In a first in the country, 20,000 people have come forward to donate platelets to support the patients suffering from vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya.

New Delhi: While corporations claim to have initiated a crackdown on mosquito breeding, this is turning out to be the worst year in the last five in terms of dengue and chikungunya spread: till Jul

At least 125 cases of malaria, 152 of chikungunya have been recorded till July 1

Over 18,700 cases of dengue have been reported in the country this year, with the Union health ministry attributing early onset of monsoon as one of the factors for spurt in cases ahead of the vect

One female mosquito produces 1,000 eggs in a lifespan.

PUNE: Accounting for 90 chikungunya cases till May this year, Pune continues to be the hotbed of mosquito-borne disease in the state.

LUDHIANA: At a time when the diarrhoea outbreak has hit several places in Ludhiana, a 60-year-old resident of New Raj Guru Nagar has tested positive for swine flu.

AIIMS officials confirmed that at least 100 samples have been tested between December and June and that “no sample has been tested positive so far”.

NEW DELHI: With monsoon approaching, people in the city have another health worry — malaria.

Ahmedabad: With the monsoon setting in, Amdavadis have another health worry - malaria.