Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
A rare and deadly virus has sparked fear in Kerala after several deaths were reported due to high fever. Tests have found Nipah virus to be behind the cause of high fever, prompting the Kerala health department to be put on high alert. While 9 people have died of high …
ADDIS ABABA–Ministry of Health (MoH) disclosed that Ethiopia has been vigorously working to eliminate malaria epidemic by 2030. National Malaria Programme Coordinator at the Ministry, Hiwot Solomon told The Ethiopian Herald that the nation has designed feasible strategy which can fulfill the world health organization's goal to prevent and control …
LUDHIANA: Like every year, the district health department and municipal corporation officials have started making arrangements to prevent dengue from spreading in the city. While health officials are conducting regular awareness drives, the MC has started fogging in high-risk areas once a day. On Wednesday, the health department is going …
State witnessed 15,398 cases last year against 10,439 in 2016 Punjab saw a 50 per cent increase in dengue cases in 2017. As many as 15,398 cases were reported as against 10,439 in 2016. The number of casualties rose from 15 in 2016 to 18 in 2017. As per the …
NEW DELHI: There is no medicine or vaccine that can prevent dengue. Only vector control can help check its spread, chief of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Dr PK Sen, said this on Wednesday. Dr Sen said that civic authorities alone cannot control mosquito breeding and that …
Pune: Scientists at the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) have studied hundreds of patients and zeroed in on a formula to predict disease severity and mortality in dengue-affected patients. Key risk factors, according to the study, are age more than 24 years, breathlessness at rest (dyspnea) and decreased attentiveness …
PANCHKULA: Panchkula health department has made 10 special teams to tackle instances of malaria and dengue in advance. As per the information given by the health department, they held a meeting with the supervisors of municipal corporation to take various steps to stop the breeding of dengue and malaria mosquitoes. …
Rs 73.25 lakh is sanctioned for establishment of Virology Research and Diagnostic Lab at Gandhi Medical College. HYDERABAD: Various viruses which cause life-threatening diseases such as Zika, can be identified at Gandhi Hospital, as Rs 73.25 lakh is sanctioned for establishment of Virology Research and Diagnostic Lab at Gandhi Medical …
The Federal Ministry of Health has declared the Lassa fever outbreak ravaging the country over. This is coming after four and half months of the country combating the disease in 22 states. The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, in Abuja on Thursday said the announcement follows the epidemiological review by …
Heavy rains and floods have heightened cholera and chikungunya outbreaks across Kenya, the UN says in its report. Since January, 2,943 cholera cases have been reported in 15 counties and 55 deaths recorded, it said. The update, ‘Floods in Kenya’, covered up to the end of last month. It was …
Pesticides In March around 3,500 domestic breeding checkers sat on strike With the onset of summers and the impending monsoons, the outbreak of vector-borne diseases such as dengue is imminent. With as many as 3,500 domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) not getting their salaries on time and experts reporting that the …
To intensify its fight against malaria, the state government will soon make it mandatory for health sector stakeholders like doctors, hospitals and diagnostic facilities to report cases of this vector-borne disease to state authorities. Health department officials will be empowered to enter construction sites and buildings to check if these …
In addition to the devastating floods and landslides as a result of the ongoing heavy rains, there is an even deadlier danger: The prevailing environment is conducive for the breeding of mosquitoes that transmit malaria. Hospital wards are jammed with malaria patients. Efforts to combat the disease are overwhelmed by …
The Delhi government has directed all schools in the national capital to involve students in spreading information on prevention and control of vector-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya. "Involving students is of great importance in awareness creating activities as they can act ambassadors to spread information and messages for …
Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been taking a heavy toll on Assam – the worst ever in the country. Even as the death toll by this vector-borne disease in the State keeps on falling since 2014, the State is still the leader in the country when the number of people claimed …
HYDERABAD: In 2017, Telangana could have reported at least 35-40 dengue deaths, most of them from Hyderabad. Yet, not one gets reflected in the data complied under the ministry of health and family welfare’s ‘National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme’. While it pegs the total dengue cases for the year …
PATNA: At least 115 malaria cases were reported across Bihar from January till March this year, as per the monthly surveillance report available on the state health society’s website. Of these, 102 were caused by plasmodium vivax parasite and 13 by plasmodium falciparum parasite. The health department has also identified …
There are patients who are put on dialysis and then treated with medication for malaria. Hyderabad: Kidney dysfunction is a contributing factor in severe malaria cases according to research carried out by PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Understanding the manner in which malaria affects the kidney will help in improved treatment …
India contributes the highest malaria cases outside Africa. Hyderabad: With Sri Lanka having officially eradicated malaria in 2016 and China poised to do so by 2020, the question of whether India can get rid of the disease at least by 2030 has become an important one in medical circles. In …
KOZHIKODE: District Medical Officer Dr V Jayashree directed the public to keep tight vigil against dengue fever due to erratic rain pouring in the district since past few days. He said that erratic rain creates a favorable ambiance for the spread of dengue fever hence the public should keep a …
