Until 2012, the dominant strains in India were Dengue 1 and 3, the researchers said. However, in recent years, Dengue 2 has become more dom...

Cases of dengue – a mosquito-borne viral disease – have steadily increased in the last 50 years, predominantly in the South-East Asian coun...

While the number of COVID-19 cases races towards the 8,00,000 mark with 7,93,802 cases on Friday and 21,604 fatalities, the incidence of de...

Yesterday, the Philippines government ordered an investigation into the immunisation of more than 7.3 lakh children with the company's deng...

Experts are studying samples from Maharashtra, Delhi and some other states to find out whether the Asian genotype of DENV-1 was present in ...

Researchers observed that except for Gujarat which comprises of arid regions, there was a strong correlation between rainfall and dengue di...

This is the Mumbai-based company’s second collaboration focussed on the mosquito-borne virus, the first being its pact to develop a botanic...

Sun Pharma will fund and support further development of the vaccine candidate and existing ICGEB knowhow and patents.

xperts are now gearing up for the next step, which is to hold clinical trials and toxicity studies before seeking permission from the Minis...

Health Minister J P Nadda said during Question Hour that "till date, this disease (zika) is not reported from India."

The Indian Medical Association recommended adopting Brazil's Zika virus awareness model to combat dengue, which has emerged as a leading ca...

The Government issued guidelines on Zika virus disease including travel advisory urging pregnant women to defer travel to affected countrie...

Swaminathan, a paediatrician and a researcher on infectious diseases, says that four sero types circulate in India and this year, Delhi is ...

It gets transmitted by female mosquito of genus Aedes. These domestic mosquitoes, thriving around human habitations, typically bite in dayl...

Fearing polio virus threat from Pakistan, the ministry of health and family welfare has begun anti-polio vaccination drive at Attari land a...

The outbreak of dengue has triggered diagnostic device companies into action. While dengue detection kits are fast flying off the shelves, ...

While dengue detection kits are fast flying off the shelves, the companies are witnessing sales growth upwards of 200%. With no domestic ma...