Respiratory diseases are affecting the health of millions people in Kenya. Cooking with biomass like firewood is a big part of the problem. And government data shows a growing number of Kenyans are doing it. Affordable “clean” cooking options are too expensive for many.

Kenya: Respiratory diseases plague Kenya from burning wood

A new virus is picking up the steam. Should it be considered as a new threat? While the cases of COVID & RSV are falling, another respiratory virus called HMPV is spreading. In early March, around 20% of antigen tests & nearly 11% of PCR tests for HMPV were positive in the US. Cases of human metapneumovirus spiked this spring.

What is HMPV respiratory virus that is wreaking havoc in the US?

Moving down three spots, India was ranked eighth in the world's most polluted countries in terms of air quality in the 2022 World Air Quality Report by Swiss company IQAir.

Data Lab | Gasping for breath: What is India doing about its air pollution crisis?

A new treatment for tuberculosis which ably cuts costs and dependence on pills for patients will be rolled out in five countries in 2021. International medical research body the Aurum Institute on Wednesday announced the treatment will be deployed in countries with high incidences of TB.

New tuberculosis treatment to cut pill intake significantly

Authorities are investigating an outbreak of viral pneumonia in central China amid online speculation that it might be linked to SARS, the flu-like virus that killed hundreds of people a decade ago.

China probes mystery pneumonia outbreak amid SARS fears