Days after flood threw life out of gear in Bihar, Dengue is now gripping the state with 1400 cases being already registered in the hospitals. There is a sharp increase in over 1,000 cases in Patna alone in the past five days as the state is battling with the deadly disease after the deadly calamity.

It's time when India comes under a severe health threat every year. Vector-borne disease Dengue grips the nation during the time and peaks during the monsoon when environmental conditions favour the breeding of mosquitoes.

Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Vipin Parmar believes that the dengue spreading mosquito is finding its way to the towns from the jungles.

In a shocking revelation by municipality, close to 60 malaria cases have been reported in Delhi, August. Now, the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease has risen to 146. As per record of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), two cases of malaria were reported in February, one each in April and March, 17 in May, 25 in June, 42 in July and 58 till August 25

Sri Lankan health authorities on Friday said 41 people had died and over 36,000 were infected by dengue across the island nation this year.

Actress Kajol's "Helicopter Eela" has been pushed to October as director Pradeep Sarkar has been hospitalised due to dengue.

The number of people suffering from dengue in Sri Lanka has increased to over 34,000 so far this year, with Colombo reporting the highest number of infected patients, official statistics revealed on Monday.

The West Bengal government on Friday asked people not to panic over the Dengue outbreak, saying only a few cases of the vector-borne disease have been detected.

The monsoon season comes with dreadful infections like dengue, malaria, cold, flu which are life-threatening illness. And, the most dangerous is the dengue fever which is a mosquito-borne viral infection. For past few years, the cases of dengue have increased considerably, challenging the health care sectors of the country.

Close to 550 dengue cases were reported in Himachal Pradesh, largely in Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda's hometown Bilaspur, officials said on Wednesday.