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 …
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is finalising an arrangement to contain a possible spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) following its recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). It urged the Federal Government to strengthen its response team and increase surveillance on the nation’s borders. The proactive …
The United Nations' World Health Organisation has announced a second case of Ebola infection in northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after identifying over a dozen suspected cases in the past seven days. The last outbreak of Ebola in the DRC was in 2014, when 49 people died. On 21 …
WASHINGTON - A small outbreak of Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo is causing alarm among public health officials. A new study outlining containment strategies may help prevent an epidemic similar to the one that engulfed a number of western African countries two years ago. In the timely …
The National AIDS Control Programme has released the 2016 HIV sentinel survey report stating current prevalence rate of the viral disease and making projections for the future. The report shows an increase in prevalence rate among pregnant women – representing a second consecutive time of rising incidence among the Ghanaian …
Five new fresh cases of swine flu were reported in Rajasthan on Wednesday making the total number of cases 245 in this season so far since January 1. The medical and health department already on high alert has also spoken to Maharashtra where swine flu on the full-fledged outbreak even …
Tipping point: India shoulders the highest TB burden in the world, with over 2 million cases. By 2040, 12.4% of patients in the country will have that variant, reports Lancet A month after the Health Ministry set itself the target of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, a new study in …
With swine flu (H1N1) positive cases increasing in the district since the last two months, health experts are worried about mutation in the virus strain and the virus' adaptability to seasonal changes that is causing the flu even in peak summer unlike earlier years when swine flu used to strike …
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - At Chipata Clinic in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, Fred Mwansa concludes his session with a group of HIV-positive people on how they can use the short messaging system (SMS) to anonymously access information on HIV counseling, treatment, prevention and care. He then distributes scratch cards of 2 Zambian …
Summers are here and so are ailments related to the hot weather conditions. Suspected dengue patients have started arriving at hospitals in the city. One such patient from Bathinda, who was admitted to a private hospital, was confirmed by doctors to be suffering from dengue. The Health Department is yet …
Swine flu claimed yet another life in the city on Monday when a 52-year-old man from Junagadh succumbed to the deadly virus. The victim Gordhan Chothani was admitted to the Rajkot Civil Hospital after doctors suspected that he was suffering from swine flu. Chothani was suffering from severe cold, cough …
Twenty-two people have lost their lives in Telangana due to swine flu and related complications since August last year, the government said on Tuesday. The death toll is till May 1. As many as 10,232 samples have been tested since August 1 and 1,446 of them tested positive for the …
MUMBAI: An 18-month-old boy became the first casualty of the H1N1 virus, previously known as swine flu, in the city in the last two years. The virus hasn't been active in the city though it has claimed 165 lives in rest of the state since January 1, 2017. "While the …
H1N1 virus has seen a rise in the entire south Indian region said a State Nodal Officer for H1N1. H1N1 influenza has claimed 23 lives in Kerala so far in 2017 with the state recording higher incidence of the flu compared to the previous year, a health department officials said. …
Considering the currently confirmed cases of microcephaly and related deaths associated with Zika virus in Brazil, the estimated case fatality rate is 8.3% (95% confidence interval: 7.2–9.6). However, a third of the reported cases remain under investigation. If the confirmation rates of cases and deaths are the same in the …
This article discusses the peculiar conditions that favoured the unexpected introduction of Zika virus into the poorest northeastern region of Brazil in 2015, its speed of transmission to other Brazilian states, other Latin American countries and other regions, and the severity of related neurological disorders in newborns and adults. Contrasting …
The mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-1 has attracted global attention, as it heralds the breach of polymyxins, one of the last-resort antibiotics for the treatment of severe clinical infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. To date, six slightly different variants of mcr-1, and a second mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-2, …
SHIMLA: While the Central government is targeting to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, Himachal Pradesh government has set the target for 2023 so that it becomes the first TB free state in the country. In Himachal, around 15,000 new cases of TB are registered every year, whereas around 9,000 TB …
Deadly infectious pandemics will mark humanity's future, as they have shaped its past. Neither individual governments nor the global community can entirely prevent the emergence of infectious threats. But we can be much better prepared. This report by the International Working Group on Financing Preparedness (IWG) proposes ways in which …
Monrovia – A strange infectious disease which broke out in five communities in Greenville, Sinoe County, has killed at least nine persons, while eight are undergoing treatment. Report by Lennart Dodoo - ldodoo@frontpageafricaonline.com The Ministry of Health has ruled out Ebola. The sudden deaths occurred Tuesday morning, amid speculations that …
The number of Ugandans who got infected with HIV last year dropped further to about 83, 000 from about 88,000 the previous year, rekindling hope for the beginning of an end to the disease that killed 28,000 Ugandans in 2016. But activists are not excited about the figures they said …
