Kyasanur Forest Disease

Kyasanur Forest Disease vaccine to be available in 2026, says Dinesh Gundu Rao

The Karnataka Health Minister said vaccine has reportedly shown promise in the first phase of trials

16 October 2024, 15:33 IST

Kyasanur Forest Disease vaccine to be available in 2026, says Dinesh Gundu Rao

16 October 2024, 15:33 IST

First monkey fever case reported in Udupi

The DHO said awareness is being created among residents near the fringes of the forest in the Western Ghats.

25 February 2024, 00:03 IST

First monkey fever case reported in Udupi

25 February 2024, 00:03 IST

Lack of lab accreditation affects state’s KFD surveillance

As per the Centre’s Department of Biotechnology, KFD is categorised as a risk group-3 virus, which requires a sophisticated BSL-3 lab to handle live virus samples.

25 September 2023, 02:44 IST

Lack of lab accreditation affects state’s KFD surveillance

25 September 2023, 02:44 IST

Plantation worker tests positive for KFD in Karnataka

The plantation worker had gone to work in Jogimakki in Koppa taluk and had developed fever and tiredness

24 January 2023, 19:35 IST

Plantation worker tests positive for KFD in Karnataka

24 January 2023, 19:35 IST

2 KFD cases surface in Shivamogga district

17 August 2021, 07:06 IST

2 KFD cases surface in Shivamogga district

17 August 2021, 07:06 IST

Stage for crisis? Flood of approvals by wildlife board

During the nation-wide lockdown, most government departments, barring the essential services, had deferred taking decisions on issues of public interest. But this nation-wide inactivity has seemingly come as a shot in the arm for the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), which used this opportunity to bypass public opinion and surreptitiously approve some long-pending ‘developmental’ projects inside the protected areas of the country.

05 June 2020, 18:10 IST

Flood of approvals by wildlife board sets the stage for a crisis

Stage for crisis? Flood of approvals by wildlife board

05 June 2020, 18:10 IST

Testing of domestic, wild animals demanded

As the number of patients with Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) rise in the Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru and Uttara Kannada, officials have urged the government to take up widespread testing of both wild and domestic animals to map the the spread of the disease.

24 April 2020, 17:24 IST

Testing of domestic, wild animals demanded

24 April 2020, 17:24 IST

3 more test positive for KFD in Uttara Kannada district

Three more people in Siddapur taluk tested positive for Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) on Tuesday. Two men and a woman are confirmed to have contracted the disease.

22 April 2020, 16:39 IST

3 more test positive for KFD in Uttara Kannada district

22 April 2020, 16:39 IST

Govt partners with Art of Living to revive water bodies

The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) department on Thursday inked an agreement with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living to rejuvenate water sources and improve groundwater recharge in nine districts.

16 April 2020, 16:24 IST

Govt partners with Art of Living to revive water bodies

16 April 2020, 16:24 IST

31 people diagnosed with KFD in Siddapur

The number of people suffering from Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in the taluk has gone up to 31 with four more people testing positive on Sunday.

13 April 2020, 16:20 IST

31 people diagnosed with KFD in Siddapur

13 April 2020, 16:20 IST