This year, World Health Day which is observed on April 7 every year, is highlighting the crucial link between health and environment with the theme ‘Our...
The patients with the new variants of the virus don't have any severe symptoms so far
Time to limit global warming is running out as humanity has already missed so many chances to stabilise the Earth’s climate, says UN’s IPCC in its...
Dr Regi George and Dr Lalitha moved away from the city life and decided to dedicate their life in the service of tribal people
Here's how 43-year-old Dr Jigmet Wangchuk changed the face of the dilapidated Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Chushul near the Line of Actual Control in the...
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
Is the new strain a cause for concern, and in light of this, does every adult Indian now need a booster?
A new COVID variant has been found in the UK, the WHO said in its latest report. The new mutant, called XE, maybe more transmissible than...
Dr Priya Abraham, ICMR-NIV Director, in an interview with ANI, said that 'zoonosis' leads to infections passing on from animals to humans while its vice-versa is...
XE is a "recombinant" which is a mutation of BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron strains. Recombinant mutations emerge when a patient is infected by multiple variants of...
The finding led by researchers at the Case Western Reserve University in the US show that the Omicron variant is 6-8 times more infectious than the...