In the wake of Nipah infection rise, State Health Minister Veena George said that the virus strain seen in Kerala was the Bangladesh variant that spreads from human to human and has a high mortality rate, though it is less infectious. The Health Minister on Tuesday confirmed that the two people died at a private […]
Health official with samples collected from an isolation ward set up for Nipah cases to be sent to Virology Institutes in Pune and Alappuzha. (Jipson Sikhera) Nipah virus infection has resurfaced in Kozhikode district for the third time in the past five years, with tests conducted at the National Institute of Virology, Pune confirming it […]
Apple popularized the smartwatch, just as it did with the smartphone when it released the Apple watch in 2015. But it wasn’t the first – IBM released the WatchPad, which ran on a cut-down version of the Linux operating system way back in 2001. And who remembers the Pebble? Funded via a Kickstarter campaign in […]
NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters) – India’s southern state of Kerala shut some schools, offices and public transport on Wednesday in a race to stop the spread of the rare and deadly Nipah virus, which has killed two people. An adult and a child were still infected in hospital, and more than 130 people have […]
KOZHIKODE: Critical care specialist Dr A S Anoop Kumar, who was the first to notice strange symptoms in one of the patients admitted to a private hospital in 2018 that led to the identification of the first outbreak of Nipah in Kerala, was instrumental in identifying the latest outbreak of Nipah in state.Dr Kumar– director, […]
BySanskriti Falor Sep 13, 2023 11:12 AM IST Share Via Copy Link The Kerala government strengthened measures to prevent and contain the spread of the Nipah virus. The Kerala government said in the assembly on Wednesday that the brain-damaging Nipah virus, which has killed two people out of four infected, was a strain of the […]
A new study has found that people over 60 with untreated high blood pressure have a greatly increased risk of developing dementia compared to those who take blood pressure medication. The findings suggest that maintaining treatment for high blood pressure throughout later life is important for dementia prevention. The link between hypertension, or high blood […]
After a summer of decreased donor turnout, the American Red Cross is experiencing a national blood shortage. According to a release from the organization, fewer donors than needed gave this summer, drawing down the national blood supply and reducing distributions of some of the most needed blood types to hospitals. Hurricane Idalia further strained the […]
Nipah Virus: Four Nipah infections have been confirmed in Kerala Thiruvananthapuram: Teams from National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune would arrive in Kerala during the day to set up a mobile lab at Kozhikode Medical College to test for Nipah and carry out survey of bats, the state government said in the assembly today. The […]
