The Health Ministry initiated its pilot project of spraying the locally cultured Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis, within the premises of the State Engineering Corporation, Pre-Cast Yard on Negom

AHMEDABAD: After the state lost the first round of chemical warfare against mosquitoes, the state health department has been advised to update its armoury. Initially, 'white' powder - chalk mixed with 5% of a substance called malathion - was used to arrest mosquito growth. But it proved to be ineffective.

Some 116 more people were tested positive for the dengue virus in Punjab, including 113 in Lahore only, on Tuesday.

The total number of the dengue affected list in Odisha rose to 912 on Tuesday. According to non-official sources, 26 persons have died so far of the deadly virus.

The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, a panel of international experts assessing the current scientific knowledge on climate, has asserted that warming of the earth's climate system is ‘unequivocal', Fr. Ignacimuthu, Director, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai, said here recently.

Injecting a bacteria into mosquitoes can block them from transmitting the dengue virus and help control the spread of a disease that kills 20,000 annually in more than 100 countries, scientists hav

Hong Kong: Injecting a bacteria into mosquitoes can block them from transmitting the dengue virus and help control the spread of a disease that kills 20,000 annually in more than 100 countries, sci

Even as the dengue menace continues to rage through Cuttack, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation seems to have done precious little in carrying out effective sanitation drives in the city to contain

Scientists have made a promising advance for controlling dengue fever, a tropical disease spread by mosquito bites.

The number of dengue fever patients has risen to 762 in Punjab as 98 more cases were reported on Wednesday.