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June-August the cruellest; 42 cr Indians fought 'risky' mercury
The study found that Mumbai saw 54 days with temperatures exceptionally influenced by climate change. Kanpur and Delhi experienced long streaks of...
'Poverty negatively affects structural wiring in children's brains'
The study, indicates a link between both neighborhood and household poverty and the brain’s white matter tracts, which allow for communication between...
High BMI increases risk of numerous rheumatic diseases: Study
According to a new study from Uppsala University, having a higher BMI increases the risk of five major rheumatic diseases: rheumatism, osteoarthritis,...
Heat stress may affect over 1.2bn people annually by 2100
According to the researchers, heat stress is caused by the body's inability to cool down properly through sweating. Body temperature can rise rapidly,...
Like bees, wasps 'valuable' for ecosystems, human health
Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a new...
WHO raises alarm on tobacco industry environmental impact, health
Every year the tobacco industry costs the world more than 8 million human lives, 600 million trees, 200 000 hectares of land, 22 billion tonnes of...
Viruses can survive in freshwater by hitch-hiking on plastics
Researchers have found that the rotavirus, which causes diarrhoea, may survive in lake water for up to three days by clinging to the surfaces of...
Locally-grown school meals can be beneficial for kids, farmers
The free school meals given to children all over the world could be replaced with locally produced food, avoiding a repeat of what happened during the...
