Tue 14 October 2025: The European Parliament voted Wednesday to ban the use of meat-related terms including “burger” and “steak” to market plant-based foods, in a win for disgruntled farmers. EU lawmakers approved the legal proposal with 355 votes in favour and 247 against during a plenary session in Strasbourg. The text still needs to be negotiated […]
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Mon 13 October 2025: At least 15 million people aged 13 to 15 use e-cigarettes globally, with young people on average nine times more likely to vape than adults in countries with data, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In its first global estimate of e-cigarette use, the WHO said more than 100 million people worldwide are now […]
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Sun 12 October 2025: Women carry a greater genetic risk for major depression than men, according to a study that examined sex differences in the genetics of the disorder. The research, led by Australia’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and published Wednesday in Nature Communications, analyzed genetic data from nearly half a million people. It […]
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Thu 09 October 2025: The IMA underlined that the manufacturer and regulatory bodies are primarily responsible for the tragedy, not the medical practitioner. At least 21 children have died in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to consumption of contaminated cough syrup. New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged Union health minister J.P. Nadda to […]
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Thu 09 October 2025: A Los Angeles court orders the pharma giant to pay damages to the family of Mae Moore, who died of mesothelioma in 2021. Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $966m to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest lawsuit alleging […]
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Sun 05 October 2025: Smartwatches and other wearable devices can feel almost magical. Strap on a Fitbit, Apple Watch or Samsung Gear and you’re suddenly presented with a stream of data generated by – and about – your body: step counts, heart rate, blood oxygen level, calories burned and more. Wearables offer tools that help […]
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Sun 05 October 2025: Three states ban the cough syrup after children die allegedly after consuming the product. Indian authorities say they are investigating whether contaminated cough syrup caused the deaths of nine children, all aged below five years, in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan since late August. The investigation was ordered by […]
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Fri 03 October 2025: The Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is showing early signs of decline, though funding gaps and logistical challenges continue to hamper response efforts, health officials said Thursday. Patrick Abok, acting regional emergency director at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, […]
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Thu 02 October 2025: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Monday defended his ambitious plan to provide free meals for children after some 6,000 cases of food poisoning, saying the percentage of those affected was small and the programme was still finding its footing. The food poisonings have sparked a public outcry with TV channels broadcasting images of children […]
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Sun 28 September 2025: The study examined health records of over 559,000 participants from the Million Veteran Program in the US and the UK Biobank databases. Participants aged between 56 and 72 were followed for 4 to 12 years, during which more than 14,000 were diagnosed with dementia. Observational analyses showed that people consuming 40 or more […]
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