Road traffic deaths worldwide declined by 21 per cent between 2011 and 2025, despite the addition of more than one billion vehicles to the world’s roads, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). However, the WHO South-East Asia Region, which includes India, recorded only a 2 per cent reduction in road fatalities, highlighting uneven progress.
Two large US studies published in The BMJ find that both short- and long-term exposure to PM2.5 air pollution significantly increase hospitalisation risk for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, suggesting no safe threshold exists.
Two suspected cases of Nipah virus disease, listed as a high-priority pathogen by the World Health Organization (WHO), have been identified in West Bengal, according to official sources on Monday.
New Delhi: In a big step to take India’s traditional medicine systems like Ayurveda and Yoga to the global stage, the Ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a major agreement, the government announced on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of this agreement in the 122nd episode of.
