A new Covid variant has been found in the UK but experts say it’s too soon to know if it is more transmissible than previous strains, reports ndtv.com The UK Health Security Agency (U...

Rajarshi Neogi, a psychiatrist, pointed out that insomnia has increased during Covid, particularly in people confined to their homes. “Work from home is completely destroying sleep discipline an...

Tobacco-use continues to be one of the primary causes of chronic ailments — cancer, lung disease and stroke — in India, accounting for nearly 1.35 million deaths every year. India ranks se...

“Overall, the week from December 26 to January 3 was the poorest. The PM 2.5 value during the week was 118 microgram,” said Avikal Somvanshi, an air pollution researcher at CSE. “Th...

End the shame Sir — Whenever someone asks for sanitary napkins at a pharmacy, other customers look at the person with shock and disdain. Then, the shopkeeper swiftly and discretely puts the pac...

The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country's public health laboratories to prevent "any potential spills" that would spread dise...

Last week's European Union-African Union summit brought conflicting news about mRNA vaccine production in Africa. Two days after BioNTech executives announced plans to export a version of its Mar...

Unearthing troubles where there are none seems to have become the norm in present-day India. The National Medical Commission has suggested to medical colleges that the traditional Hippocratic Oath &md...

Sprinkling water on roads, the experts pointed out, will not achieve much. Mayor Firhad Hakim, who is also Bengal’s transport minister, admitted that the city’s pollution scene is “...

Simple pleasures Sir — Wordle, the five-letter word game which has become the talk of the town, was recently acquired by The New York Times Company. The game is known for its ad-free, no-frills...