Health

NEW DELHI: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, on Wednesday reported 190 cases of firecracker and carbide gun-related eye injuries during Diwali this year.

GENEVA: Heat-related deaths have increased by 63 per cent since the 1990s, averaging 546,000 deaths yearly from 2012-21, according to an alarming report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: More than 1 in 3 or 36 per cent young adults, particularly Generation Z, within the legal drinking age have never consumed alcohol, according to a global report.

CHANDIGARH: Building on the monumental success of the Aam Aadmi Clinics across the state, the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Punjab Government is now planning a pioneering pilot project to open Aam Aadmi Clinics within Central Jails to provide comprehensive and quality healthcare, including crucial mental health support, to inmates.

NEW DELHI: Researchers have developed microscopic metal particles that can kill cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue, offering a potential new direction for more targeted and less toxic cancer treatments.

NEW DELHI: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Friday approved a new programme to improve the life expectancy and quality of life for 11 million elderly and vulnerable people in Kerala with wider access to health coverage.

MANILA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Western Pacific region has raised an alarm about the "sharp increases" in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases in the Philippines, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea in recent years, "with implications for national and regional security."

BHOPAL: What should have been a night of lights and joy turned into a nightmare for families across Bhopal and surrounding districts this Diwali, as makeshift "carbide guns" – marketed as cheap festive toys – caused severe injuries to more than 125 people, including children and the elderly.

NEW DELHI: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Thursday declared 112 drug samples tested by the Central and state drugs regulatory authorities as ‘Not of Standard Quality (NSQ)' in its monthly drug alert for September.

LOS ANGELES: The United States has registered 1,618 measles cases with three deaths so far this year, the highest number since 1992, according to official data released.

ABUJA: The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has risen to 172 since the beginning of this year, public health authorities said.

BHOPAL: A malnourished four-month-old boy, Hussain Raza's, death at Satna district hospital has once again raised questions over Madhya Pradesh's health system, a crisis which refuses to die.

THE HAGUE: The Netherlands has confirmed its first case of a new, more transmissible variant of mpox, Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport Jan Anthonie Bruijn said in a letter to parliament.

NEW DELHI: People eating more junk food can counteract its ill effects on mental health by cardio exercises such as running, according to an animal study on Tuesday.

KOLKATA: A traffic home guard and another person accused of harassing and slapping a female junior doctor at a hospital in West Bengal's Howrah have been arrested, police said on Tuesday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government has mandated all private hospitals, regardless of bed strength, to implement the 6-6-12 shift system for nurses and other employees - a move aimed at standardising working hours across the state's healthcare sector.