Health

Exercise is an important and should be an integral part of our lives, sick or not sick. As the world is grappling with COVID-19 it has become even more important to exercise even if you are cooped up all day. WHO recommends 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week, or a combination of both. These recommendations can still be...

COVID-19 and influenza viruses are different though they have a similar disease presentation. They both cause respiratory disease, which presents as a wide range of illness from asymptomatic or mild through to severe disease and death. Secondly, both viruses are transmitted by contact, droplets and fomites. As a result, the same public health measures, such as hand hygiene and good respiratory etiquette (coughing into your...

It is over a year now, since the Covid-19 pandemic surged in 2020, the world turned its focus to the hope of a vaccine.  Now, several successful vaccines have been developed, approved for use and rolled out, both thanks to the combined efforts of the biomedical community, and the essential role of animals, in helping us achieve our goal of developing a safe and...

India's joins the world to celebrate World Yoga Day Today, with greater vigour and enthusiasm. Yoga has become an integral part of millions of people around the world. In the pandemic it has become even more significant to practice this ancient health, fitness and life balance excercise. https://twitter.com/PIB_India/status/1406828472970973189 21st June was recognised as the #InternationalDayOfYoga by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2014 at the...

With more states across America ordering millions to stay home, and Britain joining the rest of Europe in shuttering nonessential businesses and placing its population under what one newspaper called "house arrest", voices of disquiet over the economic cost of such measures grew louder, even as public health experts warned that relaxing restrictions could significantly increase the death toll. Only one week after the White...

With more states across America ordering millions to stay home, and Britain joining the rest of Europe in shuttering nonessential businesses and placing its population under what one newspaper called "house arrest", voices of disquiet over the economic cost of such measures grew louder, even as public health experts warned that relaxing restrictions could significantly increase the death toll. Only one week after the White...

With more states across America ordering millions to stay home, and Britain joining the rest of Europe in shuttering nonessential businesses and placing its population under what one newspaper called "house arrest", voices of disquiet over the economic cost of such measures grew louder, even as public health experts warned that relaxing restrictions could significantly increase the death toll. Only one week after the White...

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO ) Effective and binding action is urgently required to protect the millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health is jeopardized by the informal processing of discarded electrical or electronic devices according to a new ground-breaking report from the World Health Organization: Children and Digital Dumpsites. “With mounting volumes of production and disposal, the world faces...