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Flood-hit Kerala now battles 'rat fever': All you need to know about leptospirosis
Kavyan • 7 years agoThis potentially fatal infection spreads through contact with urine or faeces from an infected animal
Kerala, After The Flood: State cancels govt-sponsored events for a year, funds to be utilised for rehabilitation work
• 7 years agoThe amounts earmarked for these celebrations in Kerala would have to be transferred to the Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF), it said.
Kerala, After The Flood: More than 12 people die, 200 affected by fast-spreading 'rat fever' in flood-hit state
• 7 years agoKerala is battling an outbreak of a bacterial disease that authorities suspect has killed dozens of people since mid-August after the worst flooding in a century.
Kerala floods: Woman dies of rat fever in Kozhikode, 15th person to succumb to the disease after deluge
Ians • 7 years agoTill Sunday, 40 cases of leptospirosis or rat fever were reported in flood-hit Kerala — Kozhikode reported 28 cases and the rest were from Alappuzha, Thrissur and Pathanamthitta.
Kerala, After The Flood: Piling waste raises risks to health, environment; management by local bodies is need of hour
Tkdevasia • 7 years agoKerala already faces health hazards caused directly by the flood, but the situation will worsen if the wastes lie piled up for too long without management.
Kerala: Apart from Nipah, other diseases like dengue are returning to state due to an anti-science approach
Rejimon K • 7 years agoLack of social hygiene and an anti-science attitude among people is bringing back several infectious diseases that were eradicated decades ago in Kerala.