The day-long workshop in Dengue was organised by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in association with the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP). Over 120 doctors
The repeated failure of civic bodies to prevent mosquito breeding in the city has led to a spurt in diseases like chikungunya and dengue. Doctors say they are witnessing an unusually high number of patients
As many as 239 new dengue cases were reported from different districts of West Bengal in the last 24 hours even as the death toll due to the vector-borne disease remained unchanged at 20, officials said
Last year, NDMC had issued over 125 notices to the President's Estate after "heavy" mosquito-breeding was found at various places on its sprawling campus. The sprawling President’s Estate has been found
CHENNAI: When a group of public health experts visited Adi Andhrawada, a village in Tiruvallur district, to investigate the death of two siblings, they found the suspect at the victims' doorstep: a large
Ahmedabad: With monsoon rains receding, civic health authorities are worried over the mosquitoe menace. Fresh showers make stagnant water run again, but lack of rains is leading to patches and pools of
Civic officials have inspected over 8 lakh households in the city in the first 12 days alone Mumbai has reported 290 new cases of malaria and 321 suspected cases of dengue between August 8 and 14. Tests
KOLKATA: Heavy rain lashed Kolkata on Wednesday evening, flooding large parts of the city, but it won't be enough provide relief from dengue, fear experts. Though such rain usually washes away mosquito
- Health workers intensify operations Altogether 66 new cases of dengue were detected in Kamrup (metro) today, taking the number of people affected by the disease to 378 in the district and 458 in the
Mumbai: The heavy downpour in first week of August has led to a major increase in the number of malaria and suspected dengue and leptospirosis cases across the city, according to a civic report. The
Out of 27 samples sent to microbiology department of Ganesh Shankar Vidhyarthi Memorial (GSVM) medical college three days back, seven have been confirmed for dengue on Tuesday. Earlier, out of 54 samples
Cases of jaundice, dengue also noted. VIJAYAWADA: The municipal administration has failed to attend to the health needs of the citizens Vijayawada, as its focus is confined to Pushkar Ghats and Pushkar-related
KOLKATA: At a time when the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is struggling to combat outbreak of dengue in the city, scrub typhus, a type of mite-borne infectious disease has kept the civic bosses on their
Dengue has claimed its first victim in Assam this year with a 36-year-old woman succumbing to the vector- borne disease that has assumed epidemic proportions with Kamrup (metro) identified as the worst-affected
Lucknow: Four new dengue cases were reported in the city on Tuesday. All the four patients are residents of Gomtinagar area and were tested positive by Ram Manohar Lohia Institiute of Medical Sciences.
Doctors blame weather conditions and poor sanitation in city for boost in mosquito numbers. Hyderabad: Cases of fever are on the rise in the state with an estimated one lakh people suffering. The Fever
KOLKATA: Dengue deaths in West Bengal since January rose to 17 with medical reports today confirming the recent death of two women due to the vector-borne disease, a senior government official said.
Gurgaon: The city witnessed a sudden rise in dengue cases with eight cases being reported in the last one week of which six were detected in the last 48 hours. This has taken the total number of cases
Pune: An increase in the number of cases related to mosquito-borne diseases has finally jolted the civic administration into doing its bit to fix the spread. woken up the civic administration finally.
Six dengue cases have been reported in the district so far, out of whom the recent one is from Phillaur. Civil Surgeon, Jalandhar, Dr Rajiv Bhalla, said the Health Department was effectively tackling
