The BMC on Thursday said media reports claiming a sharp rise in the incidence of sensitive diseases may have caused alarm.

New Delhi: As the city welcomes the monsoon, it’s not all reason to rejoice. Accompanying the rain each year is dengue, malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases.

Sri Lanka will implement a four-year program to detect and identify areas with a high risk of dengue spread and identify dengue patients early.

COLOMBO: Police arrested 53 people for failing to eliminate stagnant water and other mosquito breeding grounds as Sri Lanka tries to prevent dengue fever, which has infected thousands already this

JAIPUR: Climate change is expected to adversely impact human health in the state by increasing the risk of exposure to vector, water- and food-borne diseases. It can also aggravate malnutrition and increase mortality and morbidity associated with changes in intensity and frequency of extreme events.

Potential impacts of climate change can thus be expected to become an additional stressor for Rajasthan's health sector. While the state in the last few years has shown progress in terms of health status and outcomes, much still remains to be done.

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health has warned that Dengue has now entered a pandemic stage as the resurgence of the mosquito-borne menace has killed 80 people and affected 14,500 others during the firs