Elephant dung is selling like hot cake at the famous annual cattle fair here for use as a mosquito repellent and also as fuel. The high demand for elephant dung as a mosquito repellent has made it much sought after at this cattle fair, about 35 km from Bihar capital Patna. "We are selling elephant dung; it is in high demand," Arvind Kumar Singh, owner of an elephant told IANS here.
More than 70,000 cases have been recorded across the country this year.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/chikungunya-hits-karnataka-kerala-delhi-at-risk/73869-3.html
Dengue is a disease that creeps up every year around the monsoons.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/dirty-aiims-breeding-ground-for-dengue-virus/68674-3.html
Malaria kills over a million people around the world each year.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/malaria-epidemic-likely-due-to-climate-change/63933-17.html
Most of the afflicted are from Bangalore city itself.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-people-dead-as-dengue-strikes-bangalore/47229-3.html
There has been an increase in the mosquito-related diseases in Mumbai after the monsoons.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mumbai-bogged-down-by-diseases-post-monsoon/45108-17.html
Frogs are the top talking point at all health meetings in the Capital.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/delhi-on-frog-hunt-to-curb-mosquito-menace/43910-11.html
The delhi goverenment is planning to ship in more frogs to control the increasing mosquito count.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/govts-dengue-solution-feed-mosquitoes-to-frogs/43894-17.html
Delhi government plans on shipping frogs from UP and Haryana, to control mosquito count.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gov-solution-to-dengue-feed-mosquitoes-to-frogs/43892-3.html
Monsoons in Kerala have brought a host of mosquito-borne diseases.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rains-have-kerala-on-disease-alert/42119-3.html
A summer picnic sandwich selling like hot cakes in UK claims to do everything except guarantee sunny weather.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sandwich-that-wards-off-mosquitoes/40466-13.html
Researchers have genetically-engineered a malaria-resistant mosquito that may help block the spread of malaria.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/malariaresistant-mosquito-developed/36457-17.html
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