public health

Susan Monarez, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States’ top public health agency has been fired, weeks after being appointed by President Donald …

New Delhi: In a bid to tackle worsening air quality in India’s major cities, the government has launched targeted clean air action plans across 130 cities with over 1 million …

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday that Juul can keep selling its tobacco- and menthol-flavored e-cigarettes. Regulators reviewed studies showing these products help adult smokers switch from …

The US has more measles cases this year than in any year since 1992, with 1,288 confirmed infections nationwide.  Thirty-eight states and Washington DC have reported cases, resulting in 155 …

NEW DELHI: Top doctors, industry experts and pharma promoters have joined the Union govt in denying any potential link between Covid-19 vaccination and sudden deaths in the country, days after …

Thailand is further tightening control of cannabis by banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions. Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022, in …

India is once again grappling with dangerous heatwave conditions, particularly across its northern, north-western and central regions, after an early monsoon briefly brought relief. Temperatures are around or above 40 …

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday dismissed all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices, a key panel that advised how to use vaccines. He …

The committee expresses deep concern over the lack of proportional recruitment in government hospitals, noting that existing medical personnel are being overburdened in the absence of adequate staff appointments, affecting …

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta convened a meeting on Friday with senior health officials from Delhi government hospitals to assess emergency preparedness in response to the ongoing military conflict between …