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 …
NEW DELHI: The rising number of mosquito-borne cases early in the season has prompted the south corporation to prepone its modified vector-borne disease programme by almost two months. “Several measures are being taken to avoid a scenario in which the dengue-chikungunya incidence turns into a crisis. We started with a …
Calcutta: The Assembly passed on Tuesday a bill that seeks to empower the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to impose a penalty of up to Rs 1 lakh on the owner or occupier of a property where mosquito-breeding grounds are found. The bill also seeks to empower civic health workers to forcibly …
KOLKATA: The diagnosis is out and it does not sound very pretty for the city as it heads for another season of vector-borne diseases. Kolkata and Bengal are now more prone to the more dangerous dengue serotypes II and IV instead of serotypes I and III, which have hitherto been …
As many as nine cases of dengue have been reported in Delhi in the first two months this year, indicating the early spread of the virus carrying the vector-borne disease in the national Capital. Of the nine cases reported till March 3, six were recorded in January and three in …
False-negative results for Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein (HRP) 2–based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasing in Eritrea. We investigated HRP gene 2/3 (pfhrp2/pfhrp3) status in 50 infected patients at 2 hospitals. We showed that 80.8% (21/26) of patients at Ghindae Hospital and 41.7% (10/24) at Massawa Hospital were infected with …
The death toll of the current Lassa fever outbreak in the country has risen from 73 to 90 persons and 913 to 1,081 suspected cases across 18 states.To address the situation, the British Government has deployed a rapid response team to Nigeria as scientists work round-the-clock to contain the fever. …
Jaipur: On the second day of health campaign launched in the city with an aim to prevent spread of swine flu and other vector-borne diseases, health department officials reached more than 50,000 houses on Tuesday. So far in first two days, more than 90,000 houses have already been surveyed by …
Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will preside over a meeting to discuss vector-control measures on Wednesday. Representatives of the municipal corporations of Calcutta, Bidhannagar and Howrah will attend the meeting, among others. Government officials failed to recall the last time a meeting to take stock of vector-control measures was held …
Lassa fever has continued to spread in Nigeria with 913 suspected cases and 73 deaths in 17 states this year with Edo and Ondo bearing 75 per cent of the burden. The acute viral haemorrhagic illness of two-21 days duration is transmitted to humans via contact with food or household …
Jaipur: If you see health department officials at your doorstep in next three days, do not be surprised. Health department will launch a massive door-to-door campaign in the city for preventing spread of swine flu and other seasonal diseases including dengue. From Monday, teams of health department will check health …
Panaji: After battling to reduce malaria cases for almost a decade, the state government is aiming to achieve zero indigenous malaria transmissions and zero malaria deaths by 2020. In 2007, Goa registered 9,755 malaria cases. Within a 10-year period, it has managed to significantly control the spread of malaria. In …
The comparatively high temperatures this winter have encouraged mosquito breeding in Hyderabad. Hyderabad: The comparatively high temperatures this winter have encouraged mosquito breeding in Hyderabad. Four mosquito species that were uncommon in Hyderabad and mainly found in villages, have invaded the twin cities. Now there are seven types of mosquito …
Scientists have discovered crucial new processes that allow malaria parasites to escape red blood cells and infect other cells, offering potential new treatment targets. The researchers are working with pharmaceutical companies to use this knowledge to develop new antimalarial drugs - a critical step in the battle against drug-resistant malaria. …
At a time when burgeoning cases of swine flu and deaths are presenting a challenge to the state health department,a sudden spurt in the cases of dengue has put the state health officials on their toes. In January this year, a total of 478 cases of dengue has been reported …
In the wake of the reported outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, health authorities in Liberia say they are prepared and capable of defeating any outbreak, adding that: "As part of our prepared measures, we have assigned disease surveillance officers at each of our entry points." Sorbor George, the communications …
National Co-ordinator, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu (left); Minister of State for Health, Osagie Ehanire; Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Clement Uwaifo, during the National Council on Health emergency meeting in Abuja… yesterday. • UCH seeks N5b to complete cancer …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: Outrage as Parents End Life After Child's Dengue Death dated 06/02/2018 regarding implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. Supreme Court refuses to accept the 845 page affidavit to be filed on behalf of the Union of …
The Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said a total of 102 suspected cases of Lassa have been reported in 8 local government areas of the state. Akeredolu said ,out of the figure, 36 of the 79 cases with laboratory results have been confirmed including 9 deaths. The governor disclosed this …
Case in Jan sends Health Dept in a tizzy, girl recovers The city has witnessed the first dengue case of the year. Considered to be a fever of tropical weather conditions, the confirmation of the dengue case in January has sent the Health Department in a tizzy. The patient has …
No fewer than three persons have been confirmed dead, while several others are under watch in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, following the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state, World Health Organisation, WHO, has said. Surveillance Officer of WHO, Dr. Bello Ahmed, disclosed this yesterday at a sensitisation workshop on …
