Humans susceptible to viral strains borne by chimpanzee

SIV strains mutate upon entering cells to overcome human-specific barriers to infection

91 lions died in Gujarat last year, the highest in three years: Javadekar

In 2013, 76 lions had died in Gujarat. The number increased to 78 in 2014

Who fares best and worst on road safety across the world

Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults — an aging population and climate change are putting ever more people at risk

Apart from individual precautionary measures, community-scale adaptations also are needed

Whale of a tale? The stories about whales helping tackle climate change are overblown

We don’t know enough to say whales help carbon storage — and what we do know suggests the opposite

11 lions killed in a week in Kenya as climate-linked human-wildlife conflicts escalate 

Climate change, changing land use and human, livestock and wildlife population increase are major drivers 

Extreme weather events led to 8 deaths, destroyed almost 390,000 hectares of cropped area in Jan-Feb 2023

Haryana saw most damage to cropped area; Karnataka saw extreme cold events after a gap of over four decades

India experienced an extreme weather event on 314 of 365 days last year

The events from January 1 to December 31, 2022, claimed 3,026 lives, affected 1.96 million hectares of crop area, 423,249 houses and killed over …

Is it climate change that impacts trajectory of dengue in India?

Dengue transmission is closely associated with three key factors — rainfall, humidity and temperature

Dengue emergency in Singapore: Experts blame climate change, new strain, more mosquitoes  

Traditional peak dengue season has just begun and Singapore has already recorded more than 13,000 dengue cases this year

How optimism bias hampers COVID-19 fight

When individuals expect others to be victims of misfortune but not themselves, they exhibit optimism bias. It causes one to behave irresponsibly

Only 10% deaths in Africa are registered: Here’s why it is a global concern

Cause of nearly 92% reported deaths in low-income countries, including the African nations, is not known 

Killer hospitals: A child dies every minute in Indian hospitals

On an average, there are 1,452 neonatal deaths in one day and 60 per hour in India

Elephants reduced to a political football as Botswana brings back hunting

Over the past five years Botswana has earned a reputation as the continent’s last elephant haven

Draft Bill faces criticism for making farm workers, dealers responsible for spurious pesticides

Shifting liability from manufacturers to pesticide dealers and farmers in case of any incident was opposed by farmer groups

Three decades on, stigma still stymies HIV prevention and treatment

Unless stigma is addressed, the aim of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 is unlikely to become a reality

Strange pattern of denial of health evidence

Action, not denial, holds key to solve India’s air pollution problem that adversely impacts our health

Swine Flu deaths cross 1,000; will this year be a repeat of 2015?

More than 22,000 cases of swine flu have been reported in 2017, a bulk of them from Maharashtra and Gujarat

Why it's time Africa features in global plans to manage air pollution

Africa has largely been ignored when it comes to official global air quality programmes. Yet low-income countries like many of those in Africa …

Study links additional deaths due to climate change impact on food production

Three-fourth of all climate-related deaths are estimated to occur in China and India in 2050

Protest against dengue at Delhi Secretariat

Protesters demanded that the Delhi government should declare dengue an epidemic and ensure that no hospital refuses to admit a dengue patient  

Peru investigating death of 500 sea lions

While the government has accused fishers of poisoning them, environmentalists are probing other causes, including ingestion of plastic and disease

Our laser technique can tell apart elephant and mammoth ivory – here’s how it may disrupt the ivory trade

Annually, over 20,000 elephants are poached for ivory, primarily in Africa

Children don’t even have energy to cry: Gaza Strip stares at famine as Israel blocks food access

Malnutrition in northern Gaza rose from 0.8% of children under 5 years before the conflict began to over 16% at present

Over 8,000 accidental deaths in 2022 due to forces of nature, 35% due to lightning: NCRB

NCRB released its 56th annual edition of ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India’ on December 1, 2022