Jamaica faces a leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa. Six deaths are suspected, with nine confirmed cases and 28 more probable. T...

The DGHS issued an advisory on rational cough syrup use for children following deaths in Madhya Pradesh. Investigations found no DEG/EG in ...

Kerala Health Department has revised figures on Amebic Meningoencephalitis cases and deaths in the state. As per the latest update, so far ...

Ten eateries in Hyderabad, including Sukha Sagar Udupi Veg Hotel, have been flagged for rat and cockroach infestations this month. Health p...

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has tested positive for leptospirosis, a bacterial infection. He is responding well to treatment and sh...

During the monsoon season, enjoying street foods like momos can be risky due to increased contamination from bacteria, viruses, and fungi. ...

The Odisha Government has instructed district health authorities to increase surveillance for Scrub Typhus and Leptospirosis, following fiv...

The scrub typhus infection spreads when a chigger bites someone. People who frequently visit farmlands or forests are vulnerable to the inf...

As per city doctors, while cases of leptospirosis are relatively less now, dengue and malaria are surging. BMC statistics released on Tuesd...

According to doctors, the number of such cases has nearly doubled owing to an increased awareness about such infections necessitated by the...

The Adityanath government has sent a second team of health experts to Firozabad within a week to tackle the dengue outbreak. The three-memb...

Based on the observations of the central team, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary has r...

"After interacting with the District Surgeons, District Health Officers at Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, the Hea...

Rajesh Bhushan, secretary (health), said, “Public health challenge already posed by the Covid-19 pandemic may be compounded due to direct i...

Breeding of mosquitoes due to piling of waste was considered to be prime reason for the spread of fever and other communicable diseases, Ch...

Some of the most common ones include viral fever, the common cold, malaria, typhoid, hepatitis A, leptospirosis, diarrhoea and chikungunya.

The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has undertaken major initiatives like refurbishment of dispensaries and maternity homes and all...