Mosquitoes carrying dengue fever can live indoors The Miami Herald | When a Palm Beach County family was plagued by a swarm of little black mosquitoes, county mosquito chief Ed Bradford knew to look for Aedes aegypti hiding in the house. | "They were in the Waterpik," Bradford said. "The family hadn't used it in a while, I guess, and there was a little water left i...
Dengue case up in Eastern Visayas Inquirer | TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas has made an urgent call for the public to keep their surroundings clean as the number of people who have contracted the disease in the regions since January has already exceeded 5,000, with at least 65 deaths. | The number of c...
DCM: Bakun dam not to blame for rat-borne diseases The Star | MIRI: There is no conclusive evidence to link the clearing of more than 64,000 hectares of forests and land at the Bakun hydro-electric dam project site to the rat-borne diseases in Belaga town, the nearest urban centre to the dam, said Deputy Chie...
No fogging in dengue-hit area, councillor blames civic body Indian Express | Councillor from Ward 63 has asked the health branch of the civic body to gear up in the fight against malaria and dengue. | Area councillor Jagbir Singh Sokhi said even after three patients from Preet Nagar have tested positive for dengue, there is...
The sting operation Mumbai Mirror | Divashri Sinha and Vikas Hotwani | Posted On Sunday, August 01, 2010 at 03:55:03 AM | Blame it on rampant construction, incessant rains, pitiful civic hygiene or the general filth and muck around. | As malaria, dengue and swine flu cases brea...
Ostrich-like, govt denies dengue is here Deccan Herald Bangalore, July 31, DHNS: | Despite the existing practice of considering private laboratory test reports to confirm dengue cases, the State Health Department and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have apparently decided not to take such r...
Mosquitoes carrying dengue fever can live indoors The Miami Herald | When a Palm Beach County family was plagued by a swarm of little black mosquitoes, county mosquito chief Ed Bradford knew to look for Aedes aegypti hiding in the house. | "They were in the Waterpik," Bradford said. "The family hadn't used it in a w...
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PRC calls for blood donations Malaya | THE Philippine Red Cross yesterday asked for blood donations as part of preparations for the possibility of a repeat of the 1998 dengue outbreak in the whole Southeast Asian regi...
In Brief: Dengue cases spike in Thailand IRINnews web | BANGKOK, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) - Dengue has reached a five-year high in Thailand, with 41,136 cases and 38 deaths to 20 July, against 22,969 infections and 19 deaths in the sam...
No dengue deaths, says BBMP Deccan Herald Bangalore:July 27, DHNS: | While dengue is spreading its tentacles firmly in the City by claiming several lives, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) reiterated on Tuesday...
BJP MLAs join hands against Bellary brigade The Times Of India BANGALORE: It’s becoming crystal clear that the Bellary ministers are becoming increasingly isolated. Not only are they under heavy fire from the Congress, but on Friday, MLAs of the ruling BJP raised the banner of revolt, rallying under the slogan...
'Chief Minister is monitoring Health Department work' The Hindu | Staff Reporter | Minister for Health busy organising padayatra | IN CONVERSATION:Minister for Medical Education Ramachandra Gowda (right) with president of the Urological Society of India S.V. Kotwal at a review meeting in Bangalore on Friday. | Ba...
Gulbarga promises to be mosquito-free The Hindu | Special Correspondent | 'Amrutha Sinchana', a concoction of bio-friendly materials, | is being sprayed | across city | Innovation: Mayor Sunanda Rajaram and City Corporation Commissioner Manoj Jain spraying the mixture in an open drain in Gulbarga ...
Sierra Madre tribe leader fears dengue outbreak Inquirer | LUCENA CITY – A Sierra Madre tribe leader asked health authorities to look into a possible dengue outbreak among the indigenous people in northern Quezon. | Ramsey Astoveza from the Agta tribe said two sick tribesmen were already sent to the Quezon...
Azarenka ousts Bartoli at Stanford Gulf News | Stanford: Victoria Azarenka overcame a slow start to upset defending champion Marion Bartoli 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the Stanford Classic on Friday. | The Belarussian was joined in the last four by top seed Samantha Stosur, who battled to a 7-5 3-6 6-3 win over Yanina Wickmayer, Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova and Poland's Agniesz...
Obama blames GOP on small business lending bill The Guardian | WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses. | His election-year push for additional job measures suffered a fresh setback this past week when the GOP blocked the small-business plan. | The presi...
