On World Health Day 2022, through the ‘Our planet, Our health’ campaign, WHO will focus global attention on urgent actions needed to keep humans and the...
Globally, low-and middle-income countries still experience greater exposure to unhealthy levels of Particulate Matter compared to the global average, finds WHO report
With a dip in COVID-19 cases, state governments are now making wearing of a face mask optional. Is it the end of the pandemic?
At the age of 11, Zoya Thomas Lobo’s life turned around as she lost her father and at the same time realised gender dysphoria. Defying all...
Long term exposure to air pollution will affect the immune system and make one more susceptible to any type of respiratory disease, said WHO expert
Pink ambulances, driven by women and managed by women is for women patients to feel safer and more at ease at a time when they most...
India’s annual average PM2.5 levels reached 58.1 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) in 2021, returning to pre-quarantine concentrations measured in 2019
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted EUA to Covovax, a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12-17 years
World Water Day 2022: 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. If the current trend continues then by 2030, 1.9 billion will not have...
WHO's COVID-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove pointed out that misinformation like the pandemic is over, Omicron is mild and that it is the last variant,...
International Women’s Day: Ridhima Pandey, a climate activist from Uttarakhand was a nine-year-old when she filed a petition against the government and set on the path...
When the body is exposed to a new virus like the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which it's never seen before, the immune system gets activated and produces antibodies
At the age of 15, stand-up comedian Nidhi Goyal was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a progressive degenerative eye disorder that mostly renders one blind
Avni Singh and Tarini Malhotra are high school girls from Gurugram, Haryana, who have started Project Nishant to provide employment opportunities to mentally diverse people
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
