SENDAI, Japan: The World Bank has announced a new program to mobilize funds quickly against virulent disease outbreaks after the world was caught unprepared...
BERLIN: Treatments involving long-term use of antibiotics may disrupt brain functions and affect the formation of new brain cells, a new study has claimed.
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BEIJING: President Pranab Mukherjee today said India and China are poised to play a "significant and constructive" role in the 21st century as 10...
FORT MYERS, Fla: One grew up on a cattle farm. The other on a dairy farm.
They evolved into two of the country's strongest proponents...
WASHINGTON: Climate change may be accelerating rates of chronic kidney disease caused by dehydration and heat stress, according to a new study.
The findings suggest...
WASHINGTON: Smartphone addicts, take note! People who use digital technology excessively may develop ADHD-like symptoms even if they are not diagnosed with the disorder,...
WASHINGTON: The situation is "very complex" and there is a threat "on the ground" in Bangladesh, the US has said after a series of...
UNITED NATIONS: India is among five countries where projects are underway to develop vaccines to fight the deadly Zika virus affecting newborns in 38...
MUMBAI: The country has one of the biggest health protection gaps in Asia, which is expected to increase by 12.3 per cent annually to...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Research by scientists in Brazil indicates that a mosquito more common than the one primarily known to transmit Zika infections may...