Mosquitoes, particularly Aedes aegypti, are drawn to humans by a combination of visual cues like dark colours and chemical signals such as ...

A virus transmitted by the bites of infected mosquitoes, chikungunya is rarely fatal, but it does cause fever and severe joint pain. It has...

Unusual weather patterns across the US are leading to a rise in disease-carrying pests. The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has...

Whether or not you're a mosquito magnet, their bites feel just as itchy!

An IAF personnel from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh tested positive for Zika virus on October 23, following which the Union Health Ministry had s...

Water-borne diseases appear to be a quintessential problem in the country. A simple solution lies in cleaning large water bodies, which are...

It’s unclear what would happen if the world’s disease-causing mosquitoes were done away with.

A senior Health Ministry official said the outbreak so far is localised and no other cases have been reported from any other state.

Pregnant women in the area are being monitored by the National Health Mission, a body set up by the government to improve healthcare across...

The mathematical modelling tool, known as ARGO, was used to track influenza in the US a few years ago.

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With so much happening in the world of health, we bring the major highlights.

The intensified efforts of the government follow the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Zika an international public health emergenc...

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

To curb mosquito breeding, a special train called Mosquito Terminator was pressed into service here to spray insecticides along the railway...

The study suggests that understanding the genomes of these populations could help inform agencies which pesticides are likely to be most ef...

Sports minister M S Gill said the matter was discussed at the cabinet meeting and that no country should worry about dengue.