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Health Department intensifies control measures in border areas as rat fever, dengue cases rise in Kerala

The spike in the number of dengue and leptospirosis or rat fever cases in Kerala following the onset of the southwest monsoon has prompted the Health Department to take control measures in Coimbatore district.

The Hindu

Detection of sickle cell anemia will be intensified in Karnataka: Health Minister

Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Saturday said the Health Department, which is already running a scheme to screen and detect sickle cell anemia cases, will further intensify the programme.

The Hindu

Mexico acknowledges 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, almost triple the figures in 2022

Mexico's health authorities have belatedly released a report showing a significant spike in heat-related fatalities in the last two weeks

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State battles unusual rise in influenza amidst dengue surge

The death of a few children following fever in the past few days, is possibly due to the neurological complications like encephalopathy and encephalitis caused by seasonal influenza viruses, especially Influenza A (H1N1), Health officials have confirmed.

The Hindu

Facing the heat | Deaths and denial in U.P.’s Ballia

In five days in June, Ballia district recorded temperatures between 43°C and 45°C as well as several deaths. In regions like Ballia, a semi-arid small town of three lakh people, which is located in a heatwave-prone State, high temperatures could result in heat strokes.

The Hindu

Health department to focus on reducing dengue mortality in the State

The Health department will focus on reducing dengue mortality in the State rather than the surge in case numbers, which is a cyclical, annual phenomenon

The Hindu

Dengue, leptospirosis cases surge in State

The fact that monsoon has not set in fully in the State and rains are intermittent, means that the vector breeding will surge several fold, leading to a longer, sustained epidemic

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Health dept. urges people to desist from self-medication for viral fevers

The Health department has warned people to desist from self-treatment as this is the season of viral fevers, which could be vector-borne diseases like dengue and Zika, leptospirosis or respiratory infections like Influenza.

The Hindu

Koppal officials told to ensure supply of safe potable water to people in rural areas

Taking note of a few vomiting and diarrhoea cases reported in Koppal district, Deputy Commissioner M. Sundaresh Babu chaired a meeting of senior district and taluk level officers in the Department of Health and Family Welfare at his office in Koppal on Tuesday and gave strict directions to them to…

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh Health Dept. sets up medical camp as viral fevers break out in Chittoor village

The Health Department of Andhra Pradesh has set up a medical camp at Mallareddikandriga in Vijayapuram mandal of Chittoor district, close to the Tamil Nadu border, as the village has been reeling under viral fever cases since the last fortnight. The health officials from Chittoor and Nagari set up a…

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Health Minister refutes Governor’s statement on forced virginity tests in Tamil Nadu

Ma. Subramanian says an inquiry conducted by medical officers and a verification of the medical examination form proved that no such test has been performed. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought a report within a week

The Hindu

No fines issued despite rampant selling of illegal vapes in WA, as parent vents frustration

The sale of nicotine vapes and e-cigarettes without a prescription has been illegal in Western Australia for several years, but not a single retailer has been fined in the past 12 months.

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Tasmanian government sitting on $23 million of unusable PPE bought during COVID supply chain crisis

Tasmania's health department reveals it is sitting on a $22.8 million stockpile of "unusable" personal protective equipment purchased during the COVID pandemic — with the government taking legal action against a supplier of faulty face masks.

ABC News

Toxic dust blankets North

Northern provinces, especially Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, were blanketed by unsafe levels of the carcinogenic PM2.5 on Sunday, according to the Health Department.

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Toxic dust blankets North

Northern provinces, especially Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, were blanketed by unsafe levels of the carcinogenic PM2.5 on Sunday, according to the Health Department.

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