Travel Health

4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (145+ words) U.S. Army Sgt. Jacob Smith, a combat medic with the 915th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment, 313th Hospital Center, 2nd Medical Brigade, examines a blood sample containing malaria parasites under a microscope during the Angola Medical Readiness Exercise at Hospital Militar Principal, Luanda, Angola, Sept....

4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (155+ words) Dr Hemalata Arora, internal medicine specialist at Nanavati Hospital, said, "Haemoglobin drops dramatically, alongside kidney dysfunction. In the first two days, one cannot easily distinguish between different fevers. But high-grade fever along with dehydration, nausea and vomiting calls for an…...

5+ hour, 5+ min ago   (200+ words) The National Institute of Public Health finalizes a coordinated action plan targeting larval habitats to preempt disease outbreaks before the seasonal rains escalate transmission risks. Treating these sites with biological larvicides or through environmental modification is significantly more cost-effective than…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (340+ words) Frankfurt's health authority says two residents of Schwanheim with no travel history have malaria tropica, in cases assumed linked to the airport. Two residents of a Frankfurt neighbourhood beside the airport have been diagnosed with the most dangerous form of…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (120+ words) times-standard.com Dear Doctors: I am told that magnesium is very important, and that it can help with sleep and also with anxiety. Is that true? I struggle with anxiety, and a lot of times it keeps me from falling…...

18+ hour, 17+ min ago   (167+ words) New Delhi: Delhi has recorded 121 dengue cases so far in September, taking the year’s tally to 432, while also recording the highest malaria cases, with no deaths from the disease this year, according to the MCD data. According to the Municipal…...

18+ hour, 40+ min ago   (270+ words) The Times of India Mumbai: Cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria—the deadliest strain—rose from 375 to 2,382 between 2015 and 2025 in the city, driving up its share of the total cases from 5.5% to 25.3%, shows BMC health department’s data.BMC officials attributed…...

19+ hour, 33+ min ago   (265+ words) Two people living close to Germany's Frankfurt Airport have contracted malaria, the city's Public Health Authority announced on Tuesday. It follows the identification of a total of six cases of malaria among airport staff at the end of August. The…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (913+ words) "Barely saw them all summer — and now they're everywhere." September has arrived with a welcome break from a record-shattering heat wave, bringing cooler temperatures and the feel of early autumn. But the season has also brought an unwelcome guest. Mosquitoes…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (270+ words) The medical director of El Geneina Hospital in Sudan’s West Darfur State has reported a marked increase in malaria cases in the city, saying hundreds of patients are now visiting the hospital each day seeking treatment for the disease. Dr....