PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
BENGALURU: Healthcare infrastructure is creaking in the city in the face of an unprecedented spiral in the number of dengue cases. Prominent hospitals are shutting their doors on fresh cases, saying they are brimming with patients. Areas within BBMP limits in the past 15 days have seen 140 positive cases, …
Dengue and chikungunya are rapidly expanding viruses transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. Few epidemiological studies have examined the extent of transmission of these infections in South India despite an increase in the number of reported cases, and a high suitability for transmission. Original Source
Dengue has started spreading its tentacles in the state. At least 37 dengue cases have so far been reported from the state with Bathinda topping the chart with 27 cases. Since the disease usually spreads in the months of September and October, the rising number of cases has set the …
Margao: Concerned over the outbreak of dengue in the village, residents of Sao Jose de Areal at a public meeting at the village panchayat hall on Sunday, demanded that all officials concerned of the department of health services, Margao industrial estate, Goa state pollution control board be suspended and an …
Dengue is known in India since 1940s, but the disease is very limited in its spread. Dengue is becoming rampant in many states of southern India. As of now, no specific treatments (therapies) or vaccines are available against the disease. The people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, where the dengue …
The sensitivity of mosquito vector and dengue virus biology to diurnal temperature variability has been established, but this study is the first analyzing these relations with dengue occurrence. We show that Dhaka’s tropical hot monsoon climate and small variation in daily temperature enhance dengue transmission one month later. Large-scale climatic …
YESTERDAY was Shanghai’s coldest July day for 112 years, with the mercury topping out at just 21.2 degrees Celsius at the benchmark Xujiahui weather station, according to the city’s metrological bureau. In 1903, the coldest July day came in at a decidedly chilly 20.9 degrees, it said. The recent heavy …
The structure of another human antibody against the dengue virus has been determined, spurring the development of vaccines against the mosquito-borne disease that infects almost 400 million people a year. The dengue virus has four serotypes: DENV 1-4. Antibodies to two of the serotypes have been identified in recent studies. …
Health Ministry has revealed that the number of reported dengue cases has dipped . Speaking in a press conference held yesterday in Iskandhar School, where the task force is centered, Health Minister Dr. Irthisham Adam stated that previously around 24 cases were reported. However, the figures had dropped since the …
Shells fired by Yemen's dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and witnesses said, while the United Nations warned a dengue fever outbreak in Aden was rapidly gaining pace. Yemen, which has long struggled with poverty and hunger, has …
The Union health minister, J P Nadda, on Wednesday held a meeting of the medical superintendents of all the central governmentrun hospitals in Delhi to assess their preparedness for dengue during monsoon. The minister asked the hospitals to prepare an action plan within a week to combat mosquito-borne diseases. Sources …
With the dengue season approaching, the Union health ministry has decided to join hands with the human resources development (HRD) ministry so that information regarding keeping the surroundings clean can be sent across to children. The health minister J.P. Nad-da will meet the HRD minister Smriti Irani this week proposing …
JEDDAH: The Jeddah municipality has implemented five measures to curb the increasing numbers of dengue fever. The municipality instructed its directorates and agencies to follow the measures and called for collective efforts between the directorates and agencies and the general directorate of environmental health in filing monthly reports on progress …
PUNE: Though monsoon is yet to hit the city with all its might, mosquito-borne diseases like dengue have already started rearing their heads. A total of 20 cases of dengue have been reported from different hospitals in the city in the last 15 days. The actual number, however, may be …
VASCO: Just a week since the monsoon hit the state and thickly-populated New Vaddem in Vasco has become a hot spot for dengue. Officials at the Vasco Urban Health Centre confirmed that there has been a spurt of cases reported this week with two people suspected to have died due …
The Colombo District reports the largest number of dengue cases this year and the situation is similar to the past few years, Epidemiology Unit sources said. According to sources, the Colombo District and the Western Province has reported the largest number of dengue cases this year. Out of the 15,171 …
An epidemic of dengue fever in Brazil is under control but without the development of long-term solutions, businesses and society will suffer The 34-year old foreign and domestic sales manager of Frigo Estrela, a meat-packing company located in the countryside of São Paulo state, has just accepted a 1,000-tonne order …
The rise in dengue fever cases and the absence of dengue vaccines will likely cause governments to consider various types of effective means for controlling the disease. Given strong public interests in potential dengue vaccines, it is essential to understand the private economic benefits of dengue vaccines for accelerated introduction …
HO CHI MINH CITY, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam registered 42 serious food poisoning cases which affected 1,898 people, of whom 10 died, from January to May, while the respective figures were 36, 1,064 and 10 in the same period last year, the country's General Statistics Office announced Monday. Last …
South China's Guangdong Province has reported 30 cases of dengue fever this year, up 172 percent compared to a year earlier, the provincial health and family planning commission announced on Tuesday. Twenty-seven of the cases were contracted outside of Guangdong, as neighboring Southeast Asian countries have been plagued by dengue …
