Influenza, or flu, and air pollution are significant public health risks that impact nations around the world with large economic consequences. The authors of this paper show that increased levels of air pollution significantly increase the rate of hospitalisation for people with flu. In addition, they find that protection afforded …
Vadodara: The H1N1 virus claimed five more lives in the state by Monday, taking the toll to 185. In Vadodara, 56-yearold Vinayak Pathak and 28-year-old Meena Agrawal died at SSG hospital (SSG). Both persons
New Delhi: Eight months after India reported its last case of bird flu in poultry and two months after India declared itself free of the deadly H5N1 virus, avian influenza has returned to haunt the country. Already reeling under an outbreak of H1N1 swine flu pandemic virus that has infected …
The H1N1 flu virus is spreading most actively in North Africa, South Asia and parts of Europe, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. Raising its official global death toll from the pandemic to nearly 14,000, the WHO also said that while India
Ahmedabad: Swine flu claimed seven more lives in Gujarat over the last few days, taking the death toll due to the deadly virus in the State to 155, while 20 others, including two infants, tested positive for the H1N1 virus, health officials said here on Sunday. According to officials, three …
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: After a spate of deaths in the state due to swine flu, general physicians have suddenly woken up to the need of prescription of swine flu medicines to their patients suffering from flu. Over the last two weeks the sale of swine flu drugs in …
Zydus Cadila, one of the five largest pharmaceutical companies in India, has received the approval of the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct multi-centric clinical trials for the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine in the country. Zydus is the first company to get the nod, an essential step prior …
The Government has spent Rs. 1,400 billion for the development of the health sector in 2009 while Rs. 2,700 billion has been allocated for the health sector this year, said Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva. The Health Minister was speaking at a ceremony organized by the Ministry …
INDIGENOUS vaccine for swine flu will be available by March along with testing kits at just 25 per cent of the cost of its foreign counterpart, according to Dr V M Katoch, secretary, Department of Health Research and Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research. He said that five …
Hyderabad, Jan. 3: H1N1 vaccine may not be available in the country for at least four months, even as the second bout of human influenza A or swine flu has hit a number of states. About 100 confirmed fresh cases of swine flu are reported from different states everyday in …
Toll Mounts To 112 Ahmedabad/ Rajkot: The swine flu death figures registered an alarming jump as 12 deaths due to the virus were declared by the health officials in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. A total of 10 deaths were reported from Rajkot itself. These include a 10-month-old baby girl and a …
Surat: Swine flu death toll touched 100 in Gujarat as two more people, including fourand-a-half-year-old girl Pooja Patel, succumbed to the deadly virus on Tuesday. State
West Bengal is in again in the grip of bird flu or avian influenza scare. More than 2,000 birds, including domestic poultry, were found dead in the remote village of Durmoth at Mongolkot in Burdwan district, prompting the state animal resources development department to send a team to collect samples. …
D Ravi Kanth / Geneva December 30, 2009, 1:13 IST Even as the H1N1 influenza pandemic is coming to an end in the rich countries, nations like India and Egypt in the developing world must remain alert as there is
Vrinda Sharma CHANDIGARH: With mercury falling sharply in many parts of Punjab and Haryana, there has been a surge in swine flu cases here as 38 people have died in December so far, officials said on Sunday.
Ahmedabad: Five swine flu deaths were reported in the city on Monday, taking the death toll in the state to 71. The deaths have set alarm bells ringing in the state health department. In December alone, Gujarat has seen 20 swine flu deaths already. Of the 71 deaths, 67 persons …
With the Center for Disease Control (CDC) all set to establish a unit in India, identifying new viruses and promptly containing new outbreaks will no longer be as tough as it used to be. The Global Disease Detection (GDD) Center will be the seventh after Kenya, Thailand, Guatemala, Egypt, China, …
Three more people succumbed to swine flu in Delhi while 364 fresh cases of swine flu were reported nationwide. Of the 364 fresh cases reported on Saturday, the national capital accounted for 210 cases. With the casualties on Wednesday, the total number of people who have succumbed to the disease …
As the mercury dips, civic authorities will have to prepare themselves for a multi-pronged attack by diseases. At a time when swine flu deaths are showing no signs of ebbing, the mosquito menace is also raising its ugly head Gujarat
