Killer mosquitoes spreading deadly disease ‘setting up shop in Europe’
Severe cases of dengue can result in internal bleeding, organ damage and even death. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why dengue in Europe could spell disaster for the rest of the world
In the early morning of the last day of August, Parisians experienced for the first time a practice normally confined to tropical regions — authorities fumigating the city against the tiger mosquito. The event was a tangible confirmation of what public health stats already showed: Dengue, the…#parisians #philippines #lindsaykeir #policycuresresearch #spain #southerneurope #belgium #sibiliaquilici #vaccineseurope #msd (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Climate change is now being blamed for making mosquitoes GIANT and more dangerous
Mosquitoes are growing bigger and living longer thanks to a continuously warming climate, increasing their ability to pick up and spread diseases from dengue to malaria. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Medics 'Sound the Alarm' On Cholera and Dengue
[Dabanga] Sudan -- Medical professionals throughout Sudan report escalating numbers of Cholera and Dengue* fever rates, heightened by the arrival of seasonal rains and shortages in medical supplies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen and Malin Fezehai Tags: Mosquitoes Malaria Pesticides Dengue Fever Medicine and Health Chikungunya Virus Chemicals Disease Rates World Health Organization Africa Latin America your-feed-science your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Dengue causing blood pressure, heart rate changes
In India, dengue infection is spreading rapidly in Delhi, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Mumbai has reported a significant upsurge in infections, recording 3,068 cases between June and September 25, a threefold increase from the previous year. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Dengue Fever, Cholera, and Measles On the Rise in Sudan
[Dabanga] El Gedaref / El Gezira / Khartoum / Omdurman -- The federal Ministry of Health, working from Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state, has registered hundreds of suspected cases of dengue fever and watery diarrhoea in El Gedaref and El Gezira. Cholera and measles have been reported elsewhere in Sudan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on
The U.N. health agency says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering in crowded camps as deadly fighting grinds on between the country’s military and a rival paramilitary force (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Sudan: North Darfur Hospitals Overwhelmed As Malaria, Dengue Surge
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- Doctors in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher have voiced concern at the rising tide of malaria cases, especially among children. Hospitals in the city report being overwhelmed by hundreds of cases daily. This is exacerbated by undercapacity, as the large El Fasher Teaching Hospital has been closed due to the war, and is now reportedly serving as a military barracks. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Dengue Infection Cases Rise in Sudan
[Dabanga] El Gedaref in eastern Sudan is witnessing an increase in dengue fever* infections, with 70 confirmed cases and two deaths reported last week alone. The El Gedaref state government announced the start of a house-to-house campaign to combat the spread of the infection. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 19, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Bangladesh is struggling to cope with a record dengue outbreak in which 778 people have died
Bangladesh is struggling with a record outbreak of dengue fever, with experts saying a lack of a coordinated response is causing more deaths from the mosquito-transmitted disease (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies
Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Mosquitoes, long the enemy, are now bred to help prevent the spread of dengue fever
Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
