While dengue cases are coming down in Chennai, districts are suffering its sting. In an attempt to bring the rapidly increasing dengue cases under control and treat patients effectively in the distri­

Following the sudden spurt of dengue cases in southern districts, the director of public health, Porkaipandiya conducted inspections before reassuring people there was no need to panic and that the st

Malaria and dengue are unpleasant enough individually. However, it’s their joint force that is fearful. Experts say a higher number of malaria and dengue co-infection cases have been noticed in the c

Cases of malaria, dengue and leptospirosis are on the rise in the city with the monsoon bringing with it a spate of fevers and infections, say city doctors.

The monsoon is also the busiest time of t

The mosquitoes are back in full-form, bringing with them vector-borne diseases. While dengue has turned out to be the deadliest of the season—two children have already succumbed to the disease in the

The city has reported 16 suspected dengue deaths in the past one month. Hospitals are seeing an increase in the number of viral infections and dengue cases. The unhygienic state of the city as garbage

A one-and-a half-year-old boy in Villivakkam succumbed to dengue at a private hospital here late on Thursday night.

The child, Nitish, had developed multiple organ failure and started bleeding after

The burden of infectious disease is increasing rapidly and the incidence of two of the most common infectious diseases in the monsoon season — malaria and dengue — is very high among the young, accord

The BBMP continues to deny that there is a serious dengue outbreak in the city and has gone to the extent of threatening to file a complaint against the doctor who has given a report confirming that t

According to the State Health and Family Welfare Department, the State has recorded 10 deaths and 1,191 dengue positive cases in seven months (January-July 2012) as against five deaths and 405 positiv