency under International Health Regulations.
US: State of emergency declared in California's Mariposa amid major wildfire
Jul 24, 2022, at 06:10 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US' California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Mariposa County amid the spread of a major wildfire that has forced thousands of people in the Yosemite National Park area to evacuate.
Delhi man tests positive for monkeypox, 4th case in India: Report
Jul 24, 2022, at 05:55 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The national capital on Sunday reported the first case of monkeypox, making it the fourth in India, media reports said.
India logs 20,279 new Covid cases, 36 deaths in last 24 hrs
Jul 24, 2022, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India has registered 20,279 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Maharashtra reports 2,336 new Covid cases and 5 deaths
Jul 24, 2022, at 04:06 pm
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra reported 2,336 fresh Covid-19 cases and 5 related deaths, according to a health bulletin on Sunday.
Over 400 monkeypox cases registered in Italy as WHO declares public health emergency
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:43 pm
Rome/UNI/Sputnik: Italy has confirmed a total of more than 400 monkeypox cases, the country’s Health Ministry Prevention Director General Gianni Rezza said after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the current disease outbreak a public health emergency.
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:16 pm
Athens/UNI/Sputnik: Two strong forest fires are raging in Greece - on the island of Lesbos and in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park in the country’s north-east.
WHO declares monkeypox global health emergency as cases rise
Jul 24, 2022, at 05:03 am
The World Health Organisation has declared the rapidly spreading monkeypox disease a global health emergency, which is its highest level of alert, WHO's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Saturday.
Mega-drought, glacier melt, and deforestation plague Latin America and the Caribbean
Jul 23, 2022, at 10:25 pm
New York: From the Amazon to the Andes and the snowy depths of Patagonia, extreme weather and climate change are causing mega-drought, extreme rainfall, deforestation and glacier melt across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, according to a UN report published on Friday.
WHO updates COVID-19 strategy in bid to vaccinate all health workers, those most at risk
Jul 23, 2022, at 08:21 pm
New York: Although the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history, many people most at risk are still not protected against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, announcing an updated inoculation strategy.
Climate change: New approach needed to gauge animal health impact on emissions
Jul 23, 2022, at 08:18 pm
Animal health is important to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but greater investment is needed to evaluate the impact, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners said in a report published on Thursday.
India registers 21,411 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 67 deaths
Jul 23, 2022, at 03:41 pm
New Delhi: India registered 21,411 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 4.46 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Heatwave: Several parts of China may experience 40 C temperature over weekend
Jul 23, 2022, at 03:33 pm
Beijing: Several regions of China are all set to experience rising temperatures for the next ten days as a heatwave gripped those portions of the nation, media reports said on Saturday.
Canada registers close to 700 monkeypox cases nationwide
Jul 23, 2022, at 03:15 pm
Ottawa/UNI/Sputnik: Canadian authorities have reported a total of 681 monkeypox cases throughout Canada, Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said.
Top scientists meet at University of Kashmir, discuss climate change issue
Jul 23, 2022, at 12:39 am
Srinagar: Top scientists from the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology (DST) and several academic institutions met at the University of Kashmir here on Thursday to discuss the issue of climate change.
Maharashtra reports 2,289 new Covid cases, 6 deaths
Jul 22, 2022, at 06:02 pm
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra reported 2,289 fresh positive of Covid-19 cases and 6 related deaths, according to a health bulletin Friday.
India records 21,880 fresh COVID-19 cases , 60 deaths
Jul 22, 2022, at 03:57 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 21,880 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 4.42 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
US reports first polio case in a decade
Jul 22, 2022, at 03:09 pm
Washington: The US has reported the first case of polio infection in nearly a decade, officials said on Thursday.
India inks MoU with Namibia to bring Cheetahs back after 70 years of extinction
Jul 22, 2022, at 03:41 am
New Delhi: Seventy years after cheetahs went extinct in India, the wild cats are set to roam the country's forests once again, starting with Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
Extreme heat hits Europe, WMO warns of frequent heatwaves in decades ahead
Jul 20, 2022, at 07:54 pm
London/Paris: A large section of Europe is fighting extreme heat conditions as temperature is touching record high in many countries in recent days, media reports said.