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May 27, 2024 4:55 PM

WHO launches new fundraising effort to raise $7 billion for global health challenges

The World Health Organization has launched a new 'Investment Round' to raise $7 billion in funds. This coincides with the start of the 77th World Health Assembly on Monday at the headquarters of the 194-member UN agency. At a media briefing last wee...

May 27, 2024 9:01 AM

Health Ministry advises employers to take essential heat safety measures at workplace

Amid rising heatwave, the Ministry of Health, has advised employers to take essential heat safety measures at the workplace. In a social media post, Health Ministry said from providing hydration stations to scheduling outdoor tasks during cooler hour...

May 25, 2024 3:48 PM

Sharjah art therapy event brings together artists and divyang students

In a heartwarming display of inclusivity and artistic expression, the Manzil Centre in Sharjah, in collaboration with the Funun Arts Group, recently hosted a unique live art session aimed at Divvying students under the theme "One Earth." Organized at...

May 24, 2024 12:25 PM

South Asia faces extreme weather with heatwave in India, cyclone in Bangladesh

South Asia is experiencing extreme weather conditions, with at least nine killed due to a suspected heat stroke in India's west, while parts of Bangladesh and neighbouring states are likely to be hit by a cyclone in a couple of days. Extreme tempera...

May 22, 2024 10:40 AM

Australia detects H7 bird flu at egg farm

A highly pathogenic bird flu has been detected on an egg farm near Melbourne but it is not the same strain that has swept the globe and infected dairy cows in the United States, Australian authorities said on Wednesday. The egg farm where the outbre...

May 20, 2024 5:50 PM

US race-neutral lung assessments to have profound effects, study finds

A guideline for U.S. doctors to ignore race in assessing lung health will likely have profound effects beyond the intended improvements in medical care, such as increasing disability payments and disease diagnoses for Black patients while boosting th...

May 19, 2024 7:53 PM

FSSAI warns fruit traders against using of calcium carbide for ripening

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a stern reminder to fruit traders, handlers, and Food Business Operators (FBOs) managing ripening chambers to adhere strictly to the prohibition of using calcium carbide for artifici...

May 18, 2024 4:58 PM

Bird flu found in western China as US combats cattle outbreak

Cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday, as concerns grow over a U.S. outbreak infecting cattle herds. Two counties in Qinghai province confirmed 275 cases of H5 influenza amo...

May 17, 2024 3:54 PM

Obesity and high blood sugar play ever growing role in ill-health, study shows

Obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure among other metabolic issues now lead to almost 50% more years of healthy life lost to either disease or premature death than in 2000, a major international study showed on Thursday. Over t...

May 17, 2024 3:30 PM

Efforts to prevent, control hypertension need to be further strengthened to meet global, national targets: WHO regional director

An estimated 294 million people in South-East Asia are living with hypertension, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Director for the region, Saima Wazed. On World Hypertension Day, observed annually on May 17, Wazed emphasiz...

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