Health

Dubai, UAE — A Jordanian weightlifter has set a record of weightlifitng despite being fitted with a mechanical heart pump for almost two years. Khaleel Al Herani, a 35-year-old Dubai-based property manager underwent a heart […]

Water is essential to life, but we don’t always drink enough. Drinking water can be difficult when such temptations as juices, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages are so widely available. Since water’s taste is subtle, […]

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Mississippi high school students will take end-of-course exams and third graders will take mandated reading assessments this spring, state Superintendent of Education Carey Wright told […]

As Mississippi’s coronavirus hospitalizations continue to surpass records, the state’s top health official said Friday that hospitals full with COVID-19 patients can no longer handle elective surgeries, and he’s ordering the facilities to start postponing […]

MUMBAI — More than 25 environmental groups in India have started a campaign to highlight the government’s delay in implementing air quality standards for coal-fired thermal power plants. “Five years after the announcement, more than […]

MUMBAI — More than 580 people in the southern city of Eluru in the state of Andhra Pradesh have been hospitalized with a mystery illness. Blood samples of 50 patients showed high levels of lead […]

OSLO, Norway — More than 1,000 Norwegians have filed a lawsuit against their government over COVID-19 quarantine restrictions that prevent them from using their weekend homes in nearby Sweden. This is the first Scandinavian lawsuit aimed […]

COLOMBO — Inmates who rioted at Sri Lanka’s Mahara prison last month acted violently because they had ingested psychiatric drugs stolen from the prison hospital, authorities allege. Riots broke out on Nov. 29 at the […]

MUMBAI — India’s elderly population is at increased risk of death because of rising temperatures as a result of climate change, a new report states. The country recorded an estimated 31,000 heat-related deaths among people […]

New Delhi — Losing sleep over the pandemic is a real thing. Many in India are finding it difficult to sleep well because of their altered lifestyle since Covid-19 hit the country. Now health care […]