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World Suicide Prevention Day: Alarming facts about suicide

800,000 people commit suicide annually.

10 Sept 2017 2:52 PM IST

Parental provision of alcohol is associated with risk, not with protection. (Photo: Pixabay)

Parents initiating teens to drinking a bad idea: Study

The findings were reported in the medical journal The Lancet Public Health.

27 Jan 2018 3:07 PM IST

The drug makes the malaria pathogen unable to metabolise or reproduce. (Photo: Pixabay)

New drug combination can safely treat malaria: study

Humans tolerate the drug well and suffer barely any side effects.

22 Jan 2018 7:15 PM IST

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6 unlikely signs of lung cancer revealed

Find out what you need to know.

12 Jan 2018 3:01 PM IST

The findings indicate that heavy drinking and alcohol use disorders are the most important risk factors for dementia. (Photo: Pixabay)

Does alcohol cause dementia?

The findings from the study are published in the journal Lancet Public Health.

16 April 2018 2:00 PM IST

The latest WHO figures show that malaria infected about 216 million people in 2016. (Photo: Pixabay)

New weapon in malaria fight - a better bed net

The vast majority of deaths were in children under the age of five in the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

15 April 2018 3:07 PM IST

Members of a police sanitation team spray disinfectant on a bridge as a preventive measure agaist the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bozhou, in Chinas eastern Anhui province. AFP photo

Covid-19 deaths cross 200; Epidemic not over yet, says WHO

The death toll rose to 2,004, with most of the deaths in Hubei, where the virus first emerged in Dec before spiralling...

19 Feb 2020 3:57 PM IST

Medial workers wearing protective gear move a patient infected with the coronavirus disease from an ambulance to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea (AP)

Florida reports first two Covid19 deaths

The cases mark the first US coronavirus deaths outside California and Washington

8 March 2020 11:55 AM IST

A worker disinfects the Hankou Salvation Church in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province (AFP)

Asian markets plunge, yen and gold rally as Covid19 fears mount

The rapid spread of the disease and rising death toll are putting a greater strain on economies and stoking concerns of...

6 March 2020 1:19 PM IST

People buy vegetables at a market of the Khraicia district. (AFP)

Manage lockdown to relaxation transition carefully to avoid virus...

Government-ordered lockdowns have become increasingly unpopular as countries suffer economic activities grinding to a...

7 May 2020 1:24 PM IST

WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (AFP Photo)

WHO says coronavirus pandemic 'far from over' as daily cases hit...

More than six months into the pandemic, this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal, said WHO...

9 Jun 2020 1:25 PM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding on the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo- AP)

WHO seeks good ties with US despite Trump's exit move

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he hoped his organisation could continue its longstanding collaboration with...

2 Jun 2020 10:13 AM IST