Here's why popular street food momos in monsoon can be dangerousDuring the monsoon season, enjoying street foods like momos can be risky due to increased contamination from bacteria, viruses, and fungi. ...
04 Jul, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
The worrying changes in India’s monsoon patterns have implications for everything from agriculture to healthTake Maharashtra, 80% of which is rainfed. In areas such as Vidarbha and Marathwada, the onset of monsoon is now late. After a small pickup...
30 Jun, 2024, 03.38 PM IST
Rising cases of a rare disease that causes paralysis in kids alarm doctors in KolkataGB syndrome, a condition characterized by nerve damage, has been reported in an unusually high number of cases in children's hospitals in t...
08 Jan, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
Dengue, Flu, and Scrub Typhus cases rising in cities and villages, warn doctorsDoctors are witnessing a rise in cases of dengue, flu, and scrub typhus, with patients often presenting a combination of these illnesses. T...
25 Sep, 2023, 04.35 PM IST
Odisha Govt on alert mode after Scrub Typhus kills 5 peopleThe Odisha Government has instructed district health authorities to increase surveillance for Scrub Typhus and Leptospirosis, following fiv...
15 Sep, 2023, 07.59 AM IST
Scrub typhus claims another life in Odisha; toll sixThe scrub typhus infection spreads when a chigger bites someone. People who frequently visit farmlands or forests are vulnerable to the inf...
14 Sep, 2023, 08.16 PM IST
Delhi hospitals see rise in typhoid, respiratory issues; unseasonal rains a triggerAccording to doctors, the number of such cases has nearly doubled owing to an increased awareness about such infections necessitated by the...
08 Oct, 2022, 12.43 PM IST
Is India really ready for the next big outbreak?India’s courts were forced to intervene earlier this year to address the dangerous inequities in hospital oxygen supplies, while state and ...
09 Nov, 2021, 10.42 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
Viral fever in Firozabad: Central team says majority cases of dengue, a few of scrub typhusBased on the observations of the central team, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary has r...
06 Sep, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
Death toll due to dengue, viral fever climbs to 50 in UP's Firozabad: Official"So far, 50 people have died due to dengue and viral fever. Ten areas -- nine blocks and a Nagar Nigam area -- in the district are affected...
03 Sep, 2021, 12.58 PM IST
How to protect yourself from chigger mites that spread scrub typhusScrub typhus is transmitted through bites of infected chiggers. Especially when you are playing outdoor games or just taking a stroll in th...
02 Sep, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
Situation in Gorakhpur's BRD medical college hospital is past the stage of preventionOnly this June, NITI Aayog painted a grim picture before UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of the state’s health parameters.
21 Aug, 2017, 01.07 PM IST
Jaundice outbreak, Scrub typhus hit Himachal Pradesh hard in 2016Pumping of water from the source was taken over from IPH department and entire control of water supply including pumping and distribution w...
30 Dec, 2016, 12.04 PM IST