Warming Planet Ups Risk of Deadly Tick-Borne Fever

Warming Planet Ups Risk of Deadly Tick-Borne Fever

Nov. 16, 2020 — Climate change, already linked to more frequent wildfires, longer droughts, and more tropical storms, may also increase the risk of getting the potentially deadly tick-borne disease known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, new research suggests. When temperatures rise, the brown dog tick, which carries the bacteria causing the disease, is … Read more

BJP Mandal vice-president shot dead in UP’s Firozabad

BJP Mandal vice-president shot dead in UP’s Firozabad

A BJP Mandal vice-president has been shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad. DK Gupta was Firozabad BJP unit’s vice-president. (Photo: India Today) Bharatiya Janata Party leader DK Gupta has been killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad. According to reports, the BJP leader was peppered with bullets by bike-borne assailants. DK Gupta was the vice-president of BJP’s … Read more

Congress woman leader thrashed by party cadre in UP’s Deoria, says had questioned ticket to rape accused

Congress woman leader thrashed by party cadre in UP’s Deoria, says had questioned ticket to rape accused

At a time when the nation is agitated over the alleged gangrape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, another startling incident has stoked controversy from state’s Deoria district on Saturday. The incident concerns the Congress party. A video has been doing rounds on social media from Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria where … Read more

Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed

Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed

By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Smokers have a significantly raised risk of dying from a bleeding stroke, a new study warns. For the study, researchers analyzed data from over 16,000 same-sex twin pairs in Finland. The twins were born before 1958 and followed for about 42 … Read more