No fewer than 1.13 million children are expected to be vaccinated against polio in the ongoing four-day house-to-house immunisation exercise in Adamawa.

Tobacco kills more than 7 million people per year and is costing the world economy US$1.4 trillion annually in health care costs and productivity losses. Tobacco growing causes up to 5 percent of deforestation in growing countries and results in biodiversity loss and soil degradation, as well as water and soil pollution from pesticide use.

Draft food labelling regulation that proposes to place warning labels on foods with high fat, salt, sugar content to come out soon in public domain

A deadly form of plague has broken out on Uganda's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and several people are thought to have died of the disease, the World Health Organization s

In the world's coldest capital, many burn coal and plastic just to survive temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees -- but warmth comes at a price: deadly pollution makes Ulaanbataar's air too toxic

Government assures the public the tap water in the country is safe for human consumption.

In Northern Nigeria where I work as a nurse and polio vaccinator, only women are allowed to enter houses because most women in this part of the country are in purdah (practice of seclusion), says R

Another flu pandemic is inevitable and the world must prepare for potential devastation, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, warning that the risks must not be underestimated.

Exposure to pollution may impact cardiovascular system of foetus

Exposure to air pollution in mother’s womb may have an impact on the cardiovascular system of the foetus.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Scientists warned that potentially dangerous radiation being beamed into users' heads by Apple AirPods could pose a cancer risk. - Science news -

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