Most cities fail to meet new pollution guidelines: UN
May 08, 2014, at 05:10 pm
New York, May 8 (IBNS): Many of the world's cities are "enveloped in dirty air" that is dangerous breathe, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, warning that urban dwellers are being exposed to excessive air pollution and are at a risk of respiratory diseases and other long-term health problems.
Caradigm joins Symphony Analytics to deliver healthcare solutions
May 07, 2014, at 09:27 pm
Bangalore, May 7 (IBNS): Healthcare analytics and population health company Caradigm recently signed a business cooperation agreement with analytic process integrator Symphony Analytics, to help healthcare providers rapidly improve clinical and financial outcomes through comprehensive healthcare analytics solutions.
RTIICS to host free arthritis clinic
May 07, 2014, at 07:29 pm
Kolkata, May 7 (IBNS): The department of orthopedics at the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) on Wednesday announced an 'arthritis clinic' on May 10 from 12 noon onwards, here.
Chronic diseases increase pregnancy risk: WHO
May 07, 2014, at 05:05 pm
New York, May 7 (IBNS): Rates of maternal deaths are down, according to United Nations figures released on Tuesday, but pre-existing medical conditions heighten the risk of death for pregnant women and require continued investment in quality care during pregnancy and childbirth.
UN declares emergency to stem potential resurgence of polio
May 06, 2014, at 06:22 pm
New York, May 6 (IBNS): The spread of polio in countries where it was once eradicated is an "extraordinary event" and unless an international coordinated response is urgently put in place, the preventable disease will resurge, the United Nations health agency on Monday warned.
Abu Dhabi: Ban urges bold leadership on climate change
May 06, 2014, at 06:15 pm
New York, May 6 (IBNS): With the ominous and costly impacts of climate change profoundly evident, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday that too many stakeholders are still "sitting on the fence", and he challenged participants at a climate conference in Abu Dhabi to help him build persuasive political arguments to convince policymakers that the time for bold action is now.
Shantha's Pentavalent Pediatric Vaccine prequalified by WHO
May 06, 2014, at 03:37 am
Hyderabad, May 5 (IBNS): Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi on Monday announced that its pediatric pentavalent vaccine Shan5, developed and manufactured by its affiliate Shantha Biotechnics in Hyderabad, has received prequalification status from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Apollo Hospitals to integrate clinical genomics
May 05, 2014, at 11:23 pm
Kolkata, May 5 (IBNS): Apollo Hospitals on Monday announced the introduction of several genomic tests as part of its personalized medicine initiative.
Abu Dhabi: Ban urges concrete actions to tackle climate change
May 05, 2014, at 05:12 pm
New York, May 5 (IBNS): From the tropics to the poles, from small islands to large continents, and from the poorest countries to the richest, climate change impacts are already widespread, costly and consequential, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday, urging stakeholders gathered in Abu Dhabi to consider concrete actions to tackle the phenomenon now - before it is too late.
Haiti: UN lauds significant gains in fight against cholera
May 02, 2014, at 05:55 pm
New York, May 2 (IBNS): Significant gains in the fight against the cholera epidemic in Haiti have been recorded as the dry season ends and the United Nations continues to support the Government's comprehensive strategy of monitoring, rapid response and planning for long-term solutions, a top UN official in the impoverished country said.
Workshop for women street vendors
May 02, 2014, at 06:04 am
Kolkata, May 1 (IBNS) A workshop promoting environmentally conscious business among women street food vendors in Kolkata was conducted by Fulbright scholars at the American Centre in the city on Thursday.
UN report on antibiotic resistance reveals serious threat
May 01, 2014, at 05:22 pm
New York, May 1 (IBNS): Antibiotic resistance - when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections - is now a major threat to public health, says a new United Nations report released on Wednesday.
UN urges support for climate action in developing countries
May 01, 2014, at 05:11 pm
New York, May 1 (IBNS): Highlighting local climate action happening on the ground in developing countries, the top United Nations climate official on Wednesday called for greater international support to help these communities harness local knowledge and ingenuity.
Worldwide threat to public health:WHO
May 01, 2014, at 03:02 am
Geneva, Apr 30 (IBNS): A new report by World Health Organization (WHO), its first to look at antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, globally, revealed that this serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country.
Abbott launches 'Quick Cooling Action'
Apr 30, 2014, at 02:30 am
Mumbai/Kolkata, Apr 29 (IBNS): Global healthcare company Abbott on Tuesday announced the launch of its all-new Digene range with 'Quick Cooling Action' and enhanced taste profile which provides quick relief from symptoms like acidity, gas, heartburn, bloated stomach and related uneasiness.
SRL launches lab test to predict heart failure
Apr 28, 2014, at 10:39 pm
New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS): Diagnostics network chain SRL Diagnostics Limited (SRL), recently announced the launch of new lab test- ST2, to help predict risks of coronary heart disease by finding a specific biomarker in the bloodstream.
Malnutrition ignored in party manifestos: CRY
Apr 27, 2014, at 08:22 pm
Kolkata, Apr 27 (IBNS) Malnutrition is one of the major child health concerns in India even as manifestos of various political parties in the season of elections remain silent on the issue.
Kolkata to host World Congress on Public Health
Apr 27, 2014, at 08:18 pm
Kolkata, Apr 27 (IBNS) Kolkata will host the 14th World Congress on Public Health in February, 2015, announced the organising committee at a curtain-raiser on Saturday. It has been more than three decades since the city hosted the prestigious event which is held every three years at different locales across the world.
World Malaria Day: UN seeks near zero preventable deaths
Apr 26, 2014, at 05:39 pm
New York, Apr 26 (IBNS): The tide has turned on malaria, with mortality rates for children in Africa down by half, but a stronger surveillance system is urgently needed to prevent new outbreaks and resurgences, United Nations officials on Friday warned, marking the sixth annual World Malaria Day.
UN summit commits to improve ocean health
Apr 26, 2014, at 05:24 pm
New York, Apr 26 (IBNS): A United Nations-backed summit wrapped up in the Netherlands on Friday with a set of concrete actions to turn around the health of the world's oceans and food security for millions by tackling key threats such as climate change, overfishing, habitat loss and pollution.
Forensics uncover planetary disks in NASA archive
Apr 26, 2014, at 04:41 pm
Washington, Apr 26 (IBNS) Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have applied a new image processing technique to obtain near-infrared scattered light photos of five disks observed around young stars in the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes database.
NASA telescopes find close, cold neighbor of Sun
Apr 26, 2014, at 04:41 pm
Washington, Apr 26 (IBNS) NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what appears to be the coldest "brown dwarf" known -- a dim, star-like body that, surprisingly, is as frosty as Earth's North Pole.
Jubilant Life Sciences receives ANDA approval
Apr 25, 2014, at 10:07 pm
Noida (UP), Apr 25 (IBNS) Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd, an integrated Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Company, announced on Friday that it has received Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for Spironolactone Tablets, 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg.
Scientists in UN-backed initiative decode tsetse fly genome
Apr 25, 2014, at 05:17 pm
New York, Apr 25 (IBNS): Scientists in a United Nations-backed collaborative have cracked the genetic code of the bloodsucking tsetse fly in a breakthrough that brings new hope to the fight against one of the most devastating livestock diseases spread by the insect.
UN kicks off annual global immunization campaign
Apr 25, 2014, at 05:14 pm
New York, Apr 25 (IBNS): While some 80 percent of children around the world, or 110 million infants, are receiving life-saving vaccinations each year, "one in five - more than 22 million children - not being vaccinated is too much for us," according to the World Health Organization at the start of World Immunization Week 2014.
UN boosts knowledge-sharing to combat diseases
Apr 25, 2014, at 04:59 pm
New York, Apr 25 (IBNS): Announcing that more than 50 partners are now on board its partnership initiative to fight against neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis and malaria, the United Nations intellectual property agency on Thursday hailed the watershed achievement as a significant step towards helping more than one billion people overcome such maladies.
WHO calls for investment in the battle against malaria
Apr 25, 2014, at 01:37 am
New Delhi, Apr 24 (IBNS): With three out of four people remaining at risk of malaria in WHO’s South-East Asia Region, which is home to a quarter of the world's population, the organisation urged governments, development partners and the corporate sector to invest more to sustain these gains and eliminate malaria.
Malaria claims 50K lives in India per year: ASSOCHAM
Apr 24, 2014, at 07:51 pm
New Delhi, Apr 24 (IBNS) As about 50,000 people in India and about one crore across the world die of mosquito-borne diseases every year, apex industry body ASSOCHAM under the aegis of its CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Foundation has planned to launch an awareness campaign with an aim to spread information about malaria, its causes, prevention and treatment on the eve of World Malaria Day commemorated globally every year on April 25.
American Center celebrates Earth Day
Apr 24, 2014, at 06:41 pm
Kolkata, Apr 24 (IBNS): The American Center, Kolkata, in collaboration with the Earth Day Network and Banglanatak.com, on Tuesday celebrated the Earth Day with 80 Kolkata school children.
NASA satellites show drought may take toll on Congo rainforest
Apr 24, 2014, at 05:48 pm
Washington, Apr 24 (IBNS) A new analysis of NASA satellite data shows Africa's Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, has undergone a large-scale decline in greenness over the past decade.