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Hantavirus cases linked to cruise deaths raise global concern; experts highlight symptoms, rodent transmission risks, and the importance of prevention and early detection. , Health, Times Now

As heatwaves intensify across India, expert explains why electric fans may stop helping, and even become dangerous, once temperatures rise above 40degC.

As the world marked World No Tobacco Day, with the theme "Commit to Quit", the Nigeria Heart Foundation, NHF has tasked the Federal government over non-implementation of the 2007 Tobacco Act, even as it raised the alarm over the increasing number of Nigerians who smoke.

Dr Walter Mulombo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, says the world body is set to scale up programmes in 22 countries to help people to quit tobacco use

On this year's World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organisation, WHO has warned that smoking one cigarette a day can seriously harm a person's health even as it disclosed that no fewer than 1.2 million non-smokers die from exposure to tobacco smoke

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a campaign to support millions of tobacco users who are actively taking steps to save their lives but still need help to succeed

While a recent outbreak on the cruise ship involved the Andes strain, the only type known to pass between humans, transmission still requires very close, intimate contact.

Two Indian crew members are onboard the MV Hondius cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people. WHO says the virus spreads differently from Covid-19 and does not currently pose a pandemic threat.

WHO issued a global safety alert last June while India's drug regulator is yet to issue a comparable advisory. US FDA has also not added a black box warning yet.

The World Health Organization said Thursday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship, but it expected the outbreak to...