After a World Health Organisation report ranked Mumbai as the fourth most polluted megacity in the world, an Air Quality Index (AQI) data released by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)

GENEVA: India aims to win its war on TB by 2025, but the goal seems too far-fetched.

South African gold producers have reached a settlement with lawyers representing thousands of miners who contracted fatal lung disease, in the country's largest-ever class action suit.

KOCHI: You would be surprised to know that the number of asthma patients in Kerala are rising and many among them have no family history.

Specific to India, the report pointed out residential biomass burning was the largest individual contributor to disease burden.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will issue a notice to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over its inaction against gold polishing and smelting units at Bhuleshwar and Zave

NEW DELHI: Children in Delhi have a far lower lung capacity and lung growth rate than kids of the same age in the US, according to a recent study by the department of pulmonary medicine at the Vall

PATNA: Winter is normally an enjoyable season, but it has lately turned into the most polluted time of the year in Patna.

Smaller lungs mean poorer exercise capacity, and greater vulnerability to respiratory symptoms and diseases, says a recently released study

NEW DELHI: In view of high pollution levels in Delhi, group of doctors from top hospitals has issued an advisory suggesting people, especially elders, to avoid morning walks.