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 …

Doctors sound dengue alarm in Kolkata

KOLKATA: With the first dengue in the city being reported this season, doctors across several private hospitals have started recommending NS1 and Elisa tests to patients with symptoms of the viral disease. The prevailing weather conditions, they pointed out, are ideal for breeding of mosquitoes which could lead to a …

Dengue grips Himachal town

With over 110 confirmed dengue cases reported in less than a week from the town of Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, a central team is reaching there to deal with the situation, officials said on Sunday. However, no death has been reported so far. "A team deputed by Union Health Minister …

Dengue spreads tentacles in Bilaspur; 96 cases reported

Surge in cases in last one week; 8 more test positive on Thursday As many as 96 persons have tested positive for dengue in Bilaspur till Thursday. However, most of the cases have been reported in the last one week. The first dengue case was detected on May 26. A …

Health dept issues advisory to prevent dengue outbreak

PATNA: In the wake of dengue cases being reported frequently with the onset of monsoon, the state health department has issued an advisory for prevention of the disease. According to state health minister Mangal Pandey, monsoon brings with it a plethora of vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. “We have …

Monsoon here, Gurgaon moves to check spread of vector-borne diseases

With monsoon arriving in the city, the Gurgaon District Level Malaria Working Committee held a meeting Tuesday morning to coordinate efforts to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue and chikungunya. With monsoon arriving in the city, the Gurgaon District Level Malaria Working Committee held a meeting Tuesday …

Dengue returns to haunt Cuttack: 2 cases reported

CUTTACK: Dengue has again reared its ugly head in Cuttack. At least two cases from Tulasipur and Jagatpur have been reported following which Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has started widespread awareness campaign against the disease in the city. "The dengue patients are not residents of Cuttack but they have come …

At the start of dengue season, hospitals report 30 cases on Tuesday

PUNE: Heartening as it may be that two dengue-infected patients who suffered from severe complications are currently on the road to recovery, private hospitals in the city on Tuesday reported 30 cases of dengue to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The number of dengue cases recorded in the last three …

46 malaria cases in Delhi, 50% more than dengue infection count

At least six fresh cases of malaria have been reported during the past week in Delhi, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 46, according to a municipal report released on Monday. Only two fresh cases of dengue, another vector-borne disease, were reported …

Say goodbye to monsoon illness with these 4 Indian spices

We all love rains but like all good things, rain too has its downside. Monsoon often brings along illness, that's why it is infamously known as the flu season. So, before you fall into it and get sick, learn that prevention is truly better than cure. Another thing that's better? …

Telangana Health Status: Swine flu, chikungunya cases decline; dengue cases up

HYDERABAD: As per the latest ‘Health Status Indicators Report 2018’ released by the Centre, among the major diseases, swine flu cases saw a slight decline (from 2956 to 2165) between 2015-2017, chikungunya cases too declined from 2067 to 663 during the period in Telangana state. Dengue cases, however, saw a …

Fogging, awareness drives to fight dengue sting

The onset of monsoon brings relief from scorching temperatures but it also triggers favourable conditions for breeding of mosquitoes. In observance of the anti-dengue month in July, the district malaria officer, Yogesh Saraswat, has issued instructions to conduct fogging on all roads and byroads, awareness campaigns to ensure that people …

Why chikungunya slips under dengue radar

Chikungunya spreads round the year and is as prevalent as dengue, NIV finds after redefining symptoms Chikungunya is as widely prevalent in India as dengue but tends to get overlooked or missed due to greater focus on dengue, a new study by the ICMR-National Institute of Viorology has found. Cases …

Monsoon arrival: L-G Anil Baijal directs agencies to intensify vector-control measures

With the monsoon hitting the national Capital, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal chaired a review meeting at the Raj Niwas directing the concerned agencies to intensify vector-control measures. Baijal has directed distribution of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material by the local bodies through Domestic Breeding Checkers (DBCs) for public …

Unclean surroundings, water scarcity add to dengue woes

PANAJI: With dengue cases on the rise, the directorate of health services closely monitored areas from where the fever was reported and found that factors leading the spurt in the mosquito-borne disease differed from place to place. In the port town, which saw a rise in dengue cases last year, …

Dengue, swine flu on the rise

There were 50 cases reported in 2016 and five deaths recorded. Hyderabad: Dengue and swine flu have seen a rise in 2016-17 and continue to take their toll in the monsoon and winter seasons, according to National Health Profile. Deaths caused due to swine flu were 1786 in 2016 and …

‘Less platelets in patients no reason for transfusion’

Nagpur: Platelet count is a common problem in lots of infections like malaria or dengue. But majority of the people do not require platelet transfusion and nothing will happen to them even if the count has crashed. Transfusion is required only in a few cases, said Dr MB Agrawal of …

Malaria spreading faster than dengue in Delhi; 40 cases so far this season

Dengue and chikungunya aren’t the only mosquito-borne diseases people in Delhi need to be wary of. Malaria, which is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes that can breed in dirty water, is spreading fast too. In the past week, a municipal report released on Monday stated, there were 11 new cases of …

Early warning system to predict dengue possible by mining data: Study

A new study has shown that an early warning system may be developed to predict dengue outbreaks by mining meteorological and epidemiological data for a given geographic area. In the study, scientists at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, used data mining tools to analyse the weather parameters before …

Malaria alert! Disease spreading faster than dengue in Delhi, 40 cases reported, says municipal report

At least 11 fresh cases of malaria have been reported during the past week in Delhi, pushing the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 40, according to a municipal report released today. At least 11 fresh cases of malaria have been reported during the …

Dengue beats rains in race

Jamshedpur: Monsoon hasn't arrived in Jharkhand, but dengue has. A 39-year-old woman, who was admitted to Tata Main Hospital (TMH) on June 18 with high fever, tested positive for the dengue virus on Saturday night, triggering an alarm against the vector-borne disease that stalks the steel city almost every year. …

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