Delhi: Govt caps chikungunya serology IgM at Rs 600, RT PCR for chikungunya at Rs 1,500 savita thakur thakur31 Aug 2016 2:36 PM ISTNEW DELHI: After a cap on cost of dengue test last month, Delhi government announced a similar ceiling for chikungunya, even as the city continues to...
New Delhi : Centre sets up control room to monitor dengue, chikungunya savita thakur thakur26 Aug 2016 9:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Health Ministry has set up a control room to monitor the rising number of dengue and chikungunya cases in Delhi.The central government...
New Delhi: Chikungunya on the rise savita thakur thakur17 Aug 2016 1:18 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Chikungunya has been on the rise in the national capital this year but is being under-reported due to shortage of testing facilities and...
India yet to adopt WHO blueprint for epidemic-prone diseases savita thakur thakur24 July 2016 4:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: India is yet to adopt the blueprint developed by World Health Organisation (WHO) which allows rapid activation of research to understand...
Genes, bugs and radiation: WHO backs new weapons in Zika fight savita thakur thakur18 Feb 2016 11:09 AM ISTCountries battling the Zika virus should consider new ways to curb disease-carrying mosquitoes, including testing the release of genetically modified...
Zika virus may be transmitted through saliva, urine savita thakur thakur7 Feb 2016 9:57 AM ISTBrasilia: Brazilian researchers found traces of Zika virus in the saliva and urine of patients with symptoms of the disease, which means the virus is...
Health Ministry guidelines on Zika Virus Disease savita thakur thakur3 Feb 2016 11:09 AM ISTThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued guidelines on the Zika virus disease, here. The text of the guidelines is as follows.BackgroundZika...
5 Most Awaited vaccines in 2016 Pooja Bhatia Bhatia2 Jan 2016 11:14 AM ISTIndia and international nations continue to grapple with the situation of life-threatening viruses or infections; which also gained an epidemic...
Chikungunya May Cause Fatal Brain Infection: Study savita thakur thakur1 Dec 2015 10:28 AM ISTJOHANNESBURG:Â The mosquito-borne virus chikungunya may lead to severe brain infection and even death in infants and people over 65, a new study has...
Single vaccine for Chikungunya, related viruses comes closer to reality Meghna A Singhania11 Nov 2015 3:34 PM ISTWashington D.C, Nov 11 (ANI): A team of scientists has brought the concept of a single vaccine that could protect people from infection by many...
New affordable diagnostic kit for chikungunya developed Meghna A Singhania2 Nov 2015 11:09 AM ISTIn order to make the detection of the mosquito-borne illness chikungunya more affordable and simple, a new diagnostic test kit has been developed...
Portable, rapid DNA test to detect Ebola, Chikungunya and Hep C in the making Meghna A Singhania29 Sept 2015 4:27 PM ISTScientists have developed a new blood test based on DNA sequencing that can be used to rapidly diagnose Ebola and other pathogens such as Chikungunya...
