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Air pollution is a major concern as it poses a threat to both nature and human health. The World Health Organization estimates that millions of premat

Mumbai News: Dr Girish Rajadhyaksha said being infected by all three monsoon ailments, dengue, malaria and leptospirosis, is an extremely rare occurrence.

As per city doctors, while cases of leptospirosis are relatively less now, dengue and malaria are surging. BMC statistics released on Tuesday showed a rise in both malaria and dengue cases in August. There were 959 reported cases of malaria, an increase from 721 in July and 676 in June. Similarly, dengue cases rose to 742, from 685 in July and 353 in June. Leptospirosis cases have dropped from 413 in July to 265 in August.

In a rare case, doctors at the civic-run BYL Nair Hospital recently treated a 14-year-old boy from Kurla who was simultaneously infected with all thr

An Indian drug firm has promised an Omicron-specific vaccine that it says is “safe, tolerable and immunogenic”. The move comes as the new variant spreads across the country, where millions of people…

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Maharashtra Covid Task Force member Dr Shashank Joshi has said the third wave has started in Mumbai.

Senior health officials from the civic health department said hospitals always see a rise in patients suffering from viral infection and stomach ailments when the temperature fluctuates.

The rise of a rare COVID-19 complication known as “black fungus” adds to India’s misery in the pandemic Earlier this month, as the coronavirus was rampaging through India’s populous cities and rural communities, medical professionals in hospitals began warning of an alarming epidemic of deadly fungal infections— Mucormycosis (a disease caused by saprophytic fungi that gets its nourishment from dead or decaying organic material) and given the title “black fungus.” Many of those a...

endIndex: In early May, doctors in India began raising the alarm about a rise in mucormycosis — a rare and potentially deadly infection also known as black fungus. (FILE PHOTO) (CNN) — In early May, doctors in India began raising the alarm about a rise in mucormycosis — a rare and potentially deadly infection also known as black fungus. Many of those being infected are coronavirus patients, or those who have recently recovered from Covid-19, whose immune systems have been weakened by t...