Communicable Diseases

West Nile fever in Kerala: Precautions, causes, symptoms, treatment and more

May 09, 2024

West Nile fever in Kerala: Precautions, causes, symptoms, treatment and more

Within 14 days of being bitten by an infected mosquito, a person can develop fever, body aches, fatigue, headache and joint pains.

March 27, 2024
Summer diseases: How to stay away from chickenpox?

Chickenpox is an infectious disease caused by the virus Varicella Zoster.
March 14, 2024
Summer heat: How to keep diseases at bay

Exposure to sunlight can cause skin diseases as the ultraviolet rays can trigger itchiness and dryness of the skin.
September 14, 2023
Mobile Nipah testing lab from Pune arrives in Kozhikode

The mobile lab will help quicken the diagnosis as the result can be finalised in the lab itself
March 12, 2023
Over a dozen H3N2 and H1N1 flu cases reported from across Kerala

In Kerala, facilities to conduct the tests to confirm the disease are currently available only at the National Institute of Virology in Alappuzha.
September 19, 2022
Truenat, the revolutionary point-of-care diagnostics platform that saves time

The platform is validated and recommended by the ICMR and has been adopted by the Indian National Tuberculosis Elimination Program.
July 09, 2022
Tomato fever spreads among children in Kerala, watch out for these symptoms

This viral disease mostly affects children under the age of five.

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