New York, Dec 13 (JEN): More women are being diagnosed with and dying from breast cancer, the specialized cancer agency of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday reporte ...

New York, Dec 12 (JEN): The number of people killed by malaria has been cut by nearly half in Africa and a slightly lower rate globally, but sustained funding is needed to lower the numbers ...

Bhopal, Dec 1 (JEN) On the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, members of the Sambhavna Trust presented a report of their recent study “Toxic Trespas ...

Everybody knows Bipasha Basu is a health freak. But not many know how she motivates herself everyday despite having osteoarthritis. TWF correspondent Sreya Basu in conversation with the actr ...

New York, Nov 30 (JEN): Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is going to bat for hygiene and sanitation in South Asian, promoting the use of toilets and hand washing, the United Nations c ...

New York, Nov 30 (JEN): A new assessment by the United Nations has found that harvests in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are up for the third year running, but warns tha ...

New York, Nov 30 (JEN): United Nations agencies are promoting breastfeeding to avoid unnecessary illness and deaths of children in the wake of the disaster wrought on the Philippines by Typ ...

New York, Nov 28 (JEN): The United Nations health agency Wednesday released new treatment guidelines for the almost 20 million children under the age of five worldwide who have severe acute ...

New York, Nov 28 (JEN): A mass campaign to vaccinate children in Tacloban – the Philippine city hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan – has begun in evacuation centres and in communities using ...