Researchers in Australia find way to block mosquitoes from infecting humans with dengue   Experts concerned with and researching Dengue and methods for its elimination are excited about news that researchers in Australia may have found a way to block mosquitoes from infecting humans with dengue fever. Although the full details are not known, the initial reports mention that the new technique has succeeded in infecting the mosquito carrier with bacteria that seems to stop the dengue virus from migrating to the parasite’s saliva glands. This prevents it from passing it to humans. The... 

Dengue Fever is still the major health concern in Munger, where unofficial reports put the death toll at 32. Official figures  say six people have died and 1056 others taken ill due to an outbreak of dengue. The municipal authorities are carrying out cleanliness drive and insecticide fogging areas in suspected to be mosquito larvae breeding grounds, district malaria officer Ataul Rahman said. Ramesh Kumar, a resident of Munger’s Kharagpur block, said that his grandmother and younger aunt had to be transported to Patna a fortnight ago for treatment of suspected as they had no other... 

A TEAM BIHARDAYS FEATURE Superstition, not science raises its head in dengue struck Bihar As the dengue death toll rises, the people of Begusarai and Munger are seeking divine intervention, say media sources. One report says that In Munger and Begusarai districts, which are the worst hit, many have come to believe that dengue is a curse from the gods. ‘The district administration, particularly health officials and the municipal body, has failed to check the spread of dengue,’  Manish Singh, the relative of a dengue patient in Munger who is undergoing treatment at a private... 

TEAM BIHARDAYS Official sources admitted that six people have died so far due to the outbreak of dengue in Munger district of Bihar, while 518 others have tested positive. Unofficial sources have claimed that the number of casualties due to suspected mosquito-bred fever stands at 27. As many as 518 out of 1361 people diagnosed for symptoms of the dengue fever have tested positive, it is learnt.  Hospital authorities are constrained in providing specialised treatment to the affected because kits for transfusing platelets to patients are not available, civil surgeon Mukesh Kumar complained.... 

Patna: Bihar Days has been reporting it all along, there is a very real threat of Dengue in Bihar. True, it hasn’t reached epidemic proportions, yet. But the indications are worrying. A source from Munger told us over the phone that there was a shutdoen for half a day in protest against a seuspected Dengue Death in the Sadar Hospital area.� Finally, the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar�has �said that an alert has been sounded across Bihar in the wake of a spurt in the cases of dengue and swine flu.� �”We have alerted the authorities in the districts to take all preventive steps... 

Patna: �Mosquito fear, Dengue is here. It�s officially confirmed. A dozen dengue cases have been detected in the past few weeks. �Meanwhile the health department has issued a directive stating that there�s �no need to panic as orders have been given to take urgent measures and treat dengue patients. On August 30, one Subodh Kumar of Hemra village in Begusarai district was admitted to Rajeshwar Hospital. He died two hours later. A private pathology lab �confirmed that Subodh had �the dengue virus. Rajeshwar Hospital medical superintendent Abhijit Singh claimed that� Subodh Kumar was the first...