Mumbai Dengue

As dengue cases continue to surge across Mumbai, industrialist Anand Mahindra has proposed a unique solution to tackle the menace.

At least 138 cases of swine flu, 412 of malaria and 73 of dengue were reported in Mumbai in the last 15 days, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Recently, Dharmendra was stepped out to promote his grandson Karan Deol's debut film Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas.

"Jha had a severe form of dengue with complications and multi-organ involvement. His kidneys and liver too were affected, requiring many specialists to take care of him."

In the 24-hour cycle since Tuesday 8.30 a.m. till Wednesday, the suburbs recorded 332 mm while the city notched 111 mm rains, the IMD said.

Vector-borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya are on a rise.Try these superfoods that can help bolster your immunity to fight the mosquito scare this season.

RJ Malishka, a popular voice on the radio, has been served notice by Mumbai's civic body BMC or Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation warning of action over dengue mosquitoes breeding in her home. The notice overlaps Malishka's widely-watched online video mocking potholes and traffic in Mumbai and many believe it's no coincidence.

Praja Foundation, an NGO and a watchdog of civic affairs today said dengue cases have seen a massive rise of 265 per cent in Mumbai in the last five years.

Mumbai: Mumbai has witnessed more deaths due to leptospirosis-related complications that to dengue in September. While two people died of dengue last month, deaths due to leptospirosis were more than three times. Leptospirosis is an infection that gets transmitted to humans when open wounds or broken skin comes in contact with water infected by ani...

Mosquito-breeding spots have been found in the apartments of five senior IAS officers in Mumbai, prompting the civic body to intensify its drive to detect and destroy sites harbouring the carriers of deadly diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya.

A Maharashtra police constable died of dengue of Friday, taking the number of deaths due to the deadly infection to 3 in Mumbai alone this year.

Former Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, was today admitted to a hospital in Mumbai.

Maharashtra government has classified dengue as a 'notified disease' which will now enable officials to enter residential premises to check for larvae breeding of the dengue causing Aedes aegypti mosquito, state Public Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant has said.

The Bombay High Court today asked the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to file a reply to a petition by June 7 on steps taken by it to tackle vector-borne and water-borne diseases including leptospirosis, H1N1, dengue, swine flu and malaria.

Doctors attending to Indrani Mukerjea--prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case--at the JJ Hospital in Mumbai today said that she has not contracted dengue.

As dengue cases continue to surge across Mumbai, industrialist Anand Mahindra has proposed a unique solution to tackle the menace.

At least 138 cases of swine flu, 412 of malaria and 73 of dengue were reported in Mumbai in the last 15 days, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Recently, Dharmendra was stepped out to promote his grandson Karan Deol's debut film Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas.

"Jha had a severe form of dengue with complications and multi-organ involvement. His kidneys and liver too were affected, requiring many specialists to take care of him."

In the 24-hour cycle since Tuesday 8.30 a.m. till Wednesday, the suburbs recorded 332 mm while the city notched 111 mm rains, the IMD said.

Vector-borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Chikungunya are on a rise.Try these superfoods that can help bolster your immunity to fight the mosquito scare this season.

RJ Malishka, a popular voice on the radio, has been served notice by Mumbai's civic body BMC or Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation warning of action over dengue mosquitoes breeding in her home. The notice overlaps Malishka's widely-watched online video mocking potholes and traffic in Mumbai and many believe it's no coincidence.

Praja Foundation, an NGO and a watchdog of civic affairs today said dengue cases have seen a massive rise of 265 per cent in Mumbai in the last five years.

Mumbai: Mumbai has witnessed more deaths due to leptospirosis-related complications that to dengue in September. While two people died of dengue last month, deaths due to leptospirosis were more than three times. Leptospirosis is an infection that gets transmitted to humans when open wounds or broken skin comes in contact with water infected by ani...

Mosquito-breeding spots have been found in the apartments of five senior IAS officers in Mumbai, prompting the civic body to intensify its drive to detect and destroy sites harbouring the carriers of deadly diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya.

A Maharashtra police constable died of dengue of Friday, taking the number of deaths due to the deadly infection to 3 in Mumbai alone this year.

Former Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, was today admitted to a hospital in Mumbai.

Maharashtra government has classified dengue as a 'notified disease' which will now enable officials to enter residential premises to check for larvae breeding of the dengue causing Aedes aegypti mosquito, state Public Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant has said.

The Bombay High Court today asked the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to file a reply to a petition by June 7 on steps taken by it to tackle vector-borne and water-borne diseases including leptospirosis, H1N1, dengue, swine flu and malaria.

Doctors attending to Indrani Mukerjea--prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case--at the JJ Hospital in Mumbai today said that she has not contracted dengue.