Chikungunya Top Stories
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Chikungunya Diet: Best Foods For Better Recovery From Chikungunya
Sep 16, 2019 07:25 ISTChikungunya affects many each year. This virus is transmitted to the body by mosquitoes. Chikungunya also leads to joint which can last for one or two months. Some foods can help in fast recovery from chikungunya. Here are some foods which you can add to your diet along with the medications. -
Dengue Cases Hit 9,169-Mark Even As The Season Of Vector-Borne Diseases Are Coming To An End
Dec 12, 2017 01:16 ISTWith 96 more cases of dengue reported last week, dengue has crossed the 9,169 mark this year. -
Researchers At IIT Discover New Drug To Cure Chikungunya
Oct 6, 2017 11:23 ISTResearchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, working to come up with a cure for Chikungunya, have discovered the anti-viral properties of piperazine, a drug to be used for cure from the disease and have come up with a mechanism for the same. -
Dengue Explosion, 28 New Cases Reported In One Day In Patiala: Tips To Prevent Dengue
Oct 4, 2017 10:59 ISTDengue and chikungunya seems to have gripped the state of Punjab. With 28 new cases of dengue in Patiala on Tuesday, dengue toll in the state has come to 172 and 40 new cases of chikungunya have come into picture. -
894 New Dengue Cases Reported In Delhi Last Week: Tips To Prevent Dengue
Sep 26, 2017 11:15 IST894 new dengue cases reported in Delhi last week. This takes the number to 3109 cases till now. As for malaria and chikungunya, the numbers were 85 and 61 last week.Here are a few tips to prevent dengue. -
Dengue Can Be Fatal For Diabetics : Know How
Sep 14, 2017 01:50 ISTIf a diabetic gets dengue, the infection can affect the vision, cause brain inflammation, make the body go into septic shock, or lead to multi-organ failure. Read on for more information. -
Death Due To A Rare Dengue Complication
Sep 8, 2017 12:01 IST"Jha had a severe form of dengue with complications and multi-organ involvement. His kidneys and liver too were affected, requiring many specialists to take care of him." -
80 Dengue Cases Reported In Chandigarh This Month
Aug 30, 2017 05:33 ISTDoctors state that the breeding of dengue mosquitoes depends upon humidity and temperature. -
Tips To Prevent Dengue: Dengue And Chikungunya On A Steady Rise
Aug 30, 2017 11:40 ISTNearly 150 cases of chikungunya have been reported in Delhi so far this year, with 9 of them being recorded this month, even as government authorities gear up to combat the outbreak of these two vector-borne diseases. -
How To protect Yourself From Dengue, Chikungunya: Here's All You Need To Know
Aug 28, 2017 01:41 ISTSo far, a total of 32 cases of dengue have been reported this year. -
Nadda Holds High-Level Meet To Take Stock Of Vector Borne Diseases
Aug 10, 2017 12:12 ISTUnion Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda on Wednesday held a high level meeting to review the preventive measures and programmes underway to control vector borne diseases including dengue, malaria and chikungunya. -
Beware: Malaria and Chikungunya Grip Delhi Yet Again
Jul 11, 2017 01:49 ISTWhile data from the MCD does not make clear the entire story about the spread of dengue, malaria, chikungunya, there is a serious reason to worry. -
Mosquito Menace: New Species Of Deadly Mosquitoes Enters Delhi
Jun 28, 2017 11:46 ISTWith the entry of a new mosquito breed in the city, yet another life-taking parasite threatens the lives of people of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. -
Fighting Mosquito Borne Diseases Using Tablets
Jun 14, 2017 04:58 ISTThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) handed over 200 tablets to dengue breeding checkers (DCBS), who will survey 16 vulnerable wards under them. The computers are preloaded with the corporation's "Vector-Borne Disease Control" application to help them collect data efficiently. -
Early Arrival Of Dengue: Symptoms, Risks And Prevention
Apr 14, 2017 01:07 ISTDengue, now a seasonal menace every year in India, has arrived rather early this time. Cases are already being reported from different parts of Delhi-NCR in March and April itself, months before the monsoons. -
Safe, Potent Chikungunya Vaccine Developed
Dec 20, 2016 02:32 ISTScientists have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific virus that does not have any effect on people, making it safe and effective. -
'Lazy Mosquitoes' Mean More Women Than Men Get Chikungunya: Scientists
Nov 8, 2016 06:28 IST"Lazy mosquitoes" are the reason why women, who tend to spend more time at home than men, are more likely to be infected by chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne viral disease which spreads the same way as Zika, researchers said on Monday. -
Dengue, Chikungunya Rampant In India, Need Attention: Expert
Oct 10, 2016 03:08 ISTDengue and Chikungunya are widespread diseases that require close attention in India, eminent scientist and an international expert on Ebola, Peter Piot has said. -
Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Chikungunya Menace In Delhi
Sep 26, 2016 10:26 ISTThe Supreme Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the chikungunya menace in the national capital today. -
'Lt Governor Doesn't Want To Work On Weekend': AAP Hits Back Amid Health Crisis In Delhi
Sep 18, 2016 07:09 ISTA day after Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung ordered Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to cut short his visit to Finland and return to the capital amid health crisis in the city, the AAP government hit back saying, "L-G doesn't want to work on weekends." -
Chikungunya Virus Has Tendency Not To Show In Common Serology Test: Ganga Ram Hospital
Sep 14, 2016 04:19 ISTThe Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi said it had recently found that the Chikungunya virus has a tendency not to show itself in the Chikungunya Igm serology test while it shows up during the RT-PCR test only, which the Hospital has been using it for the suspected samples. -
Doctors Advise Rest, Fluid Intake For Chikungunya
Aug 24, 2016 03:47 ISTAmid a sudden rise in chikungunya cases in Delhi, doctors and government authorities have asked people not to panic, saying the vector-borne disease is debilitating but not life-threatening and have recommended measures to prevent mosquito-breeding. -
Chikungunya Outbreak In Delhi: 5-Point Guide To Being Safe
Aug 23, 2016 10:23 ISTPlease do not self medicate and please consult your doctor is you have fever, joint pains or any signs you have Chikungunya. -
Chikungunya Virus Is Transmitted Across Mosquito Generations
Jul 12, 2016 01:42 ISTResearchers have found that "Aedes aegypti" mosquitoes that transmit the chikungunya virus, pass it on to their offspring- a feature that allows these mosquitoes to maintain the virus within their population for generations. -
India's Biotech Moment: A Made-In-India Zika Virus Vaccine
Feb 7, 2016 03:43 ISTThe irony is complete, India has no reported cases of the dreaded Zika virus infection, but is the first country in the world to have ready for testing not one but two vaccines against the virus that is causing nightmares in The Americas. -
Chikungunya May Cause Fatal Brain Infection: Study
Nov 30, 2015 05:27 ISTThe mosquito-borne virus chikungunya may lead to severe brain infection and even death in infants and people over 65, a new study has warned. -
New Low-Cost Test to Detect Chikungunya Developed
Nov 1, 2015 05:28 ISTResearchers have developed a simple low-cost diagnostic test for chikungunya that can detect the mosquito-borne illness within two hours. -
Disease outbreaks will affect Indian tourism
Oct 23, 2006 01:35 ISTThe worries of Indian government are not yet over, as they expect possible fallout on the tourism sector pertaining to the dengue and chikungunya outbreak. -
Dengue fever kills dozens more in India
Oct 19, 2006 01:42 ISTDengue fever outbreak has killed 42 more people and infected another 1,000 over the past four days in India.
