Health

A representational image showing a health worker administering polio vaccine drops to a child. — AFP/File Over 11,000 teams to participate in vaccination drive. More than 2.6 million children to receive anti-polio drops. Security arrangements made regarding polio teams. QUETTA: A seven-day anti-polio vaccination drive has commenced today in Balochistan — the worst-hit province by the crippling disease with 27 cases …

John Thompson James says he hopes his two children can live as independently as possible in the future James Hunt used to spend his days commuting to London, where he ran a successful marketing firm. But his children Jude and Tommy were diagnosed as autistic when they were toddlers, and he later decided to care for them and his parents …

A health worker administrates polio-vaccine drops to a child during anti-polio immunisation campaign, in Hyderabad on February 26, 2024. — APP Crucial polio campaign to last seven days. EOC spox urges parents to ensure vaccination of children. 2.6m children under age of five to be vaccinated. The government is set to launch a crucial seven-day polio campaign today (December 30) …

A representational image of unnamed vitamin D gummies with oranges in the background. — Unsplash/File According to new research, vitamin D supplements, whether with or without calcium, do not affect preventing falls or fractures in older adults. Reviewers, upon observing 20 controlled studies in 54 different publications, concluded that additional vitamin D intake for postmenopausal women and older men — …

Bad air quality makes headline news. — Sapan/Collage by Regina Johnson Cricket diplomacy has been bowled out. India will not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. The International Cricket Council has ruled that the two teams will play each other at a “neutral” ground. With the era of bringing temperatures down by cricket apparently over, can climate diplomacy — …

A community first responder has been praised for “almost certainly saving the life” of a man in his village by attending a 999 call about chest pains as he neared the end of his shift. Vounteer Phil Fuller had driven round to assess Robert McWilliams, 75, when the patient went into cardiac arrest at home in Hullbridge, near South Woodham …

Jenny Smith Photography Diane Danzebrink campaigned to improve menopause awareness after her mental health was affected “to the point of almost taking my life” Hundreds of women who are “plunged into surgical menopause” are “being failed by the NHS”, says a menopause support campaigner. Diane Danzebrink, 58, from Norfolk, has called for an urgent review of surgical menopause care to …

This representational image shows a nurse (left) handing out a red ribbon to a woman at the entrance of Emilio Ribas Hospital, in Sao Paulo December 1, 2014. — Reuters Over 9,000 people diagnosed with HIV between Jan, Sept 2024. Total number of HIV cases for this year could surpass 12,950. Experts note major spillover of deadly infections from high-risk populations. …

Isobel Perl Four years ago, Isobel Perl was living with friends in London and thriving. She was working for a big accountancy firm and had a busy social life. Then the pandemic hit and she lost her job. Aged 25, she had to move back in with her parents in Watford. She decided to start a skincare brand, despite knowing …