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Dengue season: Mosquitoes taking over your house? These 7 common plants can act as a natural shieldUrban residents are using plants on balconies to repel mosquitoes. Fragrant herbs and flowers are being adopted for their natural repellent...- Takeda Biopharmaceuticals gets DCGI nod for dengue vaccine QDENGATakeda Biopharmaceuticals India has received market authorization for its dengue vaccine QDENGA. This vaccine is now approved for individua...
- Kerala: Amebic Meningoencephalitis death toll on the rise, 17 out of 66 infected people deadKerala Health Department has revised figures on Amebic Meningoencephalitis cases and deaths in the state. As per the latest update, so far ...
- Health Ministry reviews dengue and malaria situation, asks states to prepare action plans in 20 daysThe Union Health Ministry has issued an advisory to state chief ministers, urging heightened vigilance and intensified preventive measures ...
- Two Zika virus cases confirmed in Woodlands; pregnant women advised to take precautionsHealth authorities have confirmed two Zika virus cases in Singapore’s Woodlands neighborhood. The National Environment Agency (NEA) and Com...
- Zika virus cases in Maharashtra: Govt urges vigilance, focus on pregnant women screeningZika is an Aedes mosquito-borne viral disease like dengue and chikungunya. Though non-fatal, Zika is associated with microcephaly (a condit...
- Summer, climate change, tropical diseases: Bihar villages battle elephantiasis, kala azar and moreThe effects of climate change in Bihar, particularly in Sher village, are leading to a rise in diseases like lymphatic filariasis. Public h...
- In strife-torn Manipur, there are outbreaks of dengue, with 1338 dengue casesThis worrying development comes at a time when the hill state is struggling to get back to normalcy from the unprecedented ethnic strife th...
- India committed to eliminating Lymphatic filariasis by 2027: Health Minister MandaviyaIndia is committed to eliminating Lymphatic filariasis by 2027, three years ahead of the global target through a multi-partner and multi-se...
- 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...
- Community surveillance plan to record magnitude of COVID-19 transmission in AssamPrior to the launching in districts, all the stakeholders will be trained by state on the revised concept, roles and responsibilities and d...
- States sit on funds while mosquito-borne diseases wreak havocTotal funds allocated by the central and state governments seem to have increased in the past few years but that's deceptive.
- 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...
- Asian countries urge sick travelers to report Zika symptomsZika virus is spreading rapidly in Latin America, and Asian governments have issued advisories in a bid to contain the spread of the diseas...
- Centre forms technical group to monitor Zika virus situationThe Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas and can infect upto four million people, the WHO warned yesterday.
- Anti-dengue fogging drive not effective, affects health: CSECentre for Science and Environment (CSE) urged the government to focus on systematic preventive measures towards clean environment and sani...
- Dengue, chikungunya infections in India underestimated: StudyResearchers estimated that on average, 23 per cent of those who have not yet been infected become infected by dengue every year.
- West Bengal: 'Wall of shame' planned to stop open defecationThe 'wall of shame' is a novel method in which names and photos of those who defecate in the open would be pasted on a village wall.
- Philanthropy: India Inc encourages employees to volunteer for community serviceIndia Inc encourages employees to volunteer for community service, giving them lessons in leadership and project management.
- ‘Dengue outbreak is not epidemic’Nearly 600 cases of dengue have been reported so far in the country, of which a majority are from the national capital, health minister Anb...
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