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Who you gonna call? State has only 2 mosquito-busters

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
"Vector control is impossible in Gujarat without entomologists ," said a senior state health department official."All that we have achieved till date against Japanese encephalitis, filariasis and other such mosquito-borne diseases is the result of efforts aimed at killing mosquitoes." ... "The vector control programme is to be viewed by qualified experts."....

Here are some important facts about dengue and chikungunya

Edit Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2016
With these vector-borne diseases, characterised by high fever and severe pain in the joints, taking their toll on our lives, experts have listed down some of ... While symptoms of chikungunya include joint pain and muscle pain, and can closely mimic rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatologic diseases, the vector-borne disease cannot deform your joints....

JE toll 56

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
With the death of two more children, the toll in Japanese Encephalitis outbreak on Monday mounted to 56 in over a month in Odisha’s tribal-dominated Malkangiri district ... Unconfirmed reports, however, put the toll at 59 due to the vector-borne disease which has affected around 99 villages spread over six blocks in the district....

CM should resign over health crisis, says BJP

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay on Monday demanded Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation from the posts of Chief Minister and national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleging government mismanagement in the vector-borne outbreak and accusations of financial irregularities by Bijwsan MLA Colonel Devender Sehrawat ... Kejriwal’s absence as the Capital reeled under the health crisis....

Civic body to clean unoccupied plots to reduce health risk

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
Chennai Corporation is all set to clear garbage accumulated in unoccupied plots in the city as part of being monsoon-ready ... The owners were also asked to construct wells and install rainwater harvesting facilities to control mosquito breeding ... With the rising cases in vector borne diseases in the suburbs, the civic body is in a scramble to clear the debris and garbage for all plots....

No new JE cases, but admin on toes

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
"The fact that no case of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), which includes JE virus and many other viruses causing encephalitis, were reported for the past two days despite mapping of the entire Malkangiri district shows the disease has come under total control though unfortunately two already affected children died," Dr Madan Pradhan, nodal officer for national vector borne diseases control programme (NVBDCP), said....

Surgery helps filariasis patients live normal life

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
When Mariam (name changed) from Fort Kochi first suffered from aspell of high fever, shivering and loss of appetite, she was eight-years-old.Few months later, her right leg below the knee started swelling and soon it weighed almost 20 kg more than the normal weight ... Hence, it is not promoted in the government sector," said Dr V Meenakshi, deputy director, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) ... From around the web....

SETI Institute Scientists Head to the 48th Annual DPS Meeting (SETI Institute)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
The following is a list of posters and presentations by SETI Institute scientists attending the DPS meeting in Pasadena, CA, October 16-21, 2016 ... Tightening the Constraints on Ring Age ... Before images from the Cassini spacecraft can be analyzed, errors in the published pointing information (up to ~110 pixels for the Imaging Science Subsystem Narrow Angle Camera) must be corrected so that the line of sight vector for each pixel is known....

Vector Network News for the week ending 16 October 2016 (Vector Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
Vector Limited published this content on 16 October 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

Neighborhood?Treatments Scheduled in San Gabriel Valley to Control Invasive Aedes Mosquitoes (San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
In an ongoing effort to control Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquitoes) the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District will conduct truck-mounted fogging in the early morning on Thursday October 20, 2016 in a small area of Rosemead ... San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District published this content on 17 October 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

Space startups team up in $60 million launch deal

Edit Business Journal 17 Oct 2016
York Space Systems will be the first payload aboard a rocket made by Tucson-based Vector Space Systems, a company founded by veterans of SpaceX and other space businesses and that’s developing small, affordable rockets for the growing market of small satellites. The launch contract with Vector covers six launches between 2019… ... ....

Cops attacked, councillor chased in dengue protest

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016
Irate locals protesting against the Howrah Municipal Corporation's apathy to deal with the dengue and malaria menace on Sunday attacked police with brickbats and forced a ruling party councillor to beat a hasty retreat. Vector-borne diseases have claimed nine lives in HMC areas this year and about 200 people have been hospitalized ... This place has witnessed two deaths in the past week due to vector-borne diseases ... From around the web....

Delhi runs rife with epidemic; over 7,000 chikungunya cases, over 3,000 of dengue

Edit Deccan Chronicle 17 Oct 2016
Over 6,700 cases were reported in the city till October 8, according to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) which tabulates the data for vector-borne disease cases in the national capital on behalf of all the civic bodies here ... Dengue cases on the other hand, continued to taper, with 3,009 people being afflicted by the vector-borne disease this season till October 15....
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