Dengue vaccine may not prevent diseases
Children who were not infected with the virus, suffered from severe dengue when they were given the vaccine. Hyderabad: The advisability of giving dengue vaccine to children not affected by the disease
Children who were not infected with the virus, suffered from severe dengue when they were given the vaccine. Hyderabad: The advisability of giving dengue vaccine to children not affected by the disease
Doctors and experts say local authorities should be immediately informed once a dengue case is diagnosed The development of a vaccine for dengue might still be some years away, but doctors and experts
Koraput: The administration claims that preventive measures are being taken to contain dengue but the fresh cases of the disease reported from Biranarayanpur village in Rayagada district on Saturday proves
The first spells of monsoon in the city have accompanied the deadly dengue fever. Six cases of dengue were confirmed in the city. While three patients were admitted in the Wockhardt Hospital at Mumbai
NEW DELHI: The government is set to streamline the rules for blood donation for safety of both patients and donors. The health ministry is expected to come up with specific donor selection criteria.
With the change in climate, the number of dengue and fever cases is on rise in the district. According to Health Department statistics, various government hospitals in the district have seen over 5,
Three fresh cases of malaria have been reported in the past week in the capital, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 24, one more than the total number
BHUBANESWAR: The season’s first dengue death case was reported from a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. It was confirmed by Braja Kishore Brahma, director of health services of the state, on Thursday.
Jaipur: City doctors suspecting the trend of reporting of dengue cases in summers as a result of possible change in genotype (genetic structure) of any of existing serotypes of dengue virus or emergence
With the monsoon only a couple of days away, officials of the Pune Municipal Corporation’s health department have identified 89,896 mosquito breeding spots in the city. With the monsoon only a couple
Calcutta: The owner of any premises that fails to comply with municipal recommendations on mosquito eradication can be fined up to Rs 1 lakh under a new rule that takes effect on Friday, replacing the
Calcutta: The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has started sending notices to houses where accumulation of water has been reported by field workers, the early alertness coming from lessons learnt during
39 leptospirosis cases; Pathanamthitta to observe ‘dry day’ on June 2 and 3 With the confirmation of three more clinically confirmed cases in Chittar and Pathanamthitta, the total number of dengue fever
JAIPUR: Facing the shame of reporting highest number of swine flu and dengue cases early this year in the country, the state government has come out with strict provisions for doctors and people to prevent
Limiting global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, as per the UN Paris Agreement, would stop dengue spreading to areas where incidence is currently low, say researchers. Dengue is the fastest growing
New Delhi: Three fresh cases of dengue have been reported in May, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease in the national capital this season to 15, according to the latest
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C could avoid around 3.3 million cases of dengue fever per year in Latin America and the Caribbean alone—according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
KOCHI: District administration, health department and civic bodies in Ernakulam have intensified the drive against infectious diseases, including dengue and malaria. According to district health department,
Meerut: The department of medical health and family welfare has come up with a seven-minute duration short film to spread awareness about dengue, its symptoms, causes and other necessary facts that one
The cases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between mid-July and November-end, but this period may stretch up to mid-December. At least eight cases of malaria have been reported in the national