Chikungunya has re-surfaced in the district as blood samples of 8 patients were tested positive this month. The number is likely to go up as more than 50 suspected cases were reported from Sominakoppa, Hadonahalli, Bannikere and Kommanahal villages in the taluk.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It is raining curses on the fishing community along this 26-km coastal stretch of the district.

It is not just the devouring fury of the rains the poverty-stricken coastal community has to contend with. This time, the higher powers have unleashed ruthless armies of the most virulent strains of bacteria, virus and parasites upon them, not one by one but in one fell swoop.

How the sleeping sickness protozoan evades capture history provides examples of robbers who were masters at disguise. Charles Peace of 19th century England was one. A scholarly gentleman during the day and a burglar by nightfall, he embarrassed even the Scotland Yard at its inability to apprehend him. Science provided him with a rival. The protozoan Trypanosoma brucei, which

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AIZAWL, June 11

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BANGALORE: Chikungunya, the viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, has spread to 72 taluks in Karnataka causing concern among officials and doctors of the Health Department.

Chandigarh With the onset of the monsoon season, malaria cases have seen a steady rise. Though the UT Health department has declared June as the anti-malaria month, around 10 cases have been reported till date. The last year

TURA, May 31

A new anti-malaria strategy: Target the older mosquitoes

London: Studies of patients in western Cambodia suggest that malaria could be developing resistance to the most effective type of drug, putting millions of lives at risk.