A medical camp being conducted at Paruvachi village in Erode district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Following the death of a 13-year-old boy reportedly due to rat fever or leptospirosis, and with another woman being admitted to the hospital with symptoms of the disease, Health department officials … Read more
As many as 209 cases of cholera were reported last year, 70 cases in 2020 and 615 in 2019, it said. Over 59 lakh cases of acute diarrheal diseases were reported in 2021, the government said on Monday. Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel provided … Read more
The international pressure to control malaria helped the discovery of rapid diagnostic kits, but others such as dengue, scrub typhus, leptospirosis remain undiagnosed, or need a skilled diagnostician. By Sagar Atre, In a recent article, Dr. Raj Panjabi, a noted public health professional and the head of the U.S President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) wrote, “Alarm … Read more
Leptospirosis is a disease that is caused by bacteria during monsoon season. There are some diseases that come along with seasons as the climatic conditions play the right atmosphere for transmission. Such is the case of leptospirosis. It’s a disease that is caused by bacteria during monsoon season. Recently, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in … Read more