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 …
The health administration of Baleswar district is on its toes as several cases of fever attributed to dengue have been reported within a couple of days although no casualty has occurred so far. Till now, as many as 69 patients have been detected with dengue virus out of 288 blood …
According to the climate change experts, it is only a matter of time. The city of Surat (population 4.5 million), in the state of Gujarat on the west coast of India, will soon be exposed to recurrent flooding, with the risk of malaria and dengue fever epidemics in its aftermath. …
Dhangadhi, Sept 12: The risk of dengue taking epidemic proportion has been seen in different districts including Kailali and Kanchanpur. Dr Shubeshraj Kayastha of Seti Zonal Hospital, Dhangadhi, said that possibility of taking an epidemic proportion by the disease has been seen as the disease, which is mostly seen from …
RAWALPINDI: Three new dengue cases have been confirmed in the Gawalmandi area of the city. Despite the ongoing anti-dengue campaign, three more cases of the dengue virus have been confirmed in Gawalmandi. According to the authorities, due to heavy rains, stagnant water on the streets, and the poor sanitation system …
The rapid spread of dengue continues to challenge health officials, with 55 people testing positive in the city on Wednesday — the highest in one day this year. The case tally for this month is now 361, which means that an average 36 people were detected with dengue every day …
Most from Jajpur dist At least 50 new dengue patients were admitted at the SCB Medical College Hospital here during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of dengue patients currently undergoing in the hospital to 138 by Tuesday afternoon. Hospital Emergency Officer Dr BN Moharana informed that the …
Spurt in malaria cases alarms health officialsHyderabad: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Several districts in Telangana are in the grip of malaria and other viral fevers. However, the absence of an effective mechanism to monitor and report diseases such as malaria and dengue is resulting in the state health department officials working …
At least 1,000 out of a 4,140 blood samples have tested dengue positive in Orissa, rining alarm bells in the government. At present 115 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College, Cuttack. Concerned over the alarming situation, state health and family welfare minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak held a …
As many as 253 people have tested positive for dengue in the last seven days, which experts say is because of the fluctuating weather conditions characterized by spells of rain followed by sunshine. The city has recorded 1,020 dengue cases between January 1 and July 31 this year. Of these, …
Days after cases of dengue in Raipur, there has been a sudden spurt in the number of chicken pox cases in the city. At least six people have so far fallen prey to the disease though unconfirmed reports put the numbers much higher. The over cautious health department is refusing …
Japan is struggling to contain its first major outbreak of dengue fever in the last 70 years. The source of the disease’s outbreak has been traced back to mosquitoes breeding in one of Tokyo’s most popular public parks. Japan’s health ministry on Wednesday confirmed that 11 more people have been …
Flood Of Patients With Viral Symptoms That Can Last For Even 2 To 3 Weeks The spell of rain over the last few days may have brought some relief to Delhiites reeling under an unusually hot spell, but it has led to a spurt in viral fever and typhoid cases. …
Kanchanpur, Sept 2: Six people have fallen sick due to dengue. The disease is transmitted due to mosquito bite. Juna Mati Rana of Shankarpur, Ganesh Joshi of Dekhatbhuli, Bikas Devi Rana of Raikwar Bichawa, Deepak Malla, Laxmi Mahat and Chetan BK of Amarbasti have fallen sick due to the disease. …
Peshawar—Six more persons were tested positive for dengue in the district that increase to the total number of patients reached to 126 in Swat, spokesman of health department district Swat Dr. Haider said on Monday. He said presently three patients suffering from complication and receiving treatment while 113 patients have …
An outbreak of dengue fever in Japan—the first since World War II—has affected at least 22 people, the government said Monday, with all cases believed to be linked to a Tokyo park. The health ministry said 19 new infections have been confirmed since last week. All are believed to have …
More than 10 people who visited Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park or its vicinity might have contracted dengue fever, Fuji TV reported Monday. Last week, three people commuting to the same school in Tokyo, including a teenage girl, and a man and a woman in their 20s, were found to have contracted …
The health ministry said Wednesday it has confirmed that someone has contracted dengue fever while in Japan for the first time in nearly 70 years. A Japanese teen in Saitama Prefecture with no record of overseas travel ran a high fever late this month and was hospitalized in the city …
NIV Scientists Find DENV-4 Strain Again In Pune After A Gap Of Four Years After a gap of four years, dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) has surfaced in the city and is currently predominant among two serotypes of the virus co-circulating in Pune, scientists at the citybased National Institute of …
Dengue fever is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide. Dengue transmission is critically dependent on climatic factors and there is much concern as to whether climate change would spread the disease to areas currently unaffected. The occurrence of autochthonous infections in Croatia and France in 2010 has raised concerns …
Dengue, a vector-borne viral disease of increasing global importance, is classically associated with tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world. Urbanisation, globalisation and climate trends, however, are facilitating the geographic spread of its mosquito vectors, thereby increasing the risk of the virus establishing itself in previously unaffected areas and causing …
