Check for chikungunya

In a first, Indian scientists develop vaccine against the disease

Aerial raid on mosquitoes

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Sharp drop in malaria cases, but three million people still at risk: WHO

The fastest rate of decrease in malaria was witnessed in Caucasus and Central Asia, which reported zero cases in 2014

Vector control, drug infusion to check filariasis

Mosquito-specific pesticide in the offing?

Political apathy, unplanned urbanisation make vector-borne diseases hard to control in India

Only 60 per cent of the total plan outlay for vector-borne diseases spent between 2007 to 2013; lack of co-ordination between ministries and …

Zika has unborn victims in Madhya Pradesh

As India fights its first Zika outbreak, Down To Earth finds a grievously unprepared response system in virus-hit districts of Vidisha and Bhopal …

Why dengue is not the devil

Lack of preparedness in our fight against this vector-borne disease is much to blame for it spreading fast 

Swine flu tamed?

H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu

Bureaucracy has no idea about health care trends

T Jacob John , professor of virology and paediatrics at Christian Medical College, Vellore, speaks to Raj Kishor Khaware on the state of health …

Sudden death

A mystery disease kills 35 people in Siliguri

Dengue outbreak in Delhi

Vector-borne diseases may shift base with warmer temperatures

Stanford researchers say climate change will increase risk of vector-borne diseases spreading to countries characterised by cooler climate till now

World’s first malaria vaccine will be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi

At least 120,000 children in each of the three countries will receive the vaccine

Letting go a good thing

After almost eradicating filaria from a Kerala taluka , there are no takers for a bio-environmental vector management project

Aloe vera helps cure kala-azar

Science & Technology - Briefs

Light pollution spreads diseases

It is difficult to comprehend modern life sans nighttime light. But the amenity comes at a price. Bruno A S De Medeiros and Alessandro Barghini …

El Salvador becomes first central American country to be declared malaria-free

The country has not recorded any indigenous case of malaria since 2017

Climate change causes species to change habitats

A warmer climate is playing havoc with both flora and fauna

A new chikungunya strain

Fever stalks UP

Battling Japanese encephalitis virus, Gorakhpur now has a new enemy: enterovirus

Vaccine hope

While Africa gets its first vaccine to fight malaria, India is still in the early stages of clinical trials

Snuffing out lives with pollution

Premature deaths and disease caused by a polluted environment is the most pressing problem in the world today, says a WHO report prepared for the …