World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) scales up surveillance in its Ebola response, more than 900 suspected cases have been identified so far, including 101 confirmed cases....
After Mizoram, the Nagaland government has intensified surveillance and containment measures following the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in several parts of the state, officials said on Saturday....
The Bhopal Central Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), while taking a serious note of groundwater contamination in and around the Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) Industrial Area in Sotanala of Rajasthan's Alwar, has directed the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Boa...
The government on Sunday advised Indian citizens, currently residing in or travelling to Congo, Uganda and South Sudan, to strictly follow public health guidance issued by local authorities and maintain heightened precautions, in light of the reported outbreak of Ebola disease in these countries....
Tamil Nadu has intensified surveillance and precautionary measures across airports, ports and government healthcare facilities following an advisory issued by the Union Health Ministry regarding the possibility of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases being reported from certain African countries....
Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Saturday urged the public not to panic over Ebola and said the state government...
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has said that he is allocating...
The Australian government is delivering a 7.2-million-Australian-dollar (about 5.14 million US dollars) package to respond to the biggest diphtheria outbreak since national record-keeping began, the country's Health Minister, Mark Butler, said on Thursday....
Telugu states are in the grip of intense heat wave conditions as Piduguralla in Andhra Pradesh sizzled at 48.1 degrees Celsius while Dilawarpur in Telangana recorded 46.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday. As m...
A recent study by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal has stressed the need for early and advanced health screening in children suffering from sickle cell disease (SCD), after researchers found signs of hidden heart, kidney and sleep-related complications in a large number of patients....
