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The increase in number of dengue cases, ahead of the monsoon season, has put <keyword id="6354750" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="health" source="Orion">health</keyword> officials in <keyword id="6357713" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="uttar-pradesh" source="Orion">Uttar Pradesh</keyword> on alert.<br /><br />The state's Director General, Health, Vedvrata Singh said that Uttar Pradesh has the required medical infrastructure to counter the outbreak of dengue but the key to prevention was in the hands of the people.<br /><br />"There are 70 labs in the state with the facility of dengue testing at the moment and another 88 labs are being developed. Rapid Response (RR) teams have been formed at the block level who will take immediate action. Earlier such teams existed at the district level. At the same time, fever health desks have been established in every hospital," he said.<br /><br />Director, Communicable Diseases, A.K. Singh said that there is neither any medicine nor any vaccine for dengue and therefore, efforts should be made to prevent the mosquito bite.<br /><br />Even if the disease affects a person, recovery under medical supervision is possible, he noted.<br /><br /><keyword id="13953621" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="vikas-singhal" source="Orion">Vikas Singhal</keyword>, Joint Director, <keyword id="520601" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="vector-borne-diseases" source="Orion">Vector Borne Diseases</keyword> (<keyword id="313015" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="vbd" source="Orion">VBD</keyword>), said that people usually take fever lightly which costs them dearly.<br /><br />"If the fever persists, the patient should get tested for dengue. Upon diagnosis, high fluid diet should be taken along with medicines," he said, adding that patients should be saved from dehydration.<br /><br />Additional Director, Malaria Control, R.C. Pandey said that dengue can be stopped by united efforts by government, civic agencies and people.<br /><br />SEE ALSO:<br /><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/india-starts-testing-flu-patients-selectively-as-covid-numbers-plateau/articleshow/91610431.cms">India starts testing flu patients ‘selectively’ as COVID numbers plateau</a><br /><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/corbevax-price-slashed-to-250-per-dose-inclusive-of-gst/articleshow/91598556.cms">Corbevax price slashed to ₹250 per dose inclusive of GST</a><br />

Rising dengue cases in Uttar Pradesh put health officials on high alert

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clapped back at the White House on Wednesday after press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders dismissed her warning about the dire effects of climate change.</li><li>Sanders argued that the fate of the planet should be left in "the hands of something and someone much more powerful than any of us."</li><li>Ocasio-Cortez quoted the Bible in her retort, adding, "You shouldn't need a Bible to tell you to protect our planet, but it does anyway."&#xa0;</li></ul><p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quoted the Bible on Wednesday after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested the US government should leave environmental protection up to God.&#xa0;</p><p>Sanders, a devout evangelical Christian, added that the Trump administration wouldn't be taking any pointers on policy from "the freshman congresswoman."</p><p>"I don't think that we are going to listen to her on much of anything, particularly anything that we will leave into the hands of a much, much higher authority," Sanders said on Sean Hannity's Fox <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> program on Tuesday night. She argued that the country should leave the fate of the planet in "the hands of something and someone much more powerful than any of us," presumably referring to God. </p><p>Ocasio-Cortez has been outspoken about the need to mitigate the devastating predicted impacts of climate change, and is pushing an ambitious policy proposal called the Green New Deal to decarbonize the US economy and create jobs.&#xa0;</p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong><a href="https://www.thisisinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-biography-2019-1"><span>&#xa0;</span>THE TRUTH ABOUT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: The inside story of how, in just one year, Sandy the bartender became a lawmaker who triggers both parties</a></em></p><p>The 29-year-old New York Democrat, who was raised Catholic, retweeted a story about Sanders' remarks, and cited the Bible in her counter-argument.&#xa0;</p><p>"Genesis 1: God looked on the world &amp; called it good not once, not twice, but seven times. Genesis 2: God commands all people to 'serve and protect' creation," Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1088200188089565184">tweeted</a>. "Leviticus: God mandates that not only the people, but the land that sustains them, shall be respected."</p><p>She went on, "You shouldn't need a Bible to tell you to protect our planet, but it does anyway."<a href="https://www.thisisinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-biography-2019-1"></a></p><p>A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/climate/americans-global-warming-poll.html">recent survey</a> found that 73% of Americans understand that global warming is occurring - a ten percentage point increase from three years ago. And 72% of those polled said climate change is personally important to them.</p><p>&#xa0;</p><div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-airline-shuttle-transportation-pan-am-eastern-new-york-2019-1">The rise and fall of Donald Trump's $365 million airline</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quotes the Bible after Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she should leave climate change up to God

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>BJ Penn, a former UFC welterweight champion, appears to have been in a brutal bar fight Tuesday, as shown by <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/28/bj-penn-bar-fight-hawaii-video/">TMZ</a> footage.</li><li>Penn can be seen punching a man in the head as he mounted him on the floor, while a second video showed the 40-year-old fighter being knocked out after being punched in the face.</li><li>An acquaintance of Penn said the man seen in the footage was "following [Penn] around and trying to bait him into a fight."</li><li>The incident comes two weeks after TMZ footage showed another UFC star Conor McGregor appearing to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/15/conor-mcgregor-irish-pub-old-man-punch-whiskey-dispute/">punch a man in a Dublin pub.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>Another MMA star was involved in a brutal bar fight Tuesday, two weeks after footage from TMZ appeared to show Conor McGregor punching an older man in a Dublin pub.</p><p>BJ Penn, the former UFC welterweight champion, was seen on video in a violent brawl at the Lava Shack bar in Pahoa, Hawaii.</p><p><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/28/bj-penn-bar-fight-hawaii-video/">TMZ released footage</a> that seems to show the 40-year-old on top of another man, punching him in the side and back of the head.</p><p>A second video was then released, which may have occured before the original, and appears to show Penn being dropped to the floor by a strong punch from the same man.</p><p><strong>Watch the original video here:</strong></p><p><strong>And the second video here:</strong></p><p>TMZ report that a close friend of Penn said the fight occured because the topless man seen in the videos was "following [Penn] around and trying to bait him into a fight."</p><p>A later statement made by a representative of Penn, from TMZ, reads: "Upon meeting friends for a concert at the Lava Shack, words were exchanged between BJ and the acquaintance. From witness accounts, BJ tried multiple times to diffuse the situation, but was hit repeatedly and knocked to the ground, as seen on the video."</p><p>"When he got back up he was disoriented, yet realized how serious the situation and threat was and felt there was a need to defend himself. We are thankful that BJ nor the acquaintance were not seriously injured."</p><p>Business Insider contacted the UFC for comment but is yet to receive a reply.</p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.sg/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-sexual-assault-was-somebody-else-2019-8/">Dana White says Conor McGregor told him the sexual assault he has been accused of was 'somebody else'</a></em></p><p>Penn's bar brawl comes two weeks after TMZ released footage of fellow mixed martial artist Conor McGregor appearing to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/15/conor-mcgregor-irish-pub-old-man-punch-whiskey-dispute/">punch an older man in the face at a Dublin pub.</a></p><p>The incident involving McGregor is reported by Irish media to have happened at the Marble Arch pub in Dublin on April 6, however the footage wasn't released until recently.</p><p>McGregor has since apologised, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTSgPzmehQM">saying on ESPN</a>: "In reality it doesn't matter what happened there. I was in the wrong.</p><p>"That man deserved to enjoy his time in the pub without having it to end the way it did. And although five months ago it was, I tried to make amends, but still, it does not matter. I was in the wrong."</p><div></div><div></div>

Another MMA star was involved in a brutal bar fight just 2 weeks after a video appeared to show Conor McGregor punch a man in a Dublin pub

<br /><ul><li>Vector-borne diseases — including malaria, dengue and chikungunya — cost India nearly $3 billion to $4 billion every year.</li><li>The impact of such diseases could increase the burden on a recessionary economy if essential actions like individual protection measures are not taken into consideration.</li><li>The importance of essential measures like wearing clothes that minimise skin exposure, and using mosquito repellents is all the more important with authorities already being stretched thin.</li></ul>Vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya aren’t cheap for India. They carry a socio-economic burden of $3 billion to $4 billion every year for India, according to a study by the World Health Organisation (WHO).<br /><br /><div type="twitter" handle="BiIndia" handlename="Business Insider India🇮🇳" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1232926719016718336/sfffJHNV_normal.jpg" favoritecount="42" retweetcount="10" status="#StopTheSpread | @thrive_india’s @docmranney speaks to @sunilkat, CEO India &amp; SAARC, @GodrejGroup, @PATHtweets'… https://t.co/8R3RWd6YsK" createdat="1591691390000" id="1270271874505699329"></div><br />“Post-COVID, what it does to a recessionary economy that’s slowing down, nobody can predict,” said Sunil Kataria, CEO of Godrej Consumers Products in India, during the ‘Stop the Spread’ panel with Business Insider India.<br /><br />    <div type="image" title="Malaria3_edited" msid="76436839" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A man sleeps inside an auto-rickshaw covering with a mosquito net in Kurla&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br />However, with the coronavirus pandemic taking hold in India, vector-borne diseases aren’t on top of people’s list of concerns. “Every fever is not necessarily coronavirus. People need to understand, that particularly now, the seasonality of vector-borne diseases, that there are other things to be wary of,” said Marcus Ranney of Thrive Global India.<br /><br />This is highlighted by a poll that First Moms Club conducted to find that 95% of mothers are only thinking about the coronavirus — not vector-borne diseases. “This is not a topic that’s come up, which used to come up till last year around this time,” said Ruchita Dar Shah, the Founder and CEO of First Moms Club.<br /><br />    <div type="image" title="Malaria6_edited" msid="76436845" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Mosquito repellent used in houses&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br />With the authorities already stretched thin, not taking the necessary steps to prevent diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya could stress the economy even further. Essential actions like wearing clothes that minimise skin exposure — especially during the day — using <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Goodknight-Gold-Flash-Mosquito-Repellent/dp/B07YX8XV5S/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Good+Knight&amp;qid=1592285181&amp;sr=8-4">mosquito repellents</a>, household aerosol products, mosquito coils can reduce the risk.<br /><br /><strong>Vector-borne diseases were already increasing before coronavirus<br /></strong>Dengue has affected more than two lakh people in 2019. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s estimates show that 25 states and union territories (UTs) across India have reported an increase in the number of dengue cases from 2018 to 2019.<br /><br />    <div type="image" title="Malaria2_edited" msid="76436858" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Employees of BMCC perform an anti-malaria fumigation drive inside a slum in Kalina, Mumbai &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br />“Since late 2019 the cases of dengue started increasing,” said Kaushik Sarkar, the India technical lead for Malaria No More. Data provided by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) shows that the total number of combined dengue, malaria and chikungunya cases in 2019 came up to 487,730.<br /><br />“This year, malaria interventions have been pushed back, because of the lockdown and other measures that have prevented mass level interventions,” said Sarkar citing that there is every potential for a “large upsurge of cases” of malaria and dengue this year if <a href="https://www.amazon.in/HIT-Spray-Flying-Insect-Killer/dp/B00H0FIL6I/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=HiT&amp;qid=1592285262&amp;sr=8-1">essential precautions </a>aren’t taken at an individual level to prevent the spread of the disease.<br /><br />    <div type="image" title="Malaria1_edited" msid="76436872" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Students of St Aloysius College, Mangaluru cleaning Bunder area &amp;#8212; identified as a high-risk area for malaria and other vector-borne diseases.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br /><strong>Climate change is allowing mosquitoes to thrive<br /></strong>An additional point of concern this year is that climate change is altering the geographical and seasonal distribution of vector-borne diseases. Normally, between March 15 to April 15 the number of mosquitoes increases. And then, with the summers coming in, there is a sharp drop in mosquito infestation until the monsoon season kicks in.<br /> <br />“Ever since the lockdown has happened, we haven’t seen a drop. It’s the first time that we have seen such a change. Between April and May, there’s been a steady pattern of mosquito infestation in the country,” said Kataria, highlighting how climate change is also responsible for the increase in cyclones across the country and locust attacks in the northern parts of India.<br /><br />    <div type="image" title="Malaria5_edited" msid="76436877" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A potter making earthen lamps under an anti-mosquito coil to protect himself from the dengue mosquito at Mandiri Mohalla locality in Patna, Bihar&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div><br />“Global climate is adding a new variable to the fight against vector-borne diseases,” Kataria explained.<br /><br />While India battles coronavirus, it’s important to remember that the fight against malaria, dengue and chikungunya is ongoing. Offices and large spaces have remained shut during the lockdown, where water may have collected providing a breeding ground for mosquitoes, as per Ranney. He cites prevention being the only cure during the current crisis.<br /><br />While there is no reason to be scared it’s essential to be aware, take the right actions and ensure <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Good-Knight-Naturals-Agarbatti-AntiMosquito/dp/B07NQJCN9V">prevention</a> at an individual level.<br /><br /><em>Disclaimer: Business Insider has partnered with Godrej Consumer Products Limited to help you take the necessary steps to prevent VBD.</em><br />

In all the noise around COVID-19 — the risks from malaria, dengue and chikungunya are ignored

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Duke freshman <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/zion-williamson">Zion Williamson</a> - the 6-foot-7, 285-pound phenom who has captured the attention of the college basketball world with his <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ranked-zion-williamsons-top-10-dunks-of-the-season-2019-1">rim-shaking dunks</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zion-williamson-blocked-shot-virginia-omg-2019-2">high-flying blocks</a> - has drawn comparisons to four-time NBA MVP LeBron James since high school.</li><li>This week the four-time NBA MVP watched Williamson play in person as the No. 2 Blue Devils traveled to Charlottesville to take on the then-No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers at John Paul Jones Arena.</li><li>After Williamson finished the night with 18 points, five rebounds, five assists, and three blocks, James told ESPN's <span>Dave McMenamin that he was taken with Williamson's "agility and his quickness" and his demeanor off the court.</span></li></ul><p><span>Zion Williamson has drawn comparisons to LeBron James since high school.</span></p><p><span>The 6-foot-7, 285-pound freshman phenom has enthralled the college basketball world and enticed many NBA franchises with his rim-shaking dunks and high-flying blocks. He's been so highly-touted and so impressive in his time playing for Mike Krzyzewski's Duke Blue Devils, in fact, that James decided to go and have a look for himself.</span></p><p><span>The four-time NVA MVP traveled to John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, to watch Williamson and the second-ranked Blue Devils take on the then-No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers February 9. </span></p><p>&#xa0;</p><p><span>Williamson pitched in an impressive 18 points, five rebounds, five assists, and three blocks in Duke's 81-71 victory, leaving James with nothing but positive things to say about the presumed first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.</span></p><p><span>"I can relate in a sense of he's been covered since he was in high school and everybody is trying to compare him to the next this or the next that," <a href="http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26000920/lakers-lebron-james-lauds-overall-game-duke-zion-williamson">James told ESPN's Dave McMenamin</a>. "But the best thing I've noticed is he seems like a good kid. He seems like he's got his head on straight.</span></p><p><span>"That's the type of s--- that strikes me. Everybody gets so caught up in the game itself. I look at the intangibles. And he seems like he has great intangibles and seems like a great kid."</span></p><p><span>When it comes to the Spartanburg, South Carolina, native's impact on the court, James said he was taken with all that he can do given his strong stature.</span></p><p><span>"What strikes me? His agility and his quickness," James <a href="http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26000920/lakers-lebron-james-lauds-overall-game-duke-zion-williamson">said</a>. "For his size, how strong he is, to be able to move like the way he moves, he's very impressive. I mean, everybody can see the athleticism. That's obviously, that's ridiculous. But the speed and the quickness that he moves [with] at that size is very impressive."</span></p><p><span>Williamson wasn't the only Duke player James had his eye on that night. Freshman forward R.J. Barrett led all scorers with 26 points and seven rebounds on the night, while classmate Cam Reddish added 17 points on 5-8 shooting from beyond the arc. The fourth freshman in their class, point guard Tre Jones, leads the ACC with <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/individual/140">5.6 assists per game</a> and a <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/individual/473">4.5 assist to turnover ratio</a>.</span></p><p><span>"I love what those young boys are doing over there," James <a href="http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26000920/lakers-lebron-james-lauds-overall-game-duke-zion-williamson">said</a>. "I love what Zion and&#xa0;RJ and&#xa0;Cam and&#xa0;Tre, I love what they're doing. So, [the trip] was a no-brainer. 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