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 deadly swine flu claimed 40 more lives in the country, with the toll from the flu reaching 1,115 while the total number of cases breached the 20,000-mark. According to the Union health ministry 1,115 persons have succumbed to the H1N1 virus while the number of those affected by it …
A marginal rise in swine flu tally for the city was recorded on Monday as eleven new cases came to light. With this the total number of cases in the city touched 516. However, keeping the mounting swine flu cases in mind, the health officials organised a mega awareness lecture …
12 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours with 600 fresh casesWith Maharashtra experiencing unseasonal rain and a sharp drop in temperatures, the swine flu toll in the State has soared to 152. State Health authorities are struggling to cope with the rapid spread of the H1N1 virus …
Revealing new details about the origins of AIDS, scientists said on Monday half the lineages of the main type of human immunodeficiency virus, HIV-1, originated in gorillas in Cameroon before infecting people, probably via bushmeat hunting. HIV-1, which causes AIDS, is composed of four groups, each coming from a separate …
The Japanese company behind an experimental Ebola treatment says it offers new hope for thousands of people infected with the deadly virus in West Africa, but acknowledged it is “not a miracle drug.” In their first comments to the media since the release of early clinical trials last week, executives …
A total of four deaths due to swine flu (H1N1 virus) were registered here on Sunday. While three deaths were registered by the Pune Municipal Corporation, one was recorded by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. Rajendra Vaikar (51) from Vimannagar, who was being treated for diabetes and hypertension, had flu-like symptoms …
Ten more deaths were reported due to Swine flu in Gujarat on Sunday taking the death toll to 275. Further, there is no stopping on the new cases as 247 fresh cases were registered from the state in a single day. The number of total Swine flu cases has reached …
The swine flu onslaught has claimed 34 more lives as the nationwide toll from the H1N1 virus so far this year touched 1,075 with the number of cases of the disease inching towards the 20,000 mark. Data collated by the health ministry said that altogether, 1,075 persons have now perished …
India bears the largest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. The TB prevention and control landscape in India is fraught with challenges at multiple levels, including low risk perception, lack of awareness, social stigma, an unregulated private sector and lack of treatment adherence. The Revised National TB Control Programme …
Brace up for another round of surge in swine flu cases following changes in the weather and lowering of temperature due to short spell of rain on Thursday evening. Health officials have stated several times that low temperature and high moisture content in air facilitate spread and activity of the …
The transmission of Ebola in West Africa is on the decline, the World Health Organization has announced. Sierra Leone, however, warns that unsafe burial practices threaten to turn that trend around again. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the number of new Ebola cases in West Africa …
Scientists are warning of a real risk that the Ebola virus disease could become endemic in west Africa if efforts to end the epidemic slacken as the number of cases falls. All previous outbreaks of Ebola were stamped out within months and the virus disappeared from the human population each …
Caribbean countries were on Wednesday expressing concerns over a new strain of HIV virus that has been identified by Cuban scientists. The Ministry of Health here said that research indicates that this strain CRF19CPX develops much faster into full blown AIDS than previous strains of the virus, a statement from …
Dozens of people across city hospitals probably succumbed to the unknown H3N2 virus, one of the three sub-types of swine flu that is responsible for 99.8% of flu infections in the United States now, said a top international expert. Local doctors too acknowledged it as a strong possibility. Swine flu-causing …
Total number of swine flu cases has risen to 14,673 since January Swine flu has caused 841 deaths across the country since January, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Rajasthan and Gujarat being the worst-affected states, according to the latest government data. About 40 fresh deaths have occurred owing to the …
State govt claims that 2,158 persons have been cured out of total cases at 3,527 Swine flu today claimed 12 more lives in Gujarat, taking the total number of deaths due to the H1N1 virus to 231 so far even as 190 new positive cases were detected in a day. …
Uyo — The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has said the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Nigeria has dropped from 5.1 per cent to 3.4 per cent. The decrease in the rate of infection in the country was attributed to extensive awareness of the virus among Nigerians. Director …
Jalingo — The federal government has released N8 billion for the fight of HIV/AIDS in Taraba and Abia states through the National Agency for Control of HIV/AIDS SURE-P implementation programme. NACA Director General Prof John Idoko disclosed this in Jalingo at a stakeholders' meeting during which an international partner, fhi360, …
Initial results of a clinical trial of the experimental drug favipiravir suggest that it can reduce mortality among patients with low levels of the Ebola virus in their blood, but is ineffective for patients with high viral loads who are very sick with the disease The ongoing clinical trial, led …
Insect predators such as dragonflies and other aquatic bugs may help protect us from infectious diseases, according to a new study. In recent decades, humans have altered biodiversity around the globe as the result of activities including deforestation, man-made climate change and pollution. Meanwhile, outbreaks of infectious diseases like chikungunya, …
