Vector Borne Diseases

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

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 …

Dengue kills 86 in MP

Health Minister Anup Mishra today admitted in the Assembly that the expected improvement had not taken place in health services but added that responsibilities were bestowed and accountability fixed from the level of the Minister to those of Principal Secretary, Secretary, Commissioner, Director and other officials with a view to …

Dengue treatment equipment awaits Central licence

Equipment for the treatment of dengue at various hospitals is lying non-functional due to the delay in the issuance of a licence from the Central Government and failure of the blood banks to fulfil guidelines stipulated by the Drug and Cosmetic Act. The Punjab Health Systems Corporation had provided 10 …

Malaria claims 149 this year

SHILLONG: Meghalaya has recorded a high of 149 deaths from malaria cases till September this year .Majority of them are from Garo Hills. A senior government official said that the total number of deaths for this year might rise as all the figures were yet to collated. A large number …

Historical applications of induced sterilisation in field populations of mosquitoes

Research on sterile mosquito technology from 1955 to the 1980s provided a substantial body of knowledge on propagation and release of sterile mosquitoes. Radiation sterilisation and chemosterilisation have been used effectively to induce dominant lethality and thereby sterilise important mosquito vectors in the laboratory.

That nip in air spells more dengue, swine flu!

Winter chill has finally settled in the national Capital. On Thursday, Delhi witnessed a drizzle-drenched day with the minimum temperature dipping down to 15 degrees Celsius. This made it the coldest November day in the last five years in the city. The maximum temperature was recorded at 22.4 degrees Celsius. …

Dengue: Delhi grapples with blood shortage

With four deaths from dengue and 710 cases being reported from hospitals across the city so far, the Red Cross is faced with a growing demand for blood, needed to fight the outbreak. After

Sudden rains might cause malaria surge, fears BMC

Cyclone Phyan may have spared the city, but the downpour it caused didn't. The unexpected showers have made the civic health authorities worried about a fresh spurt in cases of malaria, which, they say, is now bound to rear its head in the city again. Hence, as a preventive measure, …

Dengue spurt: 45 new cases in capital

New Delhi: The number of dengue cases being reported in the city seems to be on the rise. A total of 45 cases were reported on Wednesday as against 42 cases reported on Tuesday

42 new dengue cases in capital

New Delhi: On Tuesday, the MCD confirmed 42 fresh dengue cases in the capital. So far, this is the highest number of dengue cases reported in one day. With this, the toll has risen to 627. MCD health officials issued 1,335 challans on Tuesday alone while only 5,116 challans have …

Mosquitoes breeding at Games site, officials penalised

Officials in charge of ongoing construction work at the Commonwealth Games Village have been fined by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi after civic agency officials found mosquitoes breeding at the site. According to Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain, during an MCD inspection last week, mosquitoes were found breeding in stagnant water …

42 new dengue cases, total over 600

The total number of dengue cases in the city on Tuesday crossed the 600 mark with 42 new cases being reported. Meanwhile, Union minister of state Dinesh Trivedi said the dengue problem was massive. Delhi mayor Dr Kanwar Sain, however, said that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was taking …

MCDs dengue data unreliable, says Kiran Walia

At the fag end of dengue season in the city, the health authorities have realised that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has been furnishing

BMC to screen malaria patients

Mumbai With the increasing number of malaria deaths in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will now screen potential malaria patients as part of its ongoing pulse polio drive. During the drive from November 8 to November 15, besides creating awareness about polio, the BMC will send trained health workers …

Dengue spurt blamed on 2010 work

New Delhi: Refusing to take responsibility for the rise of dengue cases in the city, Municipal Corporation of Delhi blamed the situation on work related to Commonwealth Games and resistance to fogging by Delhiites. According to mayor Dr Kanwar Sain who chaired a meeting of MCD

Kochi's mosquito menace

KOCHI: Remember the poem

MCD adopts tougher tone on dengue

Though claiming the situation arising out increased of dengue was not worrisome, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to adopt a tough tone in telling the people about the steps that they need to take for prevention of the disease. Meanwhile, the total number of dengue cases in the …

Initiative targets malaria eradication

The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), the main public

Urban heat islands make cities dengue hotspots: Study

Cities are turning out to be dengue hotspots. Under rapid effects of global warming cities develop

Goa can be free of malaria: CM

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said Goa, which has the best parameters in the health sector in the entire country, could possibly dream of having a malaria-free State by working in tandem with other departments to achieve the not-too-impossible. Kamat was speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration …

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