At least one person has been reported dead while 60 others are hospitalised following an outbreak of cholera in the northern Uganda district of Lamwo, health officials said. ...
From once-weekly subcutaneously injectable medicines agonizing the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R), longer-acting candidates allowing once-monthly administration may become the next generation of obesity management drugs, according to a report. ...
Severe wintertime ozone (O3) pollution may be driven by alkene emissions from local petrochemical industries, and can be detrimental to human health, finds a study. ...
Cambodia reported 18,987 dengue cases in 2024, a sharp decline of 46 per cent from 35,390 cases in the year before, said a Ministry of Health's report on Sunday. ...
Shifting to balanced diets is key to combat the alarming nutrition crisis, caused by unhealthy diets, in India, said health experts. ...
The West Bengal Health Department on Saturday immediately sought report by the probe committee on the death of a pregnant woman at Midnapore Medical College & Hospital in West Midnapore district in West Bengal on Friday allegedly due to the administration of expired Ringer's Lactate (RL) saline. ...
South Australia (SA) has become the first Australian state to ban junk food advertisements on public transport to tackle obesity and promote healthy diets. ...
About 14,700 confirmed mpox cases, including 66 deaths, were reported in 20 African countries from January 2024 to January 5, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. ...
Even as watching short videos or reels on social media platforms has become an integral part of the daily lives of young and middle-aged people, a new study shows that addiction to this can lead to high blood pressure. ...
A fixed-dose combination of albendazole and ivermectin may be a better tool against soil-transmitted helminths, that cause intestinal infections, according to results of phase II-III clinical trial. ...
