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DRDO flags rising global CBRN risks, warns of unstable geopolitical orderGlobal security faces growing challenges. DRDO scientist Upendra Kumar Singh stresses the need for stronger preparedness against chemical, ...
India faces no immediate public health threat from hantavirus: NIV chiefTwo Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journeyArgentina is investigating if it's the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, coinciding with a surge in domestic cases. ...
April rains fuel dengue surge in Delhi as mosquito breeding spikes across cityDelhi is witnessing a surge in dengue cases. April's erratic rainfall has led to over half of this year's infections being reported. This t...
Health emergency: Dengue fever outbreak declared in Rarotonga, New ZealandCook Islands faces a dengue fever outbreak in Rarotonga. Seven cases are confirmed, prompting a swift response. The government initiates 'O...
CDC sounds alarm over rising dengue cases amid spring vacationers' joyThe US CDC on March 18 released a HAN advisory to call attention to the rise in dengue cases in parts of the US, and also globally. It adde...
Bengaluru witnessing sharp rise in dengue cases: Doctors say situation may worsen, women and children at greater riskHospitals in Bengaluru report a sharp rise in dengue cases, especially among women and children, with 60 new cases daily according to BBMP ...
Dengue risk re-evaluated: India research finds first infections can be as severe as secondaryA recent study conducted in India challenges the common belief that dengue becomes severe only during secondary infections. Published in Na...
Over 30 per cent dengue seroprevalence among Kerala's children, Lancet study findsA study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia has found a low to moderate dengue seroprevalence of 30.9% among children ...
New climate-based system for India can predict dengue spreadResearchers observed that except for Gujarat which comprises of arid regions, there was a strong correlation between rainfall and dengue di...
New tool to predict spread of Zika virusIn early 2015, a Zika virus outbreak in Brazil was soon followed by a high number of microcephaly cases, in which babies are born with abno...
Dengue costs the world $8.9 billion annually: StudyDengue imposes a whopping $8.9 billion economic burden every year on 141 countries and territories where active transmission of the disease...
No case of Zika virus reported in India: GovernmentHealth Minister J P Nadda said during Question Hour that "till date, this disease (zika) is not reported from India."
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...
Mathematical model could help predict dengue fever epidemicScientists have developed a new mathematical model that could predict the spread of dengue fever in urban areas and may help contain the de...
A look at strategies adopted by other countries to combat dengueWHO, together with national and Cambodia authorities, is testing a long-lasting insecticide treated netting cover for household water stora...
Delhi government bans over the counter sale of NSAIDS without prescriptionDelhi govt banned over-the-counter sale of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like Aspirin, Dispirin, Brufen, Voveran, without medical p...
Lady Hardinge Medical College, other hospitals gear up to tackle dengueLady Hardinge Medical College and other hospitals in the city have started taking measures to prevent dengue and other vector-borne disease...
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...
- Climate change adding sting to mosquito bite, says WHO report
The warning is ominous — climate change and global warming will make vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria – already causing havoc ...