Bengaluru develops revolutionary tech that can predict disease outbreak one month in advance
India's tech capital, Bengaluru, is set to unveil a disease surveillance dashboard that can predict disease outbreaks up to four weeks in advance with 70 per cent accuracy. Developed by a team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, IIT-Madras, and the Indian Statistical Institute, the dashboard can forecast various communicable diseases, including dengue, chikungunya, and malaria. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Increasing cases of dengue: Signs to look out for
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Source: The Economic Times - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A global dengue coalition to deliver treatment within 5 years: Lancet comment
The Dengue Alliance, a coalition of institutions from dengue-endemic countries, plans to develop a new treatment for dengue within five years. The alliance aims to accelerate research and development and deliver dengue therapeutics through a collaborative partnership. Dengue, a climate-sensitive neglected tropical disease, is one of the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral infections globally. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Danger of ‘Invisible’ Biolabs Across the U.S.
Recently, many California residents were disturbed to learn that a small, privately-operated bio lab in the Central Valley town of Reedley was shut down by Fresno County Department of Public Health officials after they found that it had been improperly managing almost 1,000 laboratory mice and samples of infectious diseases including COVID-19, rubella, malaria, dengue, chlamydia, hepatitis, and HIV. The lab was registered to a company called Prestige Biotech that sold a variety of medical testing kits, including for pregnancy and COVID-19, and it was likely storing disease samples for the purpose of developing and validati...
Source: TIME: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Greene, Jassi Pannu and Allison Berke Tags: Uncategorized Science Source Type: news
Indian Immunologicals targets dengue vaccine launch by January 2026
Vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) expects to commercially launch its dengue fever vaccine by early 2026, a top executive said, as the race to develop the country's first such vaccine heats up. Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, has over the last few years become a major public health concern in India, with 31,464 dengue cases and 36 related deaths reported between January and July 31, 2023. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Recovering from Dengue? Here are 5 food items that can help
A healthy diet can help you recover well from dengue fever. Here's a list of foods and drinks that can aid in fast recovery. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - August 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Floods, Now Torrential Monsoon Rains Leave Pakistani Women in Crisis
Women outside an emergency vehicle aimed at helping those affected by flooding. CREDIT: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSBy Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, PAKISTAN , Aug 18 2023 (IPS) Torrential monsoon rains have left the people, especially women, in crisis as they are still grappling to recover from the last year’s floods in Pakistan.
“We are yet to return to normal lives after devastation caused by severe rains in June 2002 when the new series of rains have started only to further aggravate our problems,” Jannat Bibi, a resident of Kalam in the Swat Valley, told IPS.
Bibi, 44, a housewife, along with co-villagers, must walk about a ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ashfaq Yusufzai Tags: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Development & Aid Environment Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news
Parts Of Florida Under Mosquito-Borne Illness Alert: What To Know About Dengue —And Why Cases Are Rising
Dengue cases have been on the rise for several years, with worldwide cases increasing from just over half a million in 2000 to 5.2 million in 2019. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Arianna Johnson, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare topline Source Type: news
What to know about dengue fever after Florida officials warn of cases
Broward and Miami-Dade counties reported rare, locally acquired cases of dengue, a disease also known as breakbone fever that is increasingly common worldwide. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lyric Li Source Type: news
Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh sparks alarm after 364 people die this year and infections rise
Bangladesh is recording a higher number of casualties and infections from dengue as more than 360 people have died this year and infections of the mosquito-borne illness rise (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Half the world is at risk of dengue. Why is there no universal way to prevent it?
Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images This painful, mosquito-borne virus could spread even more if new innovations can’t scale. Break-bone fever. Break heart fever. Seven-day fever. They are all names for the painful — often debilitating and sometimes deadly — mosquito-borne disease called…#break #dengue #sudan #khartoum #argentina #elniño #peru #latinamerican #rosagutiérrez #florida (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Climate Change Is Making Us Sick, Says WHO Envoy
The World Health Organization says round 7 million people die prematurely each year due to air pollution. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPSBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Aug 2 2023 (IPS) Climate change is making us sick. It has become urgent to build resilient health systems to secure humanity’s well-being, says the special envoy for climate change and health of the World Health Organization (WHO).
“Climate change is unquestionably affecting our health every day,” says Vanessa Kerry– a renowned global health expert and medical doctor – who was appointed the WHO Director-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Climate Action Climate Change Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news
Cases of 'bone-breaking' fever have soared by 170 PERCENT in US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows there were more than 1,400 dengue fever cases in 2019, up nearly 170 percent compared to the annual tally over the prior 8 years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cases Of Severe Tropical Disease Exploding With No End In Sight: WHO
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), This transmission electron microscopic image depicts a number of round dengue virus particles that were revealed in this tissue specimen. (Frederick Murphy/U.S.…#jackphillips #epochtimes #frederickmurphy #sudan #khartoum #peru #ramanvelayudhan #geneva #asianmonsoon #bolivia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Travel-Linked Dengue Cases in U.S. Peaked in 2019
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 -- About 20 percent of the 7,528 confirmed or probable travel-associated U.S. dengue cases reported during 2010 to 2021 occurred in 2019, according to research published in the July 28 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
