Kampala, July 6 (IANS) Uganda has contained the spread of Ebola nearly two months after the outbreak was declared following the importation of cases from the neighbouring Congo, a senior health official said.Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X that the outbreak had been contained through the treatment of all imported confirmed cases and those they infected, the tracing and quarantine of contacts, and the provision of th…
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Jaipur, June 14 (IANS) It’s been over a month since five women died in Rajasthan’s Kota after undergoing surgical challenges during pregnancy. What killed these five women and what triggered recent cases of acute kidney injury, multi-organ failure, and even blindness among new mothers in another Rajasthan city, Bikaner, is now a million-dollar question. Weeks after two separate but strikingly similar healthcare crises rocked the state government hospitals, authorities are still searching for ans…
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) The detection of two suspected Nipah virus cases in West Bengal has put health authorities on alert, prompting the Centre to deploy a National Joint Outbreak Response Team to support containment and public health measures.Doctors said that the Nipah virus is rare, unpredictable and can be deadly.On Wednesday, they said that awareness and early action are crucial to prevent its spread.Dr Rakesh Pandit said Nipah virus is a zoonotic disease, meaning it can spread from animal…