Order of the High Court of Kerala in Re: Brunu (Suo Motu) Public Interest Litigation dated 14/08/2022. The High Court of Kerala convened a special sitting taking note of the instances of dog bites being reported across the state. The HC talked about the various orders passed by the court …
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will provide intra dermal anti-rabies vaccine at 12 health centres in the city. Unlike the old vaccine, which is injected in the muscle, the new vaccine is injected under the topmost layer of the skin. Private hospitals are already using the new vaccine, …
Forty two people from 15 districts died of rabies last year according to the National Anti-Rabies Unit of the Health Ministry. Highest number of deaths, 10, was reported from the Batticaloa district. Kurunegala 7, Puttalam and Galle 5 each, Anuradhapura 3, Kalutara, Kandy and Badulla 2 each, Kegalle, Nuwara-Eliya, Matara, …
Siliguri, July 24: A 10-year-old boy, who was allegedly turned away from a government hospital short on anti-rabies vaccine, died of suspected hydrophobia this evening. Hydrophobia or the fear of water (read difficulty to swallow liquids) is one of the symptoms of rabies, a near fatal disease caused by the …
No state-run hospitals in the Okara district have possessed with the anti-rabies vaccine for more than a year forcing the victims to purchase the costly vaccine from the market. DHQ Hospital medical superintendent Dr Nazir Hussain said an official had been sent to the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, for …
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has alleged that an agreement between the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Butantan Institute of Brazil on the import of cell culture rabies vaccine is a gross violation of World Health Organisation (WHO) rules because the Brazilian institute is not approved by the …
The number of antelopes is dwindling day by day in the district, thanks to nature's fury and the laxity of authorities. Hundreds of antelopes including Chinkara, Chousinga, Spotted Deer and Sambar were living in the islands of Godavari River including Narayanalanka, Addankivarilanka, Veedhivarilanka, Kedarulanka, Sathemmalanka and Nandapallilanka. The antelopes made …
An unprecedented outbreak of rabies in a northeastern province of the Amazon basin has left 15 people dead around Portel, a sparsely populated region of Brazil. Seven cases were diagnosed by laboratory tests, and eight others showed similar symptoms after bat bites. The epidemic is believed to be a natural …
easy rabies cure: Tobacco plants have been genetically modified to produce proteins used to combat the rabies virus. Till now, the only way to fight the virus was to use antibodies derived from either horses or humans; but they are difficult to get. Researchers from the Thomas Jefferson University, USA, …
a revolution in the treatment of rabies might be in the offing. The world's first combination dna veterinary vaccine against rabies, produced by scientists from the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Sciences (iisc), is ready for trials. This is good news for many countries, especially the poorer ones, where the disease …
The Supreme Court recently asked the Union government to consider banning the production of anti-rabies vaccine from sheep. The court highlighted allegations that patients administered such vaccines faced the danger of paralysis and even death. Hearing a petition that charged the companies with manufacturing vaccines in dismal conditions, the court …
The Sri Lanka government's health department launched an anti-rabies drive on July 31 to prevent deaths caused by the deadly disease. The drive is a result of 20 deaths in the country caused by rabies during the first quarter of 1999. The death toll was 79 in 1998 and 197 …
