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Disaster Management
Disease Sweeping Through Gaza’s Refugee Camps
85 per cent of people in Gaza are now displaced and doctors are reporting hundreds of thousands of cases of Hepatitis A. Concerns are...
Health
Nanotech Tool May Help Detect Diseases Using A Smartphone
A nanotech imaging device, tiny enough to fit on a smartphone camera lens, has the potential to make the diagnosis of certain diseases accessible...
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Affordable analysis of genomes ‘key to tackling diseases’
Affordable genomic analysis is key to tackling infectious diseases. A project is aiding resource-limited scientists to analyse the genetic material of deadly microbes, enabling...
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Leprosy in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
Cases of leprosy detected among migrant labourers returning from their employment abroad has reignited the conversation on the much-stigmatised disease.
Doctors in Jhapa, Nepal have...
Children
Child asthma cases linked to cities’ dirty air
A study published in this month's issue of The Lancet Planertary Health says that nitrogen dioxide pollution is the cause of 1.85 million child asthma...
Children
Measles progress in reverse as 22 million miss vaccines
The World Health Organisation says that the fight against measles has been ‘set back a decade’ as vaccinations and disease surveillance have been heavily...
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Sri Lanka: Concerns Raised as Death Rate Exceeds Birth Rate
Meanwhile, a recent report by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has also reported a 0.6 per cent drop...
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Climate Change Creates a ‘Cocktail’ of Serious Health Hazards For 70 Per Cent Of Workers Worldwide
The health consequences of climate change can include cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory illnesses, kidney dysfunction and mental health conditions.
A...
Voluntary Corporate Emissions Targets Not Enough to Create Real Climate Action
Companies’ emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective...
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Sri Lanka: Concerns Raised as Death Rate Exceeds Birth Rate
Meanwhile, a recent report by the Central Bank of...
Climate Change Creates a ‘Cocktail’ of Serious Health Hazards For 70 Per Cent Of Workers Worldwide
The health consequences of climate change can include cancer,...
