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Chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses are transmitted to humans by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which live in tropical, subtropical, and in some temperate climates. (Photo: Pixabay)

Rajasthan: 5 new cases of Zika virus detected today, total 60 test...

Most of the cases are from Shastri Nagar area where fogging and other anti-larvae activities are being carried out.

14 Oct 2018 8:47 PM IST

An Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (Photo: AP)

India witnesses biggest Zika virus outbreak as 50 test positive in...

At least 276 teams have been deployed in Zika virus-affected wards of Jaipur's Shastri Nagar.

13 Oct 2018 3:17 PM IST

Zika virus can infect these early microglia, sneaking into the brain where they transmit the virus to other brain cells. (Photo: Pixabay)

22 test positive for Zika virus in Jaipur, PM seeks comprehensive...

A 7-member high-level central team is in Jaipur to assist the state government in control and containment measures.

9 Oct 2018 10:18 AM IST

The microscopic vaccine delivery platform called Nanopatch is a significant step forward in the efforts to rid the world of polio. (Photo: AFP)

Contaminated polio vaccines given to children in T'gana, Maharashtra,...

The incident came to light after surveillance reports from UP showed signs of the virus in stool samples of some...

2 Oct 2018 8:07 AM IST

Clashes erupted along the Gaza-Israel border as thousands of protesters gathered for a third consecutive Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Clashes erupt on Israel-Gaza border on third Friday of protests:...

Limited clashes between stone-throwing Palestinians and Israeli soldiers began in at least two places along the border.

13 April 2018 4:18 PM IST

The association also also hit out at controls on in-shop advertising saying it will remove differentiation between retailers selling legal tobacco products and fly-by-night retailers selling smuggled tobacco products.

Retailers oppose tobacco curbs

We are also asking it to issue notification to states to stop harassing retailers.

18 July 2018 5:35 AM IST

Linzer cookies with jam

'No cookies, biscuits with chai; only healthy snacks for meeting':...

Circular dated June 19 suggests replacing unhealthy fast food with healthier snacking options like almonds, walnut,...

29 Jun 2019 10:02 AM IST

Choubey has been reassigned the health portfolio in the Modi governments second term. (Photo: Twitter)

Ashwini Choubey takes charge of Health Ministry; catches metro to...

Before taking charge, the minister performed an elaborate puja and planted five trees in the Nirman Bhavan campus.

4 Jun 2019 6:07 PM IST

Menthol cigarettes may be harder to quit than other cigarettes. (Photo:Representational/Pixabay)

India asks its states not to partner with Philip Morris-funded...

India's federal health ministry has sent a letter to chief secretaries of all states, saying they should not partner...

1 July 2019 4:28 PM IST

The state health department has taken this decision with the aim of encouraging maximum doctors to work and serve in rural areas. (Representational Image)

Up to 10 years jail, Rs 10 lakh fine for violence against doctors:...

This draft bill has been prepared to deal with rising cases of assault on doctors while they are at work.

3 Sept 2019 1:09 PM IST

Death toll in Chinas coronavirus rises to 56, confirmed cases near 2,000.

1st positive case of coronavirus found in Kerala

The three men kept in an isolation ward of New Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital have tested negative for coronavirus.

31 Jan 2020 1:33 AM IST

Covid recovery rate improving. (PTI Photo)

Covid recovery rate improving: Health Ministry

Health ministry officials said the recovery rate has gradually improved from 7.1% to 39.62% now as almost 40%

21 May 2020 11:00 AM IST