Cancer treatment has benefited from plant-derived compounds, including medicines used against leukaemia, lymphoma, breast and ovarian cancers. But deforestation could destroy plants that may contain compounds...
When we think of deforestation, we often think of lost habitats, disappearing wildlife and declining biodiversity. For the pharmaceutical industry, a forest is a vast biological...
India has significantly reduced hunger through its food security programmes, but more than 520 million people still cannot afford a healthy diet. As food prices rise...
While the immediate focus remains on containing the virus, the UNDP says the outbreak is also threatening livelihoods, jobs and public services, particularly in countries with...
As monsoon illnesses surge across Kerala, children are increasingly missing schools. Experts warn that sanitation, surveillance and early intervention are critical to preventing outbreaks.
If cancers are identified at an earlier stage, therapies can be far more effective and, in many cases, curative, Flaherty says
A new Lancet Commission will examine how rising sea levels impact health, equity, and global systems, with experts calling it an urgent crisis.
