“Nearly 65 divisions within Chennai corporation have reported cases of mosquito-borne dengue since January 2012, with Kodambakkam being the worst affected zone,” said Dr P. Guhanantham, health officer

“Nearly 65 divisions within Chennai corporation have reported cases of mosquito-borne dengue since January 2012, with Kodambakkam being the worst affected zone,” said Dr P. Guhanantham, health officer

As many as 500 medical, nursing and pharmacy students from Madras Medical College formed a human chain on Tuesday to spread awareness about dengue and its prevention.

“Placards depicting prevention

With panic over dengue spreading to the city from the southern districts, Chennai corporation as part of its preventive measures has planned to distribute pamphlets in schools and create awareness on

Even as the state recorded alarming number of dengue related deaths in Tirunelveli and other southern districts, Chennai corporation on Thursday denied any dengue death in Chennai and maintained that

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa appealed to the people not to panic in the wake of outbreak of dengue fever in the southern districts and announced that initiatives to contain spread of the fever have

District medical officer Dr R. Sudhakaran said on Friday that there was no cause for alarm due to diseases in the district including contagious ones.

He asked residents to keep their surroundings cl

Dengue cases in the capital are nearing the 1,000 mark despite some signs of decline in recent days. In the past 24 hours, a total of 16 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever in different hospi

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday permitted authorities in Pakistan's Punjab province to import 5,000 bottles of an infusion from India to counter a dengue outbreak that has claimed scores

The dengue outbreak in Delhi notwithstanding, Australia's high commissioner to India Peter Varghese has said that his country would be sending its biggest ever contingent to the Commonwealth Games nex