CHENNAI : The city was brought under the blanket cover of an intensified anti-dengue fogging drive on Thursday, following a dengue outbreak in the southern districts of the State. Mayor Saidai S Duraisamy launched the drive by the Chennai Corporation at Varadharajapettai in Egmore.According to a health officer with Chennai Corporation, fogging will be done in the 200 wards of the city on two selected days every week.Fogging is planned...
08:27 AM, May 25, 2012
TIRUNELVELI: Deputy Director of Health Services Meera Mohideen said eight persons have died of dengue in the district so far. He said the deaths occurred at Kadayanallur, Vadakarai, Tenkasi, Sundarapandiapuram, Surandai, Pavoorchatram, V K Puthur and Muthaliarpatti. The health department had initiated measures like anti-larva activities, adult mosquito control and fogging in affected areas to control the spread of the fever. Besides, surveillance activities were also undertaken, he added. Meanwhile,...
10:35 AM, May 09, 2012
CHENNAI: While the City Corporation has been hailed by the city residents for its swift action in removing heavy water-logging from different areas after the recent rains, it has been at the receiving end for miserably failing to check the mosquito menace that has been affecting the city during the last few days. Though the civic bodys Health Department is in denial mode over the spurt in mosquitoes due to...
08:11 AM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: It is that time of the year when dengue and malaria cases are at its peak. The worst hit this time have been Gujarat and Hyderabad. Mosquito maladies malaria and dengue have hit Ahmedabad with 9,392 cases of malaria reported, against more than 5,900 cases from last year. There have been more than 450 cases of dengue as well. So far this year, 63 people in Ahmedabad have...
04:24 PM, Oct 19, 2011
Seattle: Nearly a third of all malaria affected countries are on course to eliminate the mosquito-borne disease over the next 10 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. In a progress report published by the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership at the start of an international Malaria Forum conference in Seattle, the United Nations health body said "remarkable progress" had been made. Up to a third of the...
04:16 AM, Oct 18, 2011
New Delhi: It's the season when academics take precedence, new chapters begin and lessons are learnt. But it seems some educational institutions have failed to do the latter. Because, with the onset of monsoons have arrived vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue etc. On Monday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) found various educational institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), IIT Delhi and National Institute of Health and Family Welfare of...
04:45 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Zeeshan turns citizen journalist to tackle the problem of hygiene in his locality. ...
01:45 PM, Apr 30, 2011
New Delhi: This is the time of the year when mosquito breeding needs to be under check, as May usually is the worst month in Delhi when it comes to malaria or dengue. It's a huge task at hand for Delhi's municipal corporation, that has just begun its anti-mosquito breeding drive this month. Dirt all around and stagnating water, unfortunately, isn't a rare sight in the capital. And with temperatures...
09:39 AM, Apr 05, 2011
Mosquito breeding if not kept under check, will lead to a spurt in cases of dengue, chikungunya and malaria. ...
08:42 AM, Apr 05, 2011
Sydney: Scientists relying on new imaging technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells (RBCs). Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), achieved the feat combining electron, light and super resolution microscopy. The detailed look at what occurs as the parasite burrows through the RBCs wall provides new insights into the molecular and...
03:49 PM, Jan 20, 2011
London : After 23 years of painstaking laboratory work and a program of major trials in seven countries, the 67-year-old biologist says the clinical case for the vaccine is almost proved. It's a breakthrough moment that could save hundreds of thousands of lives, but when it comes to public health in the developing world, Cohen knows hard science is only half the job. That's why the softly spoken U.S.-Italian researcher...
10:25 AM, Dec 15, 2010
New Delhi: As many as 79 new cases of dengue were reported in Delhi on Friday, taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease to 3,938, an official said. Civil Lines zone in the capital is the worst affected area with 508 cases, said an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Seven people have died of the disease this year. Meanwhile, 20 chikungunya cases have...
11:48 AM, Oct 09, 2010
New Delhi: The national capital on Wednesday reported 79 new cases of dengue, taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease to 3,782, an official said. With about 500 cases, south Delhi is the worst affected area, said an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Seven persons have died because of the disease this year. (with inputs from agencies) ...
12:11 PM, Oct 07, 2010
Heavy rains have spelled bad news in the capital especially in the light of the rising number of dengue cases. CNN-IBN has found out that dengue cases are being under reported by the Delhi government. MCD has reported 300 dengue cases and one death this season but CNN-IBN found out from top private hospitals that there have been 763 cases and five deaths. ...
09:56 PM, Aug 19, 2010
Hospitals in Delhi battle shortages as patients outnumber beds available. ...
02:32 AM, Nov 09, 2009
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