National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

21 more test positive for swine flu

New Delhi: Twenty-one people tested positive for swine flu on Sunday. Three cases each were reported from Safdarjung, Ram Manohar Lohia and Lok Nayak hospitals. Among private hospitals, Max Hospital in Saket, Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar and Fortis Vasant Kunj reported one case each. A senior official in the …

Delhi hospitals told to gear up for swine flu treatment

Sixty cases have been reported so far and three patients dead Delhi Health Minister A. K. Walia on Thursday directed the 17 government and five private hospitals identified for isolation care and treatment facility for H1N1 cases to gear up for timely management and treatment of swine flu, which has …

Rhino reports are in, test negative for anthrax infection

The anthrax scare reported from the Delhi zoo after the death of a rhinoceros abated on Thursday as test reports cleared doubts over anthrax infection as the cause of death. The reports, submitted by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly and a private lab in Delhi, were negative …

Another JE case reported, count rises to 5

With another person testing positive for Japanese Encephalitis, the number of people affected by the virus rose to five in the city. 30-year-old Ram Swarth, a resident of Inderpuri in southwest Delhi, is the fifth victim in the city to be diagnosed with the disease that primarily affects the central …

Govt admits presence of ‘Superbug’

Delhi Government has confirmed the prevalence of Superbug in the hospitals of Delhi. The bug has been found in the range of 0.04 per cent to 0.08 per cent. The Government, however, claims that the situation is not alarming and is under control. The Minister also informed that Union Government …

Jamshedpur gets dengue test kits - State count at 80, public health centres told to prepare themselves

Jamshedpur/Ranchi, Sept. 27: The number of dengue cases detected in the state over the last three weeks climbed to 80 today, as the district civil surgeon

Mystery fever is dengue plus chikungunya

Nalini Ravichandran | ENS The mystery fever that afflicted hundreds across Tamil Nadu has been reported to be a `mixed fever' -- chikungunya and dengue -- spread Health dept figures show 1,250 cases of chikungunya, 500 cases of dengue and 600 cases of malaria in the last six months THE …

NICD reports on water samples show no contamination in jaundice-hit localities

Possibility of contamination in the past cannot be ruled out: IDSP surveillance officer The reports of water samples drawn from Shimla

One more dies of swine flu

Jammu: Swine flu claimed another life when a GREF driver died at the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital this morning. Reports said Manoj (35), who is basically from Kerala, was presently posted at Akhnoor. He was unwell for the past few weeks and was consulting local doctors. Recently, he was …

Experts to study mysterious fever

KANCHEEPURAM: Two teams of experts from National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi, and National Institute of Virology, Pune, are in Tamil Nadu to determine the causes of the

Tripura demands 1.83 lakh meningitis vaccines from Centre

AGARTALA, Dec 18: Following a report of fresh cases of Meningococcal Meningitis in remote locations of North Tripura, the state government has demanded 1.83 lakh vaccines from Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, State Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty said. Talking to mediapersons here today, Chakraborty said two deaths were reported …

Outbreak of mysterious disease in city

A mysterious disease with dengue-like symptoms caused by an unknown virus has affected people in the state capital and various districts in Madhya Pradesh. Private hospitals in the state capital have put up boards stating that beds were not available for patients. Eminent doctor Yogesh Malhotra told here that he …

Swine flu cases rise to 31

Two out of four reports received from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi, has been tested positive for the swine flu, taking the number of swine flu cases in the state to 31. As per reports received, two Army personnel have been tested positive for the swine flue, …

Gastroenteritis: NICD, Orissa teams in Kalahandi

Almost a month after the outbreak of gastroenteritis in some villages of backward Kalahandi district, claiming 38 lives so far, the Orissa government on Monday sent a team of doctors to the affected villages. The state government at the same time rejected that the outbreak had assumed epidemic proportions. The …

16 pvt labs to charge govt Rs 4,000 for swine flu test

THE central government has negotiated a price of Rs 4,000 with 16 private labs across the country for testing samples to detect swine flu, director general-health services (DGHS) RK Srivastava has said. The labs identified by the government for testing swine flu samples include Super Religare Laboratories (SRL), Auroprobe, Dr …

Testing labs to come up at Jammu, Srinagar

Jammu : Though swine flu has not assumed alarming proportion in the state, the government has decided to set up two testing laboratories in Jammu and Srinagar. According to official sources, on the directions of Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma, Jammu too would have a testing lab for the H1N1 …

11 more swine flu cases in Capital

The Capital reported 11 new cases of H1N1 on Sunday. Of these, four patients have a history of foreign travel, the other seven are indigenous cases. After the Capital logged its first two deaths due to the virus on Thursday, two patients

10,000 Tamiflu tablets, masks reach Jammu

Samples of 5 more suspects sent to NICD Jammu: The blood samples of five more persons having symptoms of suspected swine flu were airlifted today to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in New Delhi, taking the total number to 27 since July 10. While 30,000 pilgrims from across …

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