Stung by Aedes

Incidence of dengue and chikungunya has grown dramatically in recent years. Let’s understand the impact of climate change on virus …

The lull sets in

Scientists warn that conditions are favourable for another sal borer epidemic. State forest departments are unprepared

Disease caused by reduced blood supply to heart now biggest health scare in India

Ischemic heart disease is biggest reason for deteriorating health of men as well as women, says a study

On air

Angry residents of Delhi flooded the chief minister's office with phone calls to protest against the withdrawal of a ban on polluting vehicles

Arsenic-free

Scientists in Sweden are propagating laterite treatment for the removal of arsenic from groundwater in the Bengal Delta plains

Between the lines

lpg, touted as the cleanest fuel option, is responsible for the release of high levels of nitrogen oxides and suspended particulate matter

"Asthma afflicts almost every house in Gorai"

Pramod N Bagud (PNB), a pediatrician, and Manoj K Ved (mkv), a general physician, practise in Gorai, an area infamous for a 15-hectare dumpsite …

Researchers find more reasons to quit smoking

Death due to renal failure and intestinal ischemia associated with smoking

Every other elderly in urban India has hypertension: Health ministry report

The prevalance was higher in women than men among senior citizens

CAMBODIA

Smog havoc

Chile choked

Pollution forces authorities to impose strict measures in Chile

Shaken and stirred

Smoke from world’s worsening wildfires is killing more than 33,000 people every year

Japan accounted for the highest number of annual deaths, at 7,000, in its 47 cities; the study was carried out in 749 cities across 43 …

Managing malaria

The case of malaria is an example of how excessive reliance on insecticides has damaged the environment and harmed public health

Dengue strikes early yet again

Dengue is known to spread after monsoon, but in the past couple of years, cases of the disease have been recorded in summer as well. This year …

More than 12 million deaths due to unhealthy environment in 2012, says WHO

One in every four deaths across the world can be attributed to environment-related factors

Progress against a neglected tropical disease in east Africa is under threat

Kalaazar is neglected because it is a disease of poverty

World TB Day: More men than women reported infection among India’s elderly

The prevalence percentage among men is almost double that among women.

Change for the worse

Cancer could result from a disease -countering trick gone wrong

Cure for ebola

FUDGING FIGURES

CHINA

THE CARIBBEAN

Attacking heart attacks

An enzyme displays belligerence towards cholesterol