Hyderabad: With the onset of the dengue season, health authorities have placed Hyderabad on alert, warning that changing mosquito breeding patterns and erratic monsoon conditions are turning dengue into a year-round public health concern.Officials said intermittent rainfall followed by dry spells is creating ideal breeding conditions for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in clean stagnant water. Unlike…
Brazil is dealing with one of its worst dengue fever outbreaks in years, and scientists are trying something unusual to bring the numbers down. Instead of just relying on vaccines and mosquito spray, health teams are releasing genetically modified mosquitoes into several cities, hoping these lab-bred insects will help shrink the population of disease-spreading mosquitoes…
Sanitation workers conduct fogging exercise in Sector 58 Noida: The Noida Authority has launched a month-long fogging and anti-larval drive across the city to curb mosquito breeding and prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases during the monsoon.Four Tata Ace vehicles equipped with fogging machines and anti-larval spray have been deployed across residential sectors and villages.Kapil…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad’s dengue problem is no longer waiting for the rains. It is breeding quietly in the city’s nights.Two new research papers by scientists from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Ahmedabad University (AU) have found that rising night-time temperatures, persistent humidity and rapid mosquito breeding cycles are turning the city into an increasingly efficient…
