Last year, an estimated 3.8 million middle and high school students used e-cigarettes, up from 2.1 million in 2017, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. read more

National Centre for Disease Control under the Union ministry of health and family welfare has called for urgent intervention strategies to prevent the population from the harmful effects of climate change. read more

The only other plague outbreak after 2000 was reported in 2002 in Himachal Pradesh, with 16 cases and four deaths. read more

A research paper in the 2016 edition of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics noted that the Epidemic Diseases Act has major limitations in the current scenario “as it is outdated, merely regulatory and not rights-based, and lacks a focus on people”. read more

Data obtained from the National Centre for Disease Control too showed that the number of cases peaked during the week ending on February 17, when 609 were reported in a single week. read more

According to officials, the two patients — a 49-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman — were suffering from underlying cardiovascular diseases and died due to bilateral pneumonia, which is an infection of both the lungs. read more

According to the research, between 5 and 10% of new fathers in the United States suffer from PPD, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. One study shows that the risk goes up to 24 to 50% for men whose partners suffer from... read more

More than 2,500 cases of seasonal influenza (H1N1), also known as swine flu, were recorded in just one week in India, between February 24 and March 3, according to a report by the National Centre for Disease Control. read more

The National Centre for Disease Control has reported 14,803 confirmed cases across states till February 24, with 448 deaths. This is less than half the 1,103 deaths confirmed in all of 2018. read more

An HT analysis of Google Trends data for India has found that past outbreaks of the disease led to an increased interest on it in terms of Google searches. read more

Containment efforts over the next week will determine how the outbreak shapes up across the country read more

Rajasthan recorded 164 deaths due to swine flu till September this year, the highest in the country, according to official data. According to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), a total of 1,652 cases of swine flu surfaced in Rajasthan till... read more

Food at workplace cafes contain high amounts of sodium and refined grains. read more

As per the Asia-Pacific Asthma Insights Management Survey, asthma treatment patients in India are either uncontrolled or party controlled asthma and the key reason for this poor control is poor inhaler technique. read more

The study suggests health officials have been overly cautious in advising couples to abstain from sex or to use condoms for at least six months after a male partner comes down with Zika. read more