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Health Ministry probes medical negligence in infant's treatment

The child was taken to the doctor five times in the last three weeks for high fever; every time they say it's a normal and send them home without any testing.

India's Serum looks beyond COVID with new vaccines

The ancient mosquito-borne disease still kills more than half a million people, mainly young children in sub-Saharan Africa, every year.

Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak

Entomologists and epidemiologists say rising temperatures and longer monsoon seasons are providing ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes.

Argentina battles major dengue outbreak with atomic radiation

Similar techniques to sterilize pests using the same radiation found in X-rays have been utilised for decades, helping global efforts to control diseases.