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Malaria-free India?

Malaria is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. In India, it is an ongoing national health burden. To curb the disease, globally, the World Health Organization (WHO...

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Cancer Ravages Health As Well As Personal Resources In India

"You have cancer."
These terrifying words resonate in the ears of someone diagnosed with the dreaded disease. And for their family, the first thoughts are about the af...

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World’s First Malaria Vaccine Will Be Tested In Kenya, Ghana And Malawi

The world’s first malaria vaccine will be tested on people from three African countries—Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. On April 24, the World Health Organization anno...

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World Health Day 2017: Experts Explain The Early Signs Of Depression And The Importance Of Therapy [Interview]

India Today Education got into conversation with Dr Udaya Kumar Maiya, Medical Director of Portea Medical and Dr Shyam Bhatt, Trustee of The Live Love Laugh Foundation for ...

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Dirty Air And Water Increase Cradle Deaths In India

If this does not wake us up what will? The World Health Organization (WHO) has pressed the alarm exposing that children below five years are at the highest risk from filthy...

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World Health Organization Names 12 Superbugs. Most Are Present In India.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant `priority pathogens' -a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the gre...

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Depression Single Largest Contributor To Global Disability, Says WHO

Over 300 million people (4.3 per cent) of the global population were living with depression in 2015, a new World Health Organization (WHO) study says. This is an 18 per cen...

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Environment

Millions Of Premature Births Could Be Linked To Air Pollution, Study Finds

Air pollution could be a contributing factor in millions of premature births around the world each year, a new report has found. Nearly 15 million babies are born annually ...

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Bollywood

Vivek Oberoi To Donate 10,000 Face Masks To Traffic Cops

Vivek Oberoi has always been at the forefront of noble causes and has contributed to the society in his own ways. The actor who serves as the anti-tobacco spokesperson for ...

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Health

You, US, And Good Health

As I reflect on my years in public health, among the first things that come to mind are my experiences in India. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wor...

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