Over 2 bn people exposed to at least one day of wildfire smoke: Study

IANS | September 21, 2023 1:17 PM

Sydney, Sep 21 (IANS) More than 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of potentially health-impacting environmental hazard annually -- a figure that has increased by 6.8 per cent in the last 10 years, according to alarming results from the study of two decades of global smoke pollution.

Pakistani baby girl with rare osteopetrosis finds cure at Bengaluru hospital

IANS | September 20, 2023 12:40 PM

Bengaluru, Sep 20 (IANS) A five-month-old baby girl from Pakistan, who was diagnosed with the rare and life-threatening condition infantile osteopetrosis, is going back home with a new lease of life after doctors here at a private hospital treated her with an innovative bone marrow transplant technique.