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  7 dead, 60 infected by new infectious disease in China: Report

  World | August 05, 2020 20:15 IST

  A new infectious disease caused by a tick-borne virus has killed seven people and infected 60 others in China, official media in Beijing reported on Wednesday, warning about the possibility of its human-to-human transmission. 

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  Speech-generated droplets and COVID-19 transmission

  News | May 15, 2020 11:55 IST

  Researchers report that airborne droplets produced through speech could be a potentially significant mode of COVID-19 transmission.

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  Disease control strategies impact evolution of spreading viruses: Study

  Science | May 13, 2020 12:00 IST

  Disease control strategies employed by governments can dramatically alter the evolution of pathogens like the novel coronavirus, according to a study which says such measures can change the extent of symptoms a spreading virus causes in infected individuals.

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  Low-dose aspirin mitigates liver cancer risk: Study

  Lifestyle | March 14, 2020 12:24 IST

  Among adults at high risk of liver cancer, those who took low-dose aspirin were less likely to develop the disease or to die from liver-related causes.

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  Watch India TV's Exclusive report on Coronavirus

  News | February 14, 2020 20:41 IST

  The novel coronavirus situation in the country was under control, the Union Health Secretary said on Friday after a meeting to review preparedness for prevention and management of the deadly infection.

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  'How malaria parasite traffics between host cells decoded'

  India | December 27, 2019 13:24 IST

  Researchers conducted a study on the interaction of the malaria parasite with the human red blood cells, the study was aimed at shedding more light on this complex interplay.

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  Malaria carrying mosquitoes sense insecticide with leg proteins: Study

  Science | December 26, 2019 11:14 IST

  In a first, researchers have shown that proteins in the legs of malaria carrying mosquitoes help them develop resistant to insecticides, an advance that may lead to new strategies against the disease which kills nearly 4,00,000 people each year.

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  Satellite and drone images predicts how a tropical disease spreads

  Science | October 29, 2019 15:07 IST

  According to Wood, once researchers know the association between snail presence and particular habitat features, they can use drone and satellite imagery to detect those habitat features.

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  As water recedes in flood-hit Punjab, threat of epidemic diseases emerges

  India | August 23, 2019 16:23 IST

  The prime concern for the state health authorities is the possible outbreak of epidemic diseases in the flood-hit areas once the water vanishes, Jalandhar Medical Officer A S Duggal said.

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  Cold-parenting may lead to premature ageing in offspring

  Health | June 03, 2019 12:42 IST

  According to a study, unsupportive parenting styles may have several negative health implications for children including premature ageing and higher disease risk later in life.

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  Delhi: 3-year-old suffers from Gaucher disease; seeks help from PM Modi

  India | October 25, 2018 15:19 IST

  Father of the kid works as an Arabic interpreter. He earns around Rs 8,000 a month.

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  Kerala Floods: Woman dies of rat fever; death toll reaches 15

  India | September 02, 2018 14:26 IST

  As on Sunday, 40 cases of leptospirosis were reported in the state. Kozhikode reported 28 such cases while the rest were from Alappuzha, Thrissur and Pathanamthitta.

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  Irrfan Khan tweets he has been diagnosed with a ‘rare disease’. Deets inside

  Bollywood | March 05, 2018 18:18 IST

  Irrfan has shared that he has a rare disease and has requested people not to speculate.

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  Can ants’ antibiotics help to heal humans? Here’s what science has to say

  Health | February 07, 2018 10:45 IST

  The study identified that some ant species make use of powerful antimicrobial agents.

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  Scientists devise a battery that runs on your saliva

  Lifestyle | August 09, 2017 14:56 IST

  The battery was created by building microbial fuel cells with inactive, freeze-dried exoelectrogenic cells.

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  Hate mosquitoes? Here’s why wiping them off completely can do more harm than good to nature

  Lifestyle | July 14, 2017 11:30 IST

  Do you know only small percentage of total mosquito species spread diseases?

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  Death toll reaches to 1,170 in Yemen cholera outbreak, according to WHO

  Lifestyle | June 21, 2017 18:36 IST

  WHO has warned the citizens of Yemen that a quarter of a million people could fall sick with the disease cholera by the end of the year there.

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  Govt. gives green light to test Microcephaly- Zika Link

  Lifestyle | June 14, 2017 12:59 IST

  The Health Ministry started tracking cases of microcephaly in India in February 2016, after the World Health Organization (WHO) requested countries to track and report cases.

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  Easy hacks to cure smelly feet & sunburns at home

  Lifestyle | June 08, 2017 11:42 IST

  Experts suggests reduction in alcohol consumption and change in diet by eliminating certain nutrients relieve perspiration.

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  How too many antibiotics can cause antibiotic resistance?

  Lifestyle | June 07, 2017 14:13 IST

  Having antibiotics is therefore worst for health, because it effectively and completely vanishes the very natural bodily mechanism that protects us against all disease in the first place - the immune system - which may never fully recover by itself.