The mosquito catchers

Chikungunya virus gets deadlier

WHO comes out with framework to combat Zika virus

Says $56 million would be required to implement the framework

How wind lures mosquitoes

Spread of malaria depends on the direction of wind

India prone to vector-borne diseases, heatwaves, say experts

A good weather prediction system can go a long way to raise public awareness

Assam in the grip of brain fever

Check for chikungunya

In a first, Indian scientists develop vaccine against the disease

Aerial raid on mosquitoes

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Vector control, drug infusion to check filariasis

Mosquito-specific pesticide in the offing?

Swine flu tamed?

H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu

Sudden death

A mystery disease kills 35 people in Siliguri

Dengue outbreak in Delhi

World’s first malaria vaccine will be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi

At least 120,000 children in each of the three countries will receive the vaccine

Aloe vera helps cure kala-azar

Science & Technology - Briefs

Benin, Mali in Africa defeat trachoma as public health problem

Fifth and sixth countries to defeat eye-infection disease in WHO African region

El Salvador becomes first central American country to be declared malaria-free

The country has not recorded any indigenous case of malaria since 2017

Fever stalks UP

Battling Japanese encephalitis virus, Gorakhpur now has a new enemy: enterovirus

Climate change causes species to change habitats

A warmer climate is playing havoc with both flora and fauna

A new chikungunya strain

IN SHORT

Regional approach required for treatment of malaria

Non-chemical use to contain kala-azar vector