New Delhi: Dengue continues to surge in the capital, with 95 more cases being reported on Sunday, taking the total number of people infected with the mosquito-borne disease to 2,916, an official from the health department said.
Five people have succumbed to dengue in the capital this year, including one from outside Delhi, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) official said.
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Hyderabad, Sept 26: According to data from the government, seasonal ailments, especially viral diseases, are still widely prevalent in the twin cities; so far, 2,298 fever cases have been reported in September alone.

Malaria appears to have jumped to humans from gorillas, and the parasite may have spread globally from a single gorilla to a single human, according to researchers.

DNA from the droppings of nearly 3,000 apes

Even as 86 new cases of dengue

Six new chikungunya cases were reported in the Capital on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases reported so far in the Capital to eight.

All six new cases were reported from Palam and the surrounding areas in Najafgarh, according to MCD Medical Relief and Public Health Committee Dr. V. K. Monga.

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Ahmedabad: The warning given by National Institute of Virology (NIV) to Gujarat regarding high number of dengue cases in 2010 is apparently coming true. The numbers have been increasing steadily over the last couple of the years. As many as 1,605 cases were registered in 2009, which was more than double than 2008 figure that stood at 615.

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Avishek Dutta, 22, died from dengue on Sunday, making him the second victim in Calcutta this year.

New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games organising committee (OC) may have promised to clean-up the Village, but will it be able to to do anything about the massive water accumulation in the low-lying areas surrounding the residential complex?

Melbourne: Australian researchers are trailing a new dengue vaccine that would help avoiding the scourge of the potentially deadly fever.

It has taken 10 years to develop the vaccine which is now just one step away from becoming licensed to fight the virus that causes severe fever, vomiting, headaches and joint pain, the ABC reported quoting the Institute for Child Health Research