What is the Dengue Prevention Pill by Johnson & Johnson? Understanding how the drug operatesJohnson & Johnson's recent announcement heralds a promising breakthrough in combatting dengue fever, often known as "breakbone fever" due t...
21 Oct, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
Study finds higher temperatures can make dengue virus more virulentIncreasing temperatures could make the Dengue virus more virulent, according to researchers at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology. T...
24 Aug, 2023, 08.17 PM IST
Dengue cases rising in India: Everything you must know about common signs, precautions & treatmentThe dengue symptoms, if any, can last for two-seven days.
27 Sep, 2022, 01.26 PM IST
Hemorrhaging, abdominal pain: 6 warning signs of severe dengueDengue can escalate very quickly, and turn into a severe and life-threatening ailment.
16 May, 2022, 12.07 PM IST
Health dept teams rush to Haryana's Chilli village after several children die due to high feverThough the actual cause of fever has not been confirmed by the health department yet, the prevalence of fever over the last few days in the...
14 Sep, 2021, 10.23 AM IST
Yogi sends 2nd team to Firozabad to check dengue outbreakThe Adityanath government has sent a second team of health experts to Firozabad within a week to tackle the dengue outbreak. The three-memb...
09 Sep, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
Here’s all you need to know about dengueAccording to the WHO, there are about 390 mn cases of dengue fever worldwide, and of the total number of cases, 96 mn require medical treat...
01 Jun, 2016, 06.12 PM IST
India should adopt Brazil's Zika model to fight dengue: IMAThe Indian Medical Association recommended adopting Brazil's Zika virus awareness model to combat dengue, which has emerged as a leading ca...
17 Feb, 2016, 10.12 PM IST
World's first dengue vaccine gets nod after 20 years of researchThe injection can thwart all four types of the virus, which has appeared in Portugal, France, Florida and Japan recently, according to WHO.
10 Dec, 2015, 02.06 PM IST
2 more die of dengue, LG Najeeb Jung for full scale operations to check outbreakTwo more persons succumbed to dengue in the national capital, taking the toll to 25, even as Lt Governor Najeeb Jung directed authorities t...
22 Sep, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
Dengue: Centre asks Delhi govt to increase hospital bedsUnion Health Ministry today asked Delhi government to increase bed strength in state hospitals and check overcharing of patients by private...
14 Sep, 2015, 04.45 PM IST
China sets up world's largest mosquito factory to fight dengueIn Guangzhou's Science City area, the team leader, Xi Zhiyong, is in charge of releasing the produced mosquitoes to the Shazi Island every ...
02 Aug, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
New way to prevent dengue fever foundDengue is a viral infection spread between humans by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Dengue causes flu-like symptoms, including intense headaches...
01 Apr, 2015, 06.36 PM IST
Device to detect dengue from saliva in 20 minutesThe device developed by The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore is currently undergoing further development.
30 Jan, 2015, 02.51 PM IST
Dengue is caused by four different strains of virusIt gets transmitted by female mosquito of genus Aedes. These domestic mosquitoes, thriving around human habitations, typically bite in dayl...
24 Nov, 2014, 11.39 AM IST
- I am dengue mosquito, bite will trouble BJP, Congress, says Arvind Kejriwal
Locking horns with Salman Khurshid over his reported remarks, Kejriwal said he is a "dengue mosquito" whose sting can put Congress and BJP ...
10 Nov, 2012, 11.12 PM IST
Scientists claim breakthrough on first vaccine against dengueScientists have announced a major dengue vaccine breakthrough, with a candidate vaccine showing a 60 to 90 pc protection rate.
11 Sep, 2012, 12.11 PM IST