Health Alerts

India: Monsoon, measles & flu. Mosquito larvae-eating Gambusia fish are just part of the arsenal being used by authorities in their battle against the vectors of dengue fever and chikungunya in New Delhi. Dengue cases have surged this month in Mumbai, with one hospital-based doctor saying that one-in-5 of cases admitted are related to dengue infection.

Other published dengue reports have come from the states of Orissa, Telangana and Karnataka 

It has been a bad year for influenza with some figures showing up to 1,530 deaths resulting from infections with the influenza A (H1N1) strain. Read more.

Some better news on the measles front after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that India’s cases almost halved over the 2014-16 period, however the country still reports 60 per cent of all cases in SE Asia. Read more