AIZAWL, Feb 2: Malaria, which claimed 119 lives in Mizoram during last year, remains the biggest killer disease in this Northeast State. According to the Health Department records, 1,71,793 people hot their blood tested and 9,399 had tested positive for malaria during 2009. The victims aged between 1 to 64, of which 40 were females.

CHENNAI: Despite Chennai Corporation

RASHME SEHGAL

The department of biotechnology is moving at a rapid pace to develop new vaccines to combat tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, rabies, leprosy, HIV AIDS and cancer.

Malaria is spreading its tentacles from Sahebganj

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has set itself an ambitious target of reducing the malaria prevalence rate to 4 per cent in the next five years. It also gave itself time till 2015 to eliminate filariasis from the State.

CHENNAI: CPM Councillor Devi on Thursday alleged that the Chennai Corporation was deliberately hiding the prevalence of deadly mosquito- borne disease chikungunya in the city and suburbs.

Mumbai: Unhealthy living conditions claimed the lives of two kids of a family who died of malaria in Bhayander on Sunday morning. Their mother too is in the hospital with malaria symptoms.