dengue

DengiAll, a promising dengue vaccine, is in trials with over 10,000 participants across India. Here are all the key details.

IAS officer A Sri Devasena was on the move, transforming Peddapalli's sanitation and reducing dengue cases by 90% in just one year. Here's how she did it.

ICMR's Vector Control Research Centre in Puducherry has developed an eco-friendly technology using Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis to kill mosquitoes that cause dengue, chikungunya, zika and more.

Be it fighting air pollution, providing access to quality healthcare in remote areas or aiding the differently-abled, these individuals have shown extraordinary examples of how ingenuity and altruism can make the world a better place.

Did you know that there over 3000 species of mosquitoes and only 6 per cent of them draw blood from humans?

While the effectiveness of mosquito repellant products is debatable in areas where dangerous disease-spreading mosquitoes thrive, a 16-year-old student from Mangaluru has found an innovative solution to tackle dengue.

Here is a collection of 15 such stories that gives a glimpse of important developments reported by Indian scientists during the year.

Rajasthan has recorded 29 cases of the disease (as of 9 October 2018), of which three were pregnant women, and one gave birth on Monday night. Here are the details about the Zika virus outbreak.

It seems almost impossible for an entire village which was previously infested by mosquitoes to be free of them within two breeding sessions. But Sansar did it!

Immanuel Pathare is a second year BCom student at Fatima Degree College in the city, who was visibly shaken when few people in his locality passed away due to dengue a year back.