The insects have been engineered so that their offspring die quickly.

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Health Minister on Sunday said the country would carry out a landmark field trial by releasing genetically modified mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever by the end of the year.

Malaysia's death rate from dengue fever has spiralled 53 per cent this year and the public is being urged to take ac

The first record of a case of probable dengue fever is in a Chinese medical encyclopedia from the Jin Dynasty (255-420 AD) which referred to a

LUCKNOW: Even as the suspected dengue patients continued to pour in in city hospitals on Wednesday, the health officials prayed for the early onset of the winters to save them from the disgrace of not being able to tackle the huge pressure.

NEW DELHI: Welcoming guests who have come to the Capital for the Commonwealth Games, the Delhi Medical Association has brought out a health advisory to help the tourists enjoy their stay here.

LUCKNOW: Even as around three dozen more suspected dengue cases, including around 12 in government hospitals, were reported in the city on Tuesday, confusion prevailed over the diagnostic test for confirmation of the disease.

While the Trauma Centre, medicine ward and the paediatrics emergency ward of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) was overburdened with the patients, sev

The nation, it seems, is in the sickroom this monsoon. Hospitals in Delhi are overcrowded with dengue cases, running into a few thousands, and last week, more than 75 cases were detected on a single day. Outbreaks of chikungunya have been declared over the last two months in as many as 14 states. Doctors in Mumbai are worrying over a major malaria epidemic.

New Delhi: The city reported 95 confirmed cases of dengue on Tuesday, taking the total number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease to 3,108.
South Delhi continues to be the worst affected area with 446 cases this season, followed by the Civil Lines zone (401) and Rohini zone (363).
MCD officials said fogging operations have been intensified across the city, especially in th

Jamshedpur/Ranchi, Sept.

Dumka, Sept. 27: At least six persons have tested positive for dengue in the past week, claim private pathologists and doctors here.

All six exhibited symptoms of the disease after arriving from dengue-affected places like Delhi and Ranchi. However, Dumka civil surgeon S.N. Jha and district malaria officer P.P.