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The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that more than 300 million people worldwide have depression.

This amounts to an increase of 26 per cent compared to cases in October, the WHO said in its latest monthly update.

Antibiotic resistance is rising more rapidly than we realise. We urgently need new solutions to stop invasive multidrug-resistant infections and the needless deaths of thousands of children each year, said Dr Phoebe Williams

Cambodia had recorded 58 cases since 2003 of humans infected with bird flu

On the World Mental Health Day, the WHO said mental health is a universal human right. 

WHO also issued recommendations on the advice of SAGE for new vaccines for dengue and meningitis, along with immunisation schedules and product recommendations for COVID-19

The report shows an estimated 188.3 million adults aged 30-79 years live with hypertension in India.

The WHO report titled 'The growth of ultra-processed foods in India: An analysis of trends' suggests increasing tax on non-packaged and unlabelled foods, which are currently taxed at 5 per cent under the GST regime

The study was conducted on 110 children between the age of 10 and 13 who wore a sensor tracking their daily movement over the course of a week

The device has been tested extensively which deactivates more than 99.99 per cent of harmful pathogens and provides quality indoor air.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has reminded people that Covid-19 is still around and that countermeasures are still required.

He also stated that traditional and complementary medicine has played, a significant role in promoting health at personal and community levels for many centuries.

The G20 Health Minister's Meeting is all set to commence in Gandhinagar on Thursday.

The study, based on a survey of 1,13,043 people, found that high blood pressure was highly prevalent in urban areas and across India

Hepatitis could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV combined by 2040, warns WHO

World Hepatitis Day is celebrated every year on July 28 to create awareness and the theme this year is 'One life, one liver'

The UAE notified the global health body of the first virus case in the country this year on July 10

Intermittent fasting may help counteract amyloid-ß accumulation in the brain and protect against age-related brain cell death.

India now has over 101 million people living with diabetes, accounting for 11.4% of the population

There is concern that caution that would normally be exercised for any new technology is not being exercised consistently with large language model tools, WHO said