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These infections are often fatal in young children who have not yet had a chance to develop a strong immune response to the parasite. (Photo: Pixabay)

Deadliest strains may help design malaria vaccine

This is the first time anyone has taken the parasite genes that are in the blood of patients and sequenced everything...

25 March 2018 2:27 PM IST

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. (Photo: Pixabay)

Long-term antibiotic use harmful for women, study suggests

Taking antibiotics for two or more months was also associated with a 58 per cent higher risk of death from...

24 March 2018 1:07 PM IST

Despite having fled Iran following its 1979 Islamic Revolution, Shayegan had returned in recent years to live out his final days at home. (Photo: AP)

Famed Iranian philosopher Shayegan dies at age 83

Iranian philosopher who challenged Western domination of philosophical thought died following a stroke.

22 March 2018 3:09 PM IST

Stephen Hawking passes away at 76 (Photo: AFP)

Stephen Hawking was misdiagnosed, may have had polio, claims expert

Dr Christopher Cooper says famed physicist's symptoms don't align with those of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

21 March 2018 1:26 PM IST

The death of a woman conservancy worker triggered a protest at the Brihanmumbai Muni-cipal Corporation (BMC) office in south Mumbai on Friday.

Man, 60, beaten to death over sharing of water

The police has nabbed allthe four accused, including one CCL, immediately, said a senior police official.

18 March 2018 1:58 AM IST

$Berlin mayor Michael Mueller congratulated the happy couples and described the first gay nuptials as a \historic event\. (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Study says sexual orientation top risk for suicidal thoughts in...

Globally, suicide was second leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds in 2015, according to the World Health...

17 March 2018 6:41 PM IST

The analysis also adds that people with cardiovascular problems were far more likely to die early if they were isolated. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study says you can die of loneliness

Experts say social isolation could raise chance of a premature death by 50 per cent.

27 March 2018 4:39 PM IST

The three youngsters, all under the age of 12 were killed by packs of dogs in separate attacks on Tuesday. (Photo: Pixabay)

WHO urges India, South East Asian countries to accelerate efforts to...

Rabies causes 59,000 deaths globally every year, translating to one person every nine minute, mostly children and the...

3 May 2018 7:38 PM IST

Reovirus could cross the blood-brain barrier to reach tumours, where it is hoped they will replicate and kill the cancer cells. (Photo: Pixabay)

Saudi Arabia MERS outbreaks killed 23 in four months, says WHO

According to WHO said the total number of deaths from the disease has risen to 790 since it was first diagnosed in...

19 Jun 2018 8:40 AM IST

The casket fell as the group hoisted it onto a lakkian - an ornately carved tower where the dead are placed before elaborate traditional funeral rites. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

In video: Indonesian man killed when mother's coffin falls on him...

40-year-old Samen Kondorura died when pallbearers lost footing carrying coffin up bamboo ladder in Pariding valley.

18 Jun 2018 5:02 PM IST

Study rebutts claim that antidepressants do not work (Photo: Pixabay)

Antidepressants can kill patients with lung disease

Usage of antidepressant in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) results in 20 percent increase in...

27 Jun 2018 8:30 AM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Ghazipur man stabbed to death in godown

On Saturday, when he didn't came back after a couple of hours, his wife went out in searching for him.

24 Jun 2018 6:00 AM IST