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 …
LUCKNOW: Even as the suspected dengue patients continued to pour in in city hospitals on Wednesday, the health officials prayed for the early onset of the winters to save them from the disgrace of not being able to tackle the huge pressure. Many virus, including that of dengue, which are …
NEW DELHI: Welcoming guests who have come to the Capital for the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi Medical Association has brought out a health advisory to help the tourists enjoy their stay here.
LUCKNOW: Even as around three dozen more suspected dengue cases, including around 12 in government hospitals, were reported in the city on Tuesday, confusion prevailed over the diagnostic test for confirmation of the disease. While the Trauma Centre, medicine ward and the paediatrics emergency ward of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical …
The nation, it seems, is in the sickroom this monsoon. Hospitals in Delhi are overcrowded with dengue cases, running into a few thousands, and last week, more than 75 cases were detected on a single day. Outbreaks of chikungunya have been declared over the last two months in as many …
The first WHO report presents evidence to demonstrate that activities undertaken to prevent and control neglected tropical diseases are producing results - and that achievements are being recognized. The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a report titled "Working to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases" covering 17 neglected …
New Delhi: The city reported 95 confirmed cases of dengue on Tuesday, taking the total number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease to 3,108. South Delhi continues to be the worst affected area with 446 cases this season, followed by the Civil Lines zone (401) and Rohini zone (363). …
Jamshedpur/Ranchi, Sept. 27: The number of dengue cases detected in the state over the last three weeks climbed to 80 today, as the district civil surgeon
Dumka, Sept. 27: At least six persons have tested positive for dengue in the past week, claim private pathologists and doctors here. All six exhibited symptoms of the disease after arriving from dengue-affected places like Delhi and Ranchi. However, Dumka civil surgeon S.N. Jha and district malaria officer P.P. Mishra …
New Delhi: Dengue continues to surge in the capital, with 95 more cases being reported on Sunday, taking the total number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease to 2,916, an official from the health department said. Five people have succumbed to dengue in the capital this year, including one …
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: The warning given by National Institute of Virology (NIV) to Gujarat regarding high number of dengue cases in 2010 is apparently coming true. The numbers have been increasing steadily over the last couple of the years. As many as 1,605 cases were registered in 2009, …
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games organising committee (OC) may have promised to clean-up the Village, but will it be able to to do anything about the massive water accumulation in the low-lying areas surrounding the residential complex? Not likely from the look of things. The Yamuna already touched the 206.48 …
Melbourne: Australian researchers are trailing a new dengue vaccine that would help avoiding the scourge of the potentially deadly fever. It has taken 10 years to develop the vaccine which is now just one step away from becoming licensed to fight the virus that causes severe fever, vomiting, headaches and …
New Delhi: A sharp rise in dengue cases over the past few weeks has resulted in an acute shortage of beds and availability of platelets at city hospitals. On Monday itself, 75 new cases were reported which took the number of cases to 2,371. With hospitals claiming that they are …
Jamshedpur, Sept. 19: Concerned over the detection of six dengue cases in the city over the last week, the district administration today launched a drive to prevent the spread of the disease in vulnerable slums and suburban pockets. The district civil surgeon and other senior administrative officials visited different slums
KOCHI: The people in Kerala have been living under the threat of various vector-borne diseases (VBDs) like chikungunya and dengue. Such diseases have been spreading in the state at an unprecedented scale. This has raised many questions about the health standards being practised here. Against this backdrop, Duane J Gubler, …
The Capital remained firmly in the grip of dengue, with 68 more patients testing positive for the vector-borne disease on Friday. With this, the total number of cases has touched 2,153. Delhi has reported five dengue deaths this season. During the same period last year, the number of cases of …
Village nurses and sanitary inspectors assigned to monitor Health department launches a poster campaign to sensitise people to preventive measures Hospitals told to report cases of A (H1N1) flu, dengue, malaria and filariasis to health officials TIRUCHI: The Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has launched a surveillance to …
