Today, the health sector has seen amusing yet frightening developments. Let’s take a glance at a few of them.
Written by Abeer Athar |Published : July 7, 2025 8:53 PM IST
Top Headlines of The Day: The health sector today saw some serious to some magnificent developments, the health news about diseases topped the charts, whereas some key developments continued to remain the highlights.
Kerala is currently dealing with a surge of Nipah virus cases, not being the first time. The scenario has now become monotonous, but the severity remains alarming due to the unavailability of vaccines. The Andhra Pradesh Government enters a new era of public administration as it integrates AI into governance to tackle one of the serious health issues. Moreover, internationally, the United States records an unprecedented number of cases of measles- the highest ever. The state of Telangana has issued a new advisory to tackle monsoon-related illnesses. On the other hand, a new study has highlighted the grave concern of childhood cancer survivors and their potential to develop severe disease, if ever infected by the coronavirus.
Nipah Virus Cases On The Rise In Kerala – State On High Alert
Kerala has recently recorded two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in Malappuram district as of Friday last week, which was July 4 2025. This is not the very first appearance of the virus, but the state is open to seeing a resurgence of the virus on a recurrent basis every year, considering the past couple of years.
By far, the country has recorded seven outbreaks of the virus since it was first discovered in 2001.
But the hotspot of the virus outbreak has taken a new shift since 2018, as now it constantly appears in Kerala, unlike previous years when West Bengal was the site of the outbreak. The origin of the virus is found to be fruit bats, which can infect any person who comes into contact with the infected animals or fruits.
The officials of Kerala’s Health Department have sounded the alert in three of the districts of Kerala, naming Kozhikode, Malappuram and Palakkad and have put 425 people on the contact list of both infected people combined
AI In Public Health Administration- Andhra Pradesh Breaks New Pathways
The functioning of AI has taken a new turn, with the recent development in Hyderabad, where AI has been deployed in governance. The government of Andhra Pradesh is all prepared to launch an innovative tech-based mosquito control programme that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the core of its functioning.
The state of Andhra Pradesh is now launching a project that aims to curb the mosquito challenge that emerges during monsoons, and what is different about it is that it uses artificial intelligence in the core of its functions. In the course of action, the government aim to launch the pilot, called the Smart Mosquito Surveillance System (SMoSS), in 66 locations across six municipal corporations Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Kakinada, Rajamahendravaram, Nellore, and Kurnool.
The system aims to help track down and control the population of mosquitoes more efficiently and safely, said P Sampath Kumar, director of municipal administration.
The United States Witnesses An Unprecedented Rise in Measles Cases
The United States have been dealing with a pandemic of unprecedented cases of measles as with far there have been at least 1,277 confirmed cases of measles that have been reported in the United States since the beginning of the year.
As per the data provided by the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Outbreak Response Innovation.
The US is just halfway through the year, and the total tally of cases has already surpassed the last record from 2019, when there were a total of 1,274 cases.
According to the experts, this year’s cases are extremely underestimated and undercounted because many of the cases are going off the record and not being reported. Till now, three people have died because of measles; all of them were vaccinated.
With The Onset Of Monsoon, Health Officials Issued a Health Advisory In Telangana
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning of light to moderate rainfall across the state of Telangana for the next week and has issued an intense rainfall alert for the coming next two days. The Health Department of the state has issued a public advisory, asking citizens to make sure to follow all the preventive measures against a likely surge in seasonal illnesses that is expected to be promoted by the onset of monsoon.
The advisory was issued by B. Ravinder Nayak, director of Public Health and Family Welfare, on Sunday, and it underlines the increased risk of vector-borne, water-borne and airborne diseases during the time of monsoon. The increased humidity and lower temperatures, which are the weather highlights of this season can prompt the development of conditions that are conducive to illnesses such as dengue, malaria and viral fever.
Adults With Childhood Cancer History At Risk Of Severe COVID-19 Related Diseases
With the pathbreaking developments in medical science and technology, the scope of curing cancer has increased, with more children surviving the deadly disease
But even after a long time after the treatment, the side effects may come back. In one of the recent studies, researchers have looked into how adult childhood cancer survivors in Sweden and Denmark were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the study made by the Karolinska Institute. It required the participation of over 13,000 people who had previously been diagnosed with cancer before they hit their 20s or who were at least 20 years old when the pandemic had initially hit. They were studied in contrast with both siblings and randomly selected individuals from the group of people of the same gender and year of birth. The results were amusing as it was revealed that the children who survived had a lower risk of contracting COVID-19, but what shocked later was that 58 per cent of them were more likely to develop inside l disease if they did become infected.
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