London, (IANS), Public Health England (PHE) has put forward a series of recommendations aimed at reducing the 28,000 to 36,000 deaths a year in Britain attributed to long-term exposure to polluted air.

New York, (IANS), A mosquito-killing drug can reduce malaria incidence in young children by 20 per cent, results of trial has showed.

Toronto, (IANS), Communicable diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis accounted for over 46 per cent of preventable deaths in children aged 5-14 years in 2016, finds a study.

Washington, (IANS), A new research has suggested that falsified and substandard drugs for treating malaria, pneumonia and other diseases, are killing thousands of children worldwide.

Mexico City, (IANS), Fifty-eight percent of deaths among people with type 2 diabetes are due to cardiovascular events, a leading Mexican expert has said.