Bucharest, Aug 5 (IANS) Romania recorded 1,703 new cases of COVID-19 in July 2025, marking a 232 per cent increase compared to the previous month, according to data released by the National Institute of Public Health (INSP).Of the total cases,...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Following a healthy diet to lose weight? Make sure it's minimally processed, suggests a study, which showed that reducing processing could help to sustain a healthy weight.In a first, researchers from the University College London...
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Chronic inflammation may be associated with an increased risk of frailty, social disadvantage, and cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study.The study, published in the journal Communications Medicine, looked at 74 inflammation-related proteins in blood...
Dhaka, Aug 4 (IANS) Two more people have died of dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Monday morning, bringing the total number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 86 this year. According to...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Ministry of Ayush on Monday signed two significant Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), to boost the conservation and increase public awareness of medicinal plants in the country.The first...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The brain might become the target of new type 1 diabetes treatments and pave a better way for insulin management, according to a study.Researchers had, over a decade ago, found that an acute complication of...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) A total of 103 Indian cities, as part of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), have shown a reduction in particulate matter PM10 concentration in 2024-25, the government informed the Parliament on Monday.Launched in 2019...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has developed an underwater vibration sensor that enables automated and contactless voice recognition.Conducted in collaboration with researchers from Ohio State University, US, the...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Corneal blindness, once considered a condition largely confined to the elderly, is now emerging as a significant threat among teenagers and young adults across the country, health experts said on Monday.Corneal blindness, while serious, is...
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Ahead of the UN treaty on plastics, a new report in The Lancet journal on Monday has warned that plastic pollution is an underrecognised threat to the health of both humans and the planet, which...
Seoul, Aug 3 (IANS) A total of 19 people have died from heat-related illnesses in South Korea so far this year as the country endured severe heat waves, health authorities said on Sunday. More than 3,100 patients had visited emergency...
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Amid the rising incidence of fatty liver disease, Union Health Minister JP Nadda informed the Parliament that the states have been asked to undertake screening to tackle and mitigate the condition.Replying to a query in...