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2-month-old Sangli baby in city hospital

Doctors at the trust-run hospital are treating the baby for pneumonia.

16 Aug 2019 8:05 PM

Apples can boost your immunity levels. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Eating apples can keep pneumonia at bay

Apples contain high levels of vitamin C, which is known to have medicinal properties.

3 Sept 2019 8:00 AM

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Rise in pneumonia cases concerns doctors

The Centre has asked hospitals to notify severe respiratory distress infections as rthe incidents of such diseases are...

24 March 2020 6:04 AM

E-cigarettes or vaping is considered a one-way bridge to increasing the number of smokers to smoke regular cigarettes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Vaping may help pneumonia-causing bacteria invade airways, says study

Traditional cigarettes have been linked to increased risk of pneumonia, but it's been unclear whether e-cigarettes might...

1 March 2018 3:18 AM

When people use a jet-air dryer, the microbes get blown off and spread around the toilet room. (Photo: Pixabay)

Air hand dryers spread 5 times more germs than paper towels

Researchers found high levels of dangerous bacteria that cause blood poisoning, pneumonia and gastroenteritis when...

7 Sept 2018 7:03 AM

The study found that wild cats wiped out 316 million every year, while pets killed 61 million annually. (Photo: Pexels)

Man sprouts giant deadly boils on neck after catching infection from...

The man is thought to have caught the disease from his cat, who died two days before he started feeling unwell.

13 Sept 2018 1:16 PM

Avigan will be administered for a maximum of 14 days to coronavirus patients between the age of 20 and 74 who have mild pneumonia, Fujifilm said. (Representative Image | Pixabay - Angelo Esslinger)

Japan gives the go-ahead to test Fujifilm's anti-flu drug Avigan in...

Trials in China have suggested Avigan could play a role in shortening the recovery time for patients infected with...

1 April 2020 9:07 AM

Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of reducing child deaths by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. (Photo: Pixabay)

Infant death rate due to pneumonia declines

Estimates for 2015 suggest that 5.9 million children worldwide died before reaching the age of five, including 2.7...

12 Nov 2016 5:46 AM

Bidis contribute to the majority of the 10 lakh deaths attributable to tobacco as well as the staggering economic burden caused by tobacco use.

Killer smoke: Bidi is the deadliest, says new survey

The study found that bidi smoking was more popular in India than in Bangladesh or Pakistan.

26 April 2017 8:56 PM