CHENNAI: The monsoons bring both refreshing rains and increased health challenges. The ongoing intense downpours in the city ...

Heavy rainfall in the evenings followed by bright sunny mornings creates ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes, and the change in weather is contributing to the spread of all vector-borne diseases.

The mosquito responsible for the outbreak of chikungunya is from the same genus as the dengue virus. However, the current ...

Owing to the increase in the cost of food, electricity, fuel and other basket of goods, headline inflation rose from the ...

Any infectious disease whose transmission and spread are influenced by changes and variations in climate and weather is ...

Health agencies in France, Germany and Great Britain have recently increased alert levels for the risk of highly pathogenic ...

Bluetongue has now spread down the east coast and across West Sussex into Hampshire, with the restricted zone now extended to ...

Over a recent 12-month period, human-caused climate change added 26 days of exposure to extreme heat on average worldwide than would have occurred in the absence of climate change.1 Following ...

I recently received a copy of a statement issued by the Philippine Alliance of Patients Organization and it reminded me of all those patients who have had to form their own lobby/support group just to ...

Gentle nasal spray vaccines against COVID, the flu and RSV are coming. They may work better than shots in the arm ...

Represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, President Tinubu acknowledged the crucial role women play in agriculture, contributing over 70% of the labor force, ...