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 …
Ajoynagar: The mosquito that causes dengue is so undemanding when it comes to a breeding environment that a teaspoon of fresh water is enough for it to lay eggs, residents of a housing complex off the Bypass were informed on Sunday by a vector control expert deputed by the Calcutta …
An outbreak of Zika fever, which causes microcephaly — a rare birth defect marked by unusually small head size, eye abnormalities and nerve damage — is likely in coming years because of a build-up of favorable environment for the virus, researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) …
Jaipur: A large numbers of residents were found harbouring mosquito larvae in their water coolers etc. Unfortunately, the state has no provision of penalising such people like in other cities such as Mumbai. Around two per cent of the total water tanks checked by health officials placed in houses or …
Chandigarh: Mosquitoes that passed dengue fever to a lot of people last year have stung many families again in Sector 22, as the residents remain dissatisfied with the maintenance of their parks and back lanes. During a visit to the sector, the TOI team found that its main parks had …
Salt Lake: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has decided to divide the area under its control into three zones as part of its strategy to combat dengue this year. To further add teeth to its fight against the mosquito-borne disease, the civic authorities are planning to formulate a policy of imposing …
The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is generating important and often nonintuitive information about the prevalence, incidence, morbidity, and mortality of the world’s major communicable and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). An emerging narrative from the GBD is the gradual ascendency of the NCDs, especially among the world’s large low- and …
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease, caused by five different species of the genus Plasmodium, and is endemic to many tropical and sub-tropical countries of the globe. At present, malaria diagnosis at the primary health care level in India is conducted by either microscopy or rapid diagnostic test (RDT). In …
Dr Upendrajeet Singh Gill, Assistant Director Malaria, union territory health department, said that the malaria wing has been directed to take strict action against the violators of the city’s civic norms Aiming to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases in the city this year, the Chandigarh health department has issued …
As many as 639 cases of waterborne diseases have been reported till March 17, according to the Health Department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The information was revealed in a press note issued by the civic body on Monday. The data indicates that 37 people were victims of waterborne diseases …
Bengaluru: With Kyasanur Forest Disease, widely known as monkey fever, spreading in Goa and Kerala, Bengaluru-based Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals (IAHVB) — the only lab in the country that produces vaccines to prevent the infection — is scaling up production. “We have to augment production of the …
Climate change promotes spread of mosquito, tick-borne viruses, yellow fever in Africa Scientists have provided more reasons why there is rise in the number of mosquitoes and other disease-bearing insects as well as increase in viral infections globally. Researchers from the European Commission Joint Research Centre found that disease-bearing insects …
As Nigeria deals with the worst outbreak of Lassa fever on record, medical professionals at Irrua in Edo state – the epicenter of the emergency – are dealing with high caseloads and long hours. At least 365 cases of the highly fatal hemorrhagic disease have been recorded across the West …
CHARMINAR: Even as anti-fogging and anti-larval operations are being carried out, there has been an alarming rise in malaria and dengue cases in the Old City. Doctors are attributing it to a sudden change in weather, which is conducive to breeding of mosquitoes. “Cases of patients suffering from malaria and …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday expressed concern over sporadic reports of dengue and chikungunya at the beginning of this year, wondering what will happen when the monsoon draws near. It asked the local commissioner appointed by it earlier to inspect waste disposal in various parts of the …
Hyderabad has shown an alarming increase of malaria and dengue cases in the past few weeks. Though anti-larval operations and fogging are being conducted in the city there is no respite for the people from mosquitoes. Hyderabad has shown an alarming increase of malaria and dengue cases in the past …
Calcutta: Mosquito-control measures will get a boost if councillors join health workers in making door-to-door visits, mayoral council member Atin Ghosh said during a discussion on the Calcutta Municipal Corporation budget in the civic house on Tuesday. Ghosh urged all councillors to visit the houses in their respective wards and …
Only three cases of chikungunya have been reported by the various MCDs in the Capital in 2018 as compared to last year where 46 cases were reported by March. No cases of malaria and dengue have been reported in March confirms the report, while the total number of cases this …
Within the human host, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is exposed to multiple selection pressures. The host environment changes dramatically in severe malaria, but the extent to which the parasite responds to—or is selected by—this environment remains unclear. From previous studies, the parasites that cause severe malaria appear to increase …
PATNA: With the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) virtually failing to curb breeding of mosquitoes in various localities of the city, people are at the receiving end here. Despite using all types of repellents, residents of the city are experiencing disturbed sleep due to mosquito bites even during the daytime. The …
Abuja — A Nigerian scientist, Dr. Michael Odighemeh, has announced the discovery of a fuzzy-neutral expert system for detecting Ebola and Lassa fever. Odighemeh is a lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering in the Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State. He made the presentation in Abuja yesterday at an …
