PhonePe offers Insurance Plan against Dengue and Malaria at Rs. 59 per year
Dec 04, 2024, at 09:53 pm
Online app PhonePe has announced the launch of a new Dengue and Malaria Insurance Plan on its platform, at Rs. 59 per year.
Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries, alerts WHO
Dec 23, 2023, at 02:37 pm
This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
London could experience endemic dengue transmission by 2060: UK health body
Dec 12, 2023, at 01:58 pm
Health officials on Monday warned climate modelling under a high emissions scenario suggests that parts of England might become home to Aedes albopictus mosquito, which is capable is spreading dengue, by 2040s and 2050.
Kolkata: PG medical student dies of dengue at SSKM Hospital
Oct 27, 2023, at 08:49 pm
A post-graduate medical student, identified as Animesh Machi, died on Friday in the SSKM Hospital, where he was a student, after suffering from mosquito-borne disease - dengue- official sources said.
Aug 11, 2023, at 11:57 pm
Dhaka: A total of 2,959 people were diagnosed with dengue fever in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours on Thursday, the highest number in a single day so far this year, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health.
Bangladesh's dengue death toll exceeds 300 as total cases near 64,000
Aug 06, 2023, at 07:09 pm
Dhaka/IBNS/UNI: Bangladesh reported 10 more deaths and 2,495 dengue cases on Saturday, the country's health ministry said.
Spike in dengue cases due to global warming, alerts WHO
Jul 22, 2023, at 02:00 pm
New York: Global warming marked by higher average temperatures, precipitation and longer periods of drought, could prompt a record number of dengue infections worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
Bangladesh: Dengue hospitalisation crosses 20,000
Jul 17, 2023, at 02:57 pm
Bangladesh has witnessed the admission of 1,424 dengue patients in recent times, taking the total number of admissions in the country since the start of the year to over 20,000.
Vietnam's capital Hanoi likely to become dengue fever hotspot
Jul 12, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Hanoi: Vietnam's capital city Hanoi could become a hotspot for dengue fever soon, local media reported on Wednesday, citing the country's National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology.
Eight more dengue patients recorded in past 24 hours in Bangladesh
Feb 27, 2023, at 02:48 am
Dhaka: At least eight more people were hospitalized due to dengue fever in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours.
Officers must visit dengue-hit areas: UP CM Yogi Adityanath
Nov 05, 2022, at 10:43 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed the state's nodal officers to visit dengue affected areas and to ensure implementation of the dengue prevention measures.
Pakistan witnessing spike in Dengue cases
Sep 11, 2022, at 10:31 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a spike in Dengue cases as panic is spreading in public over the shortage of fever medicine, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: 81 new dengue fever cases, 2 more deaths reported in Punjab
Nov 30, 2021, at 11:00 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan's eastern Punjab province reported 81 new dengue fever cases and two more deaths during the last 24 hours, Secretary of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department of Punjab Imran Sikandar Baloch said Tuesday.
Dengue claims first life in Delhi this year
Oct 19, 2021, at 01:13 am
New Delhi/UNI: A 35-year-old woman has become the first casualty of dengue this year in the national capital.
Centre warns 11 states about 'emerging challenge' over more dangerous dengue strain
Sep 19, 2021, at 08:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has asked 11 states to ramp up their medical preparedness with early detection, fever helplines, stocking of adequate testing kits, larvicides and medicines to tackle a more dangerous strain of dengue they have been reporting.
Covid-19 positive Manish Sisodia gets plasma therapy
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:30 am
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who is suffering from both Covid-19 and Dengue, was administered with plasma therapy on Friday.
Seven persons died of dengue fever this year in Hyderabad: Telangana Minister
Mar 14, 2020, at 08:47 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Minister for Medical and Health, Etala Rajender admitted on Saturday in the state Assembly that seven people have died of dengue fever during this year in Hyderabad city.
UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue
Nov 15, 2019, at 09:55 am
New York/IBNS: With more than half the world now at risk from mosquito-transmitted dengue fever, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN has taken the lead on a global effort to eradicate the disease – and many others – by measuring the impact of releasing millions of sterilized pests across several continents, it announced on Thursday.
Over 150 people died from Dengue fever in Malaysia in 2019: Reports
Oct 30, 2019, at 05:30 pm
Moscow/ Sputnik/UNI As many as 154 people have died from dengue fever in 2019 in Malaysia, while almost 109,000 more were infected during the same period, media reported, citing the country's health minister, Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Aurangabad: Dengue claims six lives
Sep 30, 2019, at 04:57 pm
Aurangabad, Sep 30 (UNI) The death toll due to Dengue rose to six in Aurangabad, with 11 patients testing positive for the deadly disease in this Maharashtra city, till Monday.
A poop test for Liver Cirrhosis, says study
Mar 30, 2019, at 05:11 pm
New York, Mar 30 (IBNS): In a study of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and their twins and other close relatives, UC San Diego researchers were able to diagnose liver cirrhosis simply by analyzing a person’s stool microbes
Mar 30, 2019, at 05:05 pm
New York, Mar 30 (IBNS: As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the century because of global warming, says a new study that examines temperature changes on a monthly basis across the world.
34 dengue deaths reported so far in Bengal, 18,238 persons infected : Govt
Oct 24, 2017, at 10:03 pm
Kolkata, Oct 24 (IBNS): Chief Secretary of West Bengal government, Malay Kumar De, on Tuesday confirmed that 34 persons have died due to dengue so far in the state while 18,238 people have been infected with the mosquito-borne viral disease.
Aug 19, 2017, at 12:02 am
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS): J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare held a high level meeting to review the activities for prevention and control of vector borne diseases (dengue, malaria, chikungunya and swine flu) in Delhi, here on Friday.
First dengue vaccine approved in more than 10 countries
Oct 04, 2016, at 11:08 pm
Kolkata/Lyon, Oct 4 (IBNS): Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi, announced on Tuesday that Dengvaxia dengue vaccine has now received its 11th marketing approval, four of which granted from Regulatory Authorities recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Special team formed to prevent dengue in President’s Estate
Aug 25, 2016, at 12:30 am
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): Special teams have been formed to prevent dengue and other water-bound diseases in the President’s Estate, officials said on Wednesday.
Dengue in Delhi: Three more die
Sep 17, 2015, at 03:49 pm
New Delhi, Sept 17 (IBNS) Three more persons have died of dengue in Delhi taking the toll to 14 in what has hit the capital as the worst outbreak of the disease in five years.