No insecticides, inadequate machines to combat vector-borne di...

The Kumbh Mela, the Hindu festival billed as the world's largest human gathering, received plenty of positive press during its 55-day run earlier this year. In February, I traveled to the Kumbh with a global health research team from Harvard, and ...

The good part is that rabies can be prevented through vaccines and oral hygiene. Rabies is one of the deadliest diseases known to man for several reasons. First, because it has no cure. It can be prevented. But once it sets in, you can only watch ...

Almost two months have passed since the largest human gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela, concluded here, registering a mammoth 100 million devotees over 55 days. Huge banners and hoardings welcomed visitors to an eco-friendly, 'Green Kumbh,' spread ...

With a view to providing better treatment and cure to Japanese Encephalitis patients, a 100-bed ward for the encephalitis patients is being developed at Baba Raghav Das Medical College in this district of Uttar Pradesh. Dr K P Kushwaha, the ...

Environmental protection is still posing a serious challenge. Understandably, the climate changes triggered by environmental degradation will spiral up weather-related disasters. The growing dependence on petroleum products and increasing urbanization are ...

New Delhi: Two passengers were killed and fifty others injured when a train derailed at Sitheri near Arakkonam on Wednesday morning. Nine coaches of the Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Express bound for Yesvantpur derailed at about 0550 hours. The train accident in ...