Chennai: Tamil Nadu has made it mandatory for doctors and hospitals to declare snake bite cases to public health authorities through the infectious disease surveillance portal. This is to ensure the ...

Tamil Nadu news: A four-year-boy, who was bitten by a stray dog on June 27, died of suspected rabies today (August 14). The boy, Nirmal hailing from Arakkonam in Ranipet district of Tamil Nadu, was ...

Ayyapan was bitten by a dog at the construction site abut three months ago. A 31-year-old construction worker in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district has died of rabies, three months after he was bitten ...

An 18-month-old child died of a snake bite in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district as she could not reach the hospital on time due to the lack of proper roads in the area. The mother had to carry the child ...

CHENNAI: At least 22 rabies deaths and 2.42 lakh dog bite cases were registered until June this year in Tamil Nadu compared to 18 deaths and 4.41 lakh bites in 2023. The state public health records ...

Chennai: Directorate of Public Health has ordered health officials across the state to ensure round-the-clock rabies vaccinations at primary healthcare centres (PHCs) for all animal bite victims. The ...

The Tamil Nadu School Education Department has issued new guidelines to schools to help prevent children from becoming vulnerable to dog bites. The directive, circulated to all government and private ...

Chennai: The issue of dog bites leading to deaths of cattle, goats and chickens echoed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday and the government announced a compensation scheme to affected farmers ...

In 2023, two of the major government hospitals in the city – Government Stanley Medical College Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) – treated at least 5,500 to 6,000 persons ...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is facing an alarming surge in the number of rabies-related deaths and dog bites this year, with 34 human fatalities and 6.42 lakh dog bite cases reported so far, the highest ...