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Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030. (Photo: Pixabay)

Taiwan to ban disposable plastic items by 2030

The island started recycling plastic and pushing to reduce single-use plastic items more than a decade ago.

23 Feb 2018 1:41 PM IST

'Govt spent '996 per capita on health'

The NGO mentioned that it had conducted an exercise on developing a people's health budget for 2018-19.

16 Feb 2018 7:50 AM IST

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Doses of far-UVC light can fight spread of influenza: study

11 Feb 2018 11:29 AM IST

Men almost twice as likely to have been bitten as women. (Photo: Pixabay)

Anxious people more likely to get bitten by dogs: study

The suggested link between victim personality and risk of being bitten requires further investigation.

5 Feb 2018 12:37 PM IST

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WHO stresses on prioritising universal health coverage

Some 65 million are pushed into extreme poverty, mainly due to paying out-of-pocket for medicines.

5 April 2018 3:08 PM IST

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New low-cost tool to detect bacteria in food, water

The researchers designed a sensitive and reliable bacteria-detecting chip that can test whether fresh foods can carry a...

3 April 2018 3:55 PM IST

Smoke billows during a forest fires in Pelalawan, Riau province, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)

Air pollution reducing lifespans in south-east Asia

Worsening air pollution reducing lifespans in Indonesia, which has lesser air pollution as compared to countries like...

29 March 2019 4:08 PM IST

Ice is broken up by the passing of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Alaska. (Photo: AP)

New hope for saving the Arctic

Trump administration revaluating its controversial offshore drilling plans after strong opposition from people and...

26 April 2019 3:01 PM IST

She has pioneered work on safe and effective rotavirus vaccines that are now being used to prevent disease in Indian children and which will soon be used in vaccination programmes around the world. (Photo: Dr Gag

Dr Gagandeep Kang, first Indian woman Fellow of Royal Society in 360...

She aims to get the best of vaccine to market and even push them into state immunisation programmes.

24 April 2019 2:08 PM IST

Experts are of the opinion that vaping pot is probably less harmful to the lungs than smoking it. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Vaping: A safer alternative to smoking?

Smoking pot vs. tobacco: What science says about lighting up.

8 April 2019 2:55 PM IST

An Ebola health worker is seen at a treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. (Photo: AP)

World Health Organization plagued by travel expense abuses

The UN health agency struggles with travel abuses, while they try to raise funds their fight against Ebola, according to...

21 May 2019 4:58 PM IST

Recurrent fungal infections and antibiotic resistance are fast becoming a growing public health concern, with certain groups of people falling in the high-risk category.

Fighting against fungal infections

Antibiotics are normally used to treat bacterial infections.

5 Aug 2019 7:58 AM IST