Guwahati: Assam health department will launch an experimental adult vaccination drive as a preventive against deadly Japanese encephalitis in Sivasagar district of Assam, according to Assam Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma.

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.

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.

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

Kokrajhar, Aug. 25: Another person died of Japanese encephalitis here today, taking the toll to four.

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

Gates Foundation invests $1 mn in wacky idea to treat mosquito-borne illness

BERHAMPUR: Two persons of Kabisuryanagar block have tested positive for dengue while seven samples tested positive for chikungunya.

LUCKNOW: A low platelet count does not mean dengue all the time.