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Dengue fever kills 13 in Tanzania
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Dodoma [Tanzania], July 28 (ANI): As many as 13 people have died as a result of dengue fever, while 6,677 people are infected with the virus across the East African country, the health ministry told the state media.
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Ease the sting of vector-borne diseases with Dengue Cover from Bajaj Finse
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] July 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria are spread through mosquitoes and affect many people across India every year. As per the reports from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, in 2018, more than 89,974 d
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Play Skrillex to prevent mosquito bites, new study reveals
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 3 (ANI): Hot and humid summer days are ahead and the weather is perfect for the good, old blood-sucking mosquitoes to unleash themselves and make lives even more miserable. But if you want to protect yourself from the pesky monsters, ditch the traditional repel
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Mosquitoes can hear up to 10 metres away
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): A new study, conducted by researchers at Cornell and Binghamton University now finds that mosquitoes can hear over distances much greater than anyone suspected.
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Researchers discover way for 'mosquito birth control'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 08 (ANI): According to studies, more than 500 million people around the world suffer from diseases transmitted by mosquitoes including malaria, Dengue Fever, Zika and West Nile.
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120 people tested positive for Zika in Rajasthan
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan), Oct 23 (ANI): Around 120 people have tested positive for Zika virus in Rajasthan, state health minister Kalicharan Saraf said on Monday.
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Rajasthan: 60 detected with Zika virus cured
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct 16 (ANI): The Rajasthan health department has said that out of 72 persons tested positive for Zika virus, 60 have been cured.
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Tadweer eliminates over 2 million mosquito breeding sites in Abu Dhabi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], Oct 1 (ANI/WAM): As part of its ongoing efforts to protect public health in Abu Dhabi, the Public Health Pest Control Projects Division at Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) has executed an intensive programme to control mosquitoes and other public health pests acro
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Here's another reason to limit global warming ASAP
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 29 (ANI): Global warming has become a major concern for the world's general population and the scientists.
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Sniffing out malaria
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 15 (ANI): Turns out, an altered body odour can indicate a specific infection among humans.
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These people primarily responsible for dengue transmission
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 05 (ANI): Seems like, a specific kind of people is primarily responsible for dengue virus transmission.
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UP Education Minister's gaffe: 'Mosquitoes bite us at Dalit homes'
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 04 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Education Minister Anupma Jaiswal got embroiled in a controversy on Friday when she said that ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are ensuring proper implementation of the schemes by visiting Dalit households, despite gett
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