Dengue cases in the capital are nearing the 1,000 mark despite some signs of decline in recent days. In the past 24 hours, a total of 16 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever in different hospitals here.

"Dengue cases gradually fall with the onset of winters. In the past one day, 16 people have been diagnosed with dengue. Most of the patients have been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

Even as India’s largest drug maker, Ranbaxy, is confident of launching its first “new drug” by January 2012 to combat malaria in the country, the global euphoria the potential drug had generated in

The total number of fever deaths reported in the district this year has more than doubled from last year.

AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) aims to ready the master plan to combat the outbreak of diseases three months in advance.

Another four patients including a minor boy died of dengue virus in the city on Thursday.

Suspected cases of dengue, one of the deadliest mosquito-borne diseases, are on the rise in the city. A physician is getting at least 3 cases of dengue every day.

JAIPUR: After the death of a minister's nephew of dengue, the medical and health department has started daily reporting of the fever.

Till now there was no column about dengue fever in the daily reporting but from Thursday it has been included in the daily reporting document.

At least three more dengue patients died in the city on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 333.

The dengue death toll in the province reached 300 on Tuesday as three more succumbed to the virus in Lahore.

At least 50 people have died of viral, malaria and dengue fevers across the district for the last two months.