ERODE: More than 100 people including women and children fell ill with a mysterious fever in Kadambur, a forest hamlet in Sathyamangalam reserve forest in Erode district.

DR Marion Bullock-Ducasse, director of emergency, disaster management and special services in the health ministry, last night urged Jamaicans to take precautions when travelling to countries with C

Hospitals across the city have reported an increase in vector-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria and other monsoon-related diseases like viral fever, common flu, eye and stomach infection th

The number of Chikungunya cases in Ramanagaram and Chikballapur districts seems to be increasing.

The Ministry of Health has established a committee to monitor the threat of the Chikungunya virus to the island.

Bangalore’s neighbour Ramanagara district has been a cause for perpetual concern as it continues to bear the brunt of mosquito menace, with the highest number of dengue and chikungunya cases coming

Haiti has recorded nearly 40,000 cases of chikungunya, according to figures released here yesterday by the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP).

Infectious diseases of poverty, also labeled tropical diseases or neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and caused by pathogenic agents (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites), are viciously more prevalent among poor people. Though being preventable for the most part in a cost-effective way, they are devastating. These are, to name a few, Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, malaria, leprosy, visceral leishmaniasis, lymphatic filariasis, Buruli ulcer, and onchocerciasis.

Suriname has reported its first case of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya disease and blamed a visitor from St Maarten for introducing the virus.

AURANGABAD: After taking charge as the Aurangabad division assistant director of health services, Sanjay Deshpande called on health officials to stress the need for a high level of preparation to t

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