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What is Aspartame, debated artificial sweetener with possible links to cancer

Aspartame is a combination of two amino acids, phenylalanine and aspartic. (File)

Published on Jul 14, 2023, 9:40 AM IST

WHO cancer arm deems aspartame possible carcinogen; consumption limits unchanged

The WHO said the existing consumption levels meant, for example, that a person weighing 60-70kg would have to drink more than 9-14 cans of soda daily to breach the limit. (File)

Updated on Jul 14, 2023, 8:12 AM IST

Malaria jab marks a health landmark

Malaria remains a major global health concern causing about 24.1 crore cases and 6.27 lakh deaths globally in 2022. (Representative Image)

Published on Jul 9, 2023, 9:15 PM IST

Bar marketing of harmful foods for children: WHO

HT Image

Updated on Jul 4, 2023, 12:30 AM IST

What is Aspartame, possibly causing cancer? List of products that use this

WHO is set to declare Aspartame as a possible carcinogen.

Updated on Jun 30, 2023, 9:45 AM IST

Nearly 36 million in Europe may have experienced long Covid: WHO official

Statistics from the University of Washington researchers indicate that about one in 30 of the region's residents have experienced “long COVID.” in the past three years. (AP)

Published on Jun 27, 2023, 8:45 PM IST

'India will never bargain on quality of medicines': Mandaviya on cough syrup row

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

Published on Jun 20, 2023, 4:11 PM IST

‘Even deadlier…’: WHO chief warns of next pandemic as Covid-19 cases dip

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus a press conference in Geneva.

Updated on May 24, 2023, 6:19 PM IST

Quarter of adult population in South-East Asia affected by hypertension: WHO

Modifiable risk factors for hypertension include unhealthy diets such as excessive salt consumption.

Published on May 17, 2023, 11:38 AM IST

WHO issues warning against use of artificial sweeteners

Artificial sweeteners can result to increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and mortality in adults. (File)

Published on May 16, 2023, 6:06 PM IST

WHO warns against artificial sweeteners

Common NSS include acesulfame K, aspartame, advantame, cyclamates, neotame, saccharin, sucralose, stevia and stevia derivatives. (REUTERS)

Updated on May 16, 2023, 4:38 AM IST

Covid highlighted need for more responsive global health architecture: Mandaviya

He was speaking at the G7 health ministers’ meeting on Global Health Architecture in Nagasaki, Japan. (Dr Mansukh Mandaviya | Twitter)

Updated on May 13, 2023, 5:27 PM IST

Mpox no longer a global health emergency: WHO

Mpox (monkeypox) is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus.

Published on May 11, 2023, 8:15 PM IST

Conflict, climate change, Covid heighten threats for women, babies: UN report

An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020.

Published on May 10, 2023, 12:35 PM IST

US urges WHO to include Taiwan in May global meet despite China's objection

US Secretary of State Antony, Blinken.

Published on May 10, 2023, 10:41 AM IST

Learn from missteps in Covid’s early days

A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 test, Ghaziabad, April 19. 2023 (SAKIB ALI/HT)

Updated on May 8, 2023, 6:20 PM IST

World Asthma Day on May 2: Parents should inform teachers of their child’s illness, say doctors

The theme for World Asthma Day-2023 is ‘Asthma Care for All.’ (FOR REPRESENTATION)

Updated on Apr 30, 2023, 7:12 PM IST

Covid deaths down 95 percent this year but…: WHO's warning on variant

An illustration of the novel coronavirus seen next to a health care worker.

Published on Apr 27, 2023, 1:01 PM IST

Pakistan reports its first case of mpox

On November 28, 2022, WHO named the disease mpox to replace the older term monkeypox.

Published on Apr 26, 2023, 6:01 PM IST

WHO fires doctor fired after sexual misconduct findings against him

The U.N. health agency had come under pressure from the United States and other countries to do more in the fight against sexual misconducts.

Published on Apr 25, 2023, 10:41 PM IST

India-made contaminated cough syrup found in Western Pacific nations, says WHO

The new alert follows three similar warnings issued last year by the WHO about contaminated cough syrups for children.

Published on Apr 25, 2023, 4:36 PM IST

‘Huge biological risk’: WHO after Sudan fighters occupy lab

Sudan crisis: Smoke is seen rising from buildings during clashes in Khartoum ,Sudan.

Published on Apr 25, 2023, 4:07 PM IST

Japan approves nation's first abortion pill Mefeego developed by UK firm

Mefeego will not be covered by Japan's national health insurance. (HT FILE)

Published on Apr 22, 2023, 4:54 PM IST

Street battles in Sudan capital as Eid ceasefire calls ignored

Women gather to pray in Port Sudan, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Published on Apr 22, 2023, 3:55 AM IST

Brain connections linked to seizures in people with epilepsy: Research reveals

For those patients where the source of epilepsy can be pinpointed, neurosurgery can be curative.

Published on Apr 17, 2023, 1:55 PM IST

Cutting the cord: 50 yrs since the cellphone set us free, bound us in new ways

(HT Illustration: Mohit Suneja)

Updated on Jul 27, 2023, 11:21 PM IST

First human death from H3N8 bird flu. What we know about the virus

H3N8 is a kind of bird flu, which is extremely rare in humans. However, the strain doesn’t spread from person to person.

Updated on Apr 12, 2023, 3:39 PM IST

Active Covid-19 tally closer to 4,500-mark in state

HT Image

Updated on Apr 8, 2023, 12:16 AM IST

‘China's moral imperative': WHO chief lashes at Beijing over Covid origin info

Covid Origin: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is seen.

Published on Apr 7, 2023, 10:59 AM IST

WHO chief thinks COVID-19 emergency will be lifted this year

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on the World Health Organization's 75th anniversary in Geneva, on April 6.

Published on Apr 6, 2023, 10:08 PM IST

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