El Nino and rising temperatures can lead to uptick of malaria in Ethiopia, warns research
Study finds link between malaria outbreaks and El Nino events in the country
As told to Parliament (August 10, 2021): A third of India’s coastline under erosion
All that was discussed in the Houses through the day
Goods train driver booked after two female elephants mowed down in Odisha
Forest officials said the animals were killed becuase the train was speeding
Climate impact on health: India’s heat-related deaths went up by 55%, finds Lancet data
Countries, companies continue to make choices threatening health of the people
Lumpy skin disease outbreak: Indigenous vaccine still awaits emergency-use clearance
Launched a month ago; Concerns over efficacy, production causing delay
Simply Put: Suicides by daily wage workers
Coronavirus update: Tedros stresses green, healthy recovery from COVID-19
Lockdown measures turned lives upside down: WHO chief
Court asks US Navy to ban use of sonar harming whales, marine life
Noise pollution in the oceans is disrupting whales’ abilities to hear and migrate
Massive dead whales seen on California coasts
Some experts have blamed increasing ship collisions for whale deaths
Greater trust in government, people could have reduced COVID-19 caseload, fatality rate: Study
Less corrupt government resulted in more widespread, efficient COVID-19 vaccine coverage in some countries
Four factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters
Three additional natural factors are also helping drive up global temperatures and fuel disasters this year: El Nino, solar fluctuations and a …
Oder river ecological disaster that killed hundreds of tonnes of fish in 2022 was human-made: Report
It is almost certain that a substantial toxic algal bloom, supported by human activity, caused the ecological destruction
Post-COVID-19 complications on rise in Odisha, say doctors
Those who recovered from COVID-19 are grappling with complications and unable to get treatment due to absence of dedicated post-COVID-19 …
Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides
As part of an expanding non-lethal toolkit, this simple, low-cost approach could reduce the costs of coexistence for some farmers
UN Africa panel flags vulnerability to road deaths
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says Zimbabwe is the most unsafe, with highest road accident deaths at 34.7 per 100,000 people
Alert to heat waves
Even as the IMD has begun issuing city-specific temperature alerts, over 150 people have reportedly died due to heat strokes. Is our health …
After several deaths, government finally takes note of the seriousness of swine flu
Haryana reports 23 deaths, Delhi three; Delhi government issues advisory to hospitals to ensure availability of isolation wards, medicines
Sinking in illicit liquor
Most men in tribal hamlets spend all their wages on hooch and women are doomed to shoulder the burden of their families
Every hour, 21 people evicted from their homes in India amid pandemic: Report
Over 13,000 people were evicted during the peak of the 2nd COVID-19 wave
ICMR, central drug regulator admit COVID-19 vaccine side effects; health ministry rubbishes claim
Government called revelations ‘ill-informed & erroneous’
Ineffective magic bullets: Antibiotic resistance is now the leading cause of deaths across the globe
Young children were found to be particularly affected by AMR
We were on a global panel looking at the staggering costs of COVID. Here are 11 ways to stop history repeating itself
Massive global failures in the pandemic led to 17.7m deaths and counting
Live electric wires a huge threat to wild elephants; two female jumbos die in Odisha
Forest department, power distribution companies to blame, say experts
3 tigers found dead in Corbett in a week
Post mortem report awaited
India reported 1.41 million new cancer cases in 2022; breast cancer ranks highest
Globally, lung cancer most common, followed by breast, colorectal, prostate and stomach cancers