Apr 18 2024
Dubai: In the wake of the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, Emirates is setting up an airbridge with the International Humanitarian City (IHC), to transport urgent relief supplies, medical items and equipment to support on-ground aid efforts and search […]
Geneva: The World Health Organisation said the rapid spread of monkeypox across dozens of nations does not represent a global health emergency at this time. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described monkeypox as an evolving health threat, however, and urged […]
Geneva: The UN marks World Food Safety Day on June 7, 2022, under the theme “Safer food, better health.” Safe food is essential to human health and well-being and is one of the most critical guarantors of good health. The […]
The air we breathe is crucial to our health, wellbeing, concentration and happiness – but did you know the poor air quality in the home affects our children’s ability to learn, our fertility and the functioning of every organ in […]
GENEVA: Over 1 billion people aged 12 to 35 years risk losing their hearing due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud music and other recreational sounds. This can have devastating consequences for their physical and mental health, education, and […]
The Canadian town Asbestos has voted to rename itself “Val-des-Sources”, the mayor announced Monday, in a hope to shed its association with the deadly mineral. Asbestos, a town 62 miles (100 kilometers) from Montreal with a population of 6,700, is […]
From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need nonstop sterile refrigeration to work. But despite great strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the vaccine “cold chain,” nearly 3 billion of the world’s 7.8 billion people live […]
