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 …
More medical training and equipment mean Liberia's medical services have improved since the 2014 Ebola outbreak killed over 4,800 people in the country As a result, triage and isolation facilities in a hospital in Sinoe county helped contain a meningococcal outbreak in May 2017 The World Bank is one of …
JAIPUR: A new Michigan strain of virus is circulating in the state causing swine flu but doctors claimed that nothing to worry about as the existing treatment available in hospitals is effective. In government-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital, 12 persons have died this year. However, doctors pointed out that they …
NOIDA: A 65-year-old man has been diagnosed with swine flu, making it the third confirmed case of the disease in Gautam Budh Nagar this season. A sample of the patient, who had come to Fortis Hospital in Sector 62 last week, was sent to the National Centre for Disease Control …
AHMEDABAD: Just two days before the World Health Organization first informed of three Zika cases in the city on May 26, it had put the entire country in risk category 2, the same category as that of Brazil, which has experienced a major outbreak. Prior to the Ahmedabad Zika case …
Ahmedabad: Even as lack of drives for preventive measures or awareness activities in the wake of three Zika virus detections in Ahmedabad exists, three mathematicians from Gujarat University and LD College of Engineering have through mathematical models tried to explain various scenarios in case of a Zika virus outbreak. The …
AHMEDABAD/ SURAT/ VADODARA: Since January the presence of the deadly Zika virus in Ahmedabad first came to light, massive health surveys were undertaken in the city. Random blood samples that tested negative for chikungunya and dengue were sent to the BJ Medical College laboratory in Asarwa for confirmation. However, Gujarat's …
Contact tracing is one of the key response actions necessary for controlling spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Contact tracing is comprised of several different activities: identification of persons who have been in contact with confirmed EVD cases, close monitoring contacts for EVD symptoms, and management of symptomatic persons. Closely …
VARANASI: After the detection of first cases of Zika virus in Gujarat, the health department in Varanasi has issued an alert suggesting dos and don'ts for preventing and controlling mosquito breeding. Chief medical officer Dr. VB Singh issued the alert for general public on Wednesday. He said that Zika virus …
Countries in this category may experience outbreaks of the disease, which will be difficult to distinguish from seasonal fluctuations or surveillance artefacts: warns WHO Following the detection of Zika virus cases in India, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has put India in Category 2 of risk classification, which essentially means …
The WHO India office today flagged to the Health Ministry the recent issue of late reporting of Zika virus to the world body. The WHO received outbreak information from India on May 15, nearly five-and-a-half months after the first confirmed Zika case in Ahmedabad’s Bapunagar in November 2016. WHO India …
CHANDIGARH: The UT health department is on high alert following Zika virus striking three people in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, screening all hotels and hospitals for such cases. The risk is more as the virus is caused by the same vector that causes chikungunya and dengue and already the city has seen …
Lucknow: The leading government hospitals in the city are not prepared to tackle swine flu cases. In a reality check done by TOI on Monday, not a single isolation ward for swine flu patients was found in the major government hospitals. At KGMU, there were no signs of preparation at …
JAIPUR: At a time when the health department is battling against swine flu, the threat of zika is also looming large. Three more persons died of swine flu on Sunday taking the toll to 27 in the month of May. Besides, five persons tested positive for the flu on Monday. …
KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry has approved the use of a new Ebola vaccine to counter an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in its northeast that has killed four people, a spokesman said on Monday. 'The non-objection was given. Now there's a Medecins Sans Frontieres team that …
Jaipur: Rajasthan is on alert over Zika virus, as its neighbouring state Gujarat reported three cases of the virus. Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue and chikungunya, is also responsible for spreading Zika virus. The state is highly vulnerable to Zika, as breeding of the aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the …
KOLKATA: When Aradhya Dhanuk lost her battle to swine flu early on Saturday, the world fell apart for the 18-month-old's parents. Emotions ran high as relatives started arriving at the Institute of Child Health (ICH). Few among them even tried to create a ruckus. But the father of the child …
Tests are underway to determine the genetic sequence of the Ebola virus behind an outbreak in central Africa, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control researcher said Friday. Dr. Barbara Knust, an epidemiologist, told VOA's Horn of Africa service that scientists are looking for "clues" about where this strain of Ebola …
KOCHI: Concerned by the spurt in H1N1 cases, the Union government had asked the state to submit a detailed report on action plan to contain the disease.The state health department, which is focusing on awareness programmes, briefed the Centre regarding the measures taken by them in this regard. "We have …
Residents allege contaminated water supply; unseasonal rain also suspected cause Hospitals in the capital town saw an unusual rush over the past one week with several hundred people testing positive for jaundice after allegedly consuming polluted water. People from numerous suburbs have now complained about the alleged supply of contaminated …
Pretoria — The South African Department of Health says it is on high alert following the reported outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Friday, 12 May, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that nine suspected cases and three deaths of persons with Ebola …
