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WHO chief says the enclave’s infrastructure is being destroyed as UN agency warns of soaring healthcare needs.

Placing health at the forefront of climate planning in India is not just a necessity but an imperative for several compelling reasons

On December 8, the first case of JN.1 variant was reported in Kerala. Since then testing and surveillance have increased. So far, 22 cases of JN.1 variant have been reported in the country. The variant is spreading faster and has already been detected in several other countries including the US…

Preventing and curing 80% of global visual loss: VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, a WHO-IAPB programme, is helping India's 13 lakhs born blind and 76 lakhs with treatable eye conditions.

Health experts monitoring JN.1 say it may not cause as much damage as previous waves but it could still be severe

Who cares about opening presents or carving the proverbial turkey? Today, I know where I’ll be: on the sofa, remote in hand, ready to switch the TV on for the Doctor Who festive special.

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing asks why WHO guidance on masks and respirators has not been introduced across UK

The U.N. health agency says it has tallied a tenfold increase in the global count of reported cases of dengue over the last generation, with climate change and the growing spread of virus-carrying mosquitos in part to blame for transmission that remains mostly prevalent in the Americas

The new variant has spread across 41 countries as the WHO categorises it as a ‘variant of interest’.

Kenney Jones replaced the irrepressible Keith Moon in The Who in 1978 – and these are performances by his predecessor he loves the most

A year after Beijing abandoned the policy’s strict lockdowns and endless testing, its failures remain unaddressed.