Hundreds of children across the US have been treated for a rare respiratory virus and more cases are expected in the next few weeks, doctors have said.

GURGAON: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has allocated $450,000 for health projects in Haryana.

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s population has risen to 27.1 million with 17 per cent of total countrymen living in urban areas.

Energy" drinks which are so popular during physical exercise and even otherwise among children and younger adults can cause heart problems, a research shows.

This is the eleventh volume of Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries published by the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank Group. The publication provides some information on the broad development trends relating to gender, poverty and environmental issues in the 53 African countries.

The World Bank approved on Friday $47.95 million to help the government improve nutritional status of children under two years of age along with pregnant and lactating women in target areas.

NAGPUR: The prime minister's plan to provide girls' toilets in every school in the country seems to have come at the right time to cover the last mile.

The World Health Organization says there should be a ban on the use of e-cigarettes indoors and that sales to children should stop.

UN agency seeks curbs on indoor use, advertising, sales to minors

Researchers studying the short- and long-term effects of radiation in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident have examined the thyroid glands of approximately 296,000 c

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