Chinese city issues warning after suspected bubonic plague case

Local officials in Bayannur issued a level three warning for plague prevention and control that will stay on till the end of this year.

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· Jul 06, 2020 · 01:51 pm

Ebola has killed around 200 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo since August, says government

Almost half the victims are from Beni, a city in the North Kivu region.

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· Nov 12, 2018 · 03:47 pm

Maharashtra: 268 people have died of swine flu in state in 10 months, says health minister

Deepak Sawant said the state has set up guidelines to treat swine flu patients.

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· Oct 26, 2018 · 06:46 pm

Swine flu: At least 12 people have died in Andhra Pradesh, number of cases surges in Telangana

Kurnool and Chittoor districts are the worst-affected areas in Andhra Pradesh but a senior health official said there was no need to panic.

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· Oct 23, 2018 · 05:58 pm

Delhi: Diphtheria claims two more lives, toll rises to 26

Twenty five of the deaths have occurred at Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital in the city’s northern part.

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· Sep 30, 2018 · 08:05 pm

Video: How does Nipah virus spread, and how can it be cured?

At least 10 people in Kerala have died due to Nipah virus encephalitis, a rare but emerging infectious disease.

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· May 23, 2018 · 11:45 am

Delhi: 753 swine flu cases recorded this year, but government says no reason to panic

Lucknow and Ahmedabad each reported 60 and 28 H1N1 infections in just one day.

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· Aug 11, 2017 · 10:13 am

Swine flu: At least 20 new H1N1 cases detected across the country in the past two days, say reports

Ten new H1N1 infections were found in Surat and five each in Bhubhaneswar and Lucknow.

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· Aug 02, 2017 · 02:58 pm

This map shows how severe India’s swine flu outbreak is this year

Maharashtra has such a high H1N1 death toll that health authorities are re-auditing reported deaths to check for actual causes.

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· Jul 07, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Zika has been found here but these Ahmedabad localities are already chikungunya and malaria hotspots

Ahmedabad has witnessed a 34% rise in mosquito-borne ailments with doctors expecting a further rise in chikungunya, dengue and malaria with the monsoons

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· Jun 09, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Trying to understand chikungunya? Everyone, including Delhi's health minister, is

The chikungunya virus might exacerbate existing medical conditions, which in turn cause death. It might also be turning more potent, say doctors.

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· Sep 17, 2016 · 05:45 am

13 Indians among those infected with Zika virus in Singapore, confirms Foreign Ministry

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who was to attend Indian Ocean Conference in Singapore on September 1 and 2, will be joining via video conferencing.

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· Sep 01, 2016 · 10:46 am