Tik Tok Madness; The boat jumping challenge claimed 4 lives
People should stop their loved ones from doing such dangerous stunts; US Navy Washington: 4 people lost their lives while trying to make the ‘Boat Jumping Challenge’ viral in America.…
110 children die of diarrhea every day in Pakistan, it is possible to save thousands of lives with zinc supplements, officials
Every day 110 children die of diarrhea in Pakistan, most of which could be saved by zinc supplements. Following the devastating floods in Sindh and Balochistan last year, zinc supplements…
Scientists have developed super banana to save millions of lives
An international team of scientists has created a genetically modified super banana that is significantly more nutritious, especially rich in vitamin A, and could save millions of lives. A team…
North-eastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives
The UN’s top humanitarian official in the country Matthias Schmale informed that severe hunger affects 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The number of children under…
India’s substandard medicines started taking human lives
Substandard medicines of Indian pharmaceutical companies started taking human lives. Indian poisons killed 18 children in Uzbekistan and 69 in Gambia in 2022. In the same year, Liberia, Nigeria seized…
DRC: Lives shattered by violence, displacement and hunger in ‘forgotten crisis’: WFP
According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), since March 2022 alone, 5.7 million people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Record…
Buckling up to save lives: UN celebrates five decades of seat belt laws
“The compulsory wearing of safety belts, as well as helmets for two-wheelers, and increased political commitment to road safety, played a decisive role in the reduction of road deaths throughout…
Terrible disaster in China, many people lost their lives
Beijing: The number of people killed by a landslide in China has risen to 19. This tragic accident happened at 6 am. According to the details, a large mudslide fell…
Chronic diseases taking ‘immense and increasing toll on lives’, warns WHO
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the latest World Health Statistics check-up – covering data up to 2022 – “sends a stark message on the threat of noncommunicable diseases,…
‘Silent emergency’: Premature births claim a million lives yearly
An estimated 13.4 million babies were born premature in 2020, with nearly a million dying from pre-term complications, according to Born too soon: Decade of action on preterm birth. Produced…