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
Almost 5 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2022, finds UN report
A neonatal death happened every 14 seconds, one under five death every 6 seconds
Type 1 diabetes leading cause of diabetes deaths in those below 25, easily preventable: Study
Countries with low socio-demographic indices recorded more type I diabetes deaths
2022 European heatwave claimed over 61,000 lives, heat adaptation plans ineffective in reducing mortality: Study
With some 18,000 deaths, Italy saw the highest toll
Classify COVID-19 as ‘occupational disease’, trade union federation tells UK government
Section of Indian experts say the country needs to follow suit but is a long way off
Simply Put: The closer you get...
Air pollution: Half of India’s death toll in these 5 states
Uttar Pradesh has the largest burden of both ambient, household air pollution
57 people die as heat wave sweeps Andhra Pradesh
Student dies while travelling in bus after giving exams
Coronavirus update: World adds record new cases
Global COVID-19 tally jumped by 189,077 in 24 hours — the most until date
Dengue upsurge reported in states
Uttar Pradesh, Kolkata, and Tamil Nadu report a surge in dengue cases in the last week
Simply Put: Hospitals under scanner
‘COVID-19 has become endemic in India’
The risk of a future severe wave in the country is very low, says expert
Climate hazard: Heat-related deaths in elderly population to increase by 370% midcentury in a warming world
On average, 86 days of health-threatening high temperatures were experienced between 2018 and 2022
No death due to manual scavenging; 941 died while cleaning sewers: Union minister
As many as 58,098 were working as manual scavengers in India as of 2018
What causes whale mass strandings?
More than 400 whales have died on a beach in New Zealand
COVID-19 update: India records 3,641 fresh cases, 7 deaths
India’s active caseload increased by 1,800 during the last 24 hours
Forest officer suspended in Odisha’s Sambalpur over death of 6 elephants
The elephants died by poaching, train accidents and electrocution
Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino dies
Tam died on the afternoon of May 27 local time of old age illnesses
El Nino effect: Cases of dengue have increased globally
Increase in temperature and changes in rainfall patterns to blame
Ebola outbreak nears an end, but stigmas remain
The epidemic has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa
Simply Put: COVID-19 & the undead
Record single-day COVID-19 deaths in Odisha
The state’s COVID-19 toll rose to 5,241
COVID-19 deaths in Africa jump 42% in a week
Infections rose 34% too; Southern Africa remains hotspot
Sumatran rhino is now extinct in Malaysia
Iman, the last Sumatran rhino in the country, passed away on November 23, 2019
India lost 204 tigers in 2023, most of them in Maharashtra: WPSI
India’s tiger population increased by 200 from 2018 to 2022, according to new figures released this year