PASIGHAT: The Pasighat district health department is going all out to control mosquito-transmitted diseases like malaria, dengue and recently detected Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the district. Headed by the DMO Dr Kaling Dai, a team of doctors and officials in carrying outsource reduction activities followed by awareness programme, fogging and …
CHENNAI: DMK working president M K Stalin on Tuesday asked Tamil Nadu health secretary J Radhakrishnan to clarify if nilavembu kudineer, which is distributed in the state to prevent dengue, could cause infertility. Nilavembu kudineer is a poly herbal formula that controls all types of fever associated with body ache. …
Just when scientists were busy tracking bird and butterfly migration in the state, new winged visitors have begun to swarm the skies of Coimbatore — dragonflies. Scientists say the migration brings good news to the state that is battling dengue as dragonflies happen to feed on the larvae of dengue-causing …
Monsoon and dengue transmission have a strong link. The number of Dengue cases in Kerala has crossed 18,000 this year, with around 75 days still remaining. The closest peak was in 2013 with 8000 cases. With 18,727 cases recorded till October 8, Kerala has handled 24% of all dengue cases …
LUCKNOW: Dengue cases have resurfaced in the city in the last 10 days, with Gomtinagar area accounting for half the number of positive cases. With the arrival of monsoon in June and July, dengue, too, made its appearance in the city. But, dengue numbers were eclipsed by swine flu - …
AHMEDABAD: With temperatures not ceasing to go down, cases of vector-borne infections, especially those of dengue and chikungunya have increased in the city in the past month and a half. According to the weekly health report by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department, 69 cases of dengue and chikungunya were …
The fevers in Darsi, Addhamki, Marturu, Markapuram, Talluru, and Pedda Dornala as these areas are near Nallamala forests. TIRUPATI: The increased fever cases worries district administration in Prakasam. More than 1.37 lakh fever cases were registered in the district this year, in which 452 dengue and 149 Malaria cases were …
Madurai: The Madurai Corporation has taken dengue prevention seriously and corporation workers were seen cleaning many areas on Sunday too, which was not a common sight. Workers were seen cleaning many areas in Ward Number 30 in full swing on Sunday. They were equipped with pickers, baskets and other tools …
Bhopal: Three people have reportedly died due to dengue in the state capital in the past week. Failing in controlling spread of dengue, health department has resorted to slapping showcause notices to private hospitals that are admitting the deaths due to dengue. "Nearly all the hospitals in the city are …
Poor sanitation, water accumulation behind spread of diseases With having poor sanitation conditions, wild growth and water accumulation all around, Kumbhra has been witnessing a rise in cases of malaria, viral fever and dengue of late. If goes by the words of private doctors practicing at the village, a sudden …
Tiruvarur: Food minister R Kamaraj said that out of the 52 patients who had tested positive for dengue in Tiruvarur district, 38 were discharged while 14 were undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital here, on Saturday. Food minister R Kamaraj was in Tiruvarur to launch dengue prevention drive …
KOLKATA: After reviewing the vector-control measures in its MMiC meeting, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is setting up medical camps in the most-affected wards. Since thousands are converging at the township to watch U-17 World Cup matches, the civic body is leaving no stone unturned to keep dengue at bay. Ever …
CHENNAI: Even as the Chennai Corporation and state health department organised a massive awareness camp aimed at dengue prevention and control in Pudupet on Thursday, residents complained that the efforts were ineffectual as a sizable inventory of spare parts was yet to be cleared from the area. Scrap dealers in …
Jaipur: At a time when dengue is taking its toll on the health of people, there is another disease having symptoms similar to dengue is being noticed by the doctors. Some doctors are categorising it as tropical fever syndrome, some uses 'pyrexia with thrombocytopenia' to describe it when the patient …
Chennai: At a time when public health officials in the state are struggling to contain the dengue outbreak, the Centre has limited its role to remote monitoring the crisis. The Centre had sent two teams to neighbouring Karnataka and Kerala when viral fever cases in the two states had peaked …
BENGALURU: Five children have died in the last five days due to dengue in governmentrun Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health (IGICH) in Bengaluru. Three of them were from Ballari and one each from Kolar and Doddaballapur. However, the health and family welfare department says there have been only five …
Aim is to create greater awareness, says Health Secretary Over the past week, the Health department has issued notices to 20,000 commercial establishments and homes across the State to clear mosquito breeding sources. Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday said that the idea was to create greater awareness. He added …
A senior doctor at Fever Hospital said that dengue cases are being seen on a daily basis. Hyderabad: More than 300 cases of dengue have been reported in Hyderabad district in September alone and more than 1,000 cases in the state, with government and private hospitals seeing a major pool …
NEW DELHI: In the past one week, 680 cases of dengue were reported in the capital taking the total to 4,545, the report released by the three municipal corporations stated on Monday. The number of malaria and chikungunya cases reported in the past week is 37 and 65, taking the …
Ludhiana: 65 fresh cases of dengue has been reported positive by the health department on Monday. While these cases have been reported in last two weeks, health department confirmed the number of cases on Monday. Until mid-September, the number of cases were between 35-37. Within the span of 15- 20 …
KOLKATA: The dengue serotype that is stalking the city this time around is deadlier than usual. The health department has said that the strains this time are type two (Den 2) and four (Den 4), perhaps explaining why the disease has claimed more than 20 lives in and around the …
