Infectious Diseases

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

Swine flu vaccine for high-risk Health Department staff

Those attending to patients & sanitation staff who are at risk to get priority The Health Department has made available immunisation vaccines against swine flu to high-risk employees who generally attend to suspected and confirmed cases of swine flu coming to the health facilties in the district for treatment. The …

1 more dies of swine flu in city, 32 tests positive in Raj

Jaipur: State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked the superintendent of the SMS Hospital whether it is equipped to handle serious swine flu cases and furnish a report on its queries by September 12. Meanwhile, the state has reported 32 fresh swine flu positive cases and one more death on …

H1N1 claims two more lives, toll 29 in Odisha

CUTTACK: Two more persons fell to swine flu in the State on Monday, taking the toll to 29. One of the victims was from Nuapada district and the other from Jajpur.The person from Jajpur was identified as Ganesh Barik (72) of Mangalpur area. He succumbed at SCBMCH. "Barik, who was …

Tuberculosis prevalence rises by 60% - survey

The number of Ugandans living with tuberculosis (TB) has gone up by 60%, a new survey has found, indicating a worrying spread of the deadly bacterial infection. TB is a bacterial infection that attacks the lungs; acquired through droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person. It is …

Swine flu kills seven more in state

Ahmedabad: Despite the state government's rosy claims of having the swine flu situation under control, seven more people died from the deadly H1N1 virus on Monday. This takes the death toll in Gujarat this year till August 28 to 338. The state also recorded 187 new swine flu cases on …

‘Any flu Tamiflu’ may not be a good idea, virus can develop resistance, says experts

A study which appeared in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) journal suggests that constant surveillance and data gathering of patients who have consumed Oseltamivir has to be undertaken and continuously updated. During his visit to isolation wards in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Ahmedabad, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on …

33 critical swine flu patients on ventilator

Pune: While swine flu cases are being reported from across Maharashtra, hospitals in Pune city also are treating 33 of the 43 critical cases in the state. All the patients, critical with swine flu, are currently on ventilator support in different hospitals. Apart from the 33 individuals being treated in …

H1N1 claims eight more lives in state, toll now 331

AHMEDABAD: City continues to battle with swine flu with four more deaths on Sunday. With eight more succumbing to deadly H1N1 virus on Sunday, the toll from January 1 to August 27 this year reached 331 in the state. According to a statement from the Gujarat government, 192 fresh cases …

Swine flu cases on rise, experts advise strict precautions

Nagpur: The number of swine flu patients in the city is rising alarmingly with each passing day. The number of positive patients has increased to 98 this year, out of which 16 were recorded in the last 19 days. To add to it, as per central government guidelines, only critical …

9-fold rise in swine flu cases as India's response system falters

Seasonal flu vaccination is not part of India's national vaccination policy So far this year, H1N1 or swine flu has infected 18,000 people and killed 871, a nine-fold rise over the 1,786 cases and 265 deaths reported last year. Two years after a massive outbreak in 2015 that infected 42,500 …

Assam Governor Launches TB Call to Action project

GUWAHATI: “TB requires urgent attention and it is necessary to involve local governments, corporates and those personally affected by TB, for a meaningful contribution to this national cause,” said Governor of Assam Banwarilal Purohit, while speaking at the launch of the TB Call to Action (TBC2A) Project in Assam. Purohit …

1,094 swine flu deaths across India so far this year: Government

NEW DELHI: Swine flu has claimed over 1,000 lives so far this year, which is four times more than deaths recorded last year, with a total of 22,186 cases reported across the country till now, data from the Union health ministry revealed. Maharashtra has the highest death toll with 437 …

Health Dept on its toes as swine flu cases rise

Five persons suspected of suffering from disease died in a week As many as five persons who were suspected suffering from swine flu died during the past one week. Two of them tested positive. Of the 30 patients suspected suffering from the disease in the district, 10 have tested positive. …

Three more swine flu cases in Kota, 57 since January

KOTA: The menace of swine flu and dengue has intensified in Kota. Three more patients have been tested positive for swine flu, taking the number of patients to 57 since January. Similarly, 149 people have been tested positive for dengue. Swine flu has claimed nine lives and dengue one life …

More swine flu cases in Lucknow, total 1078 patients since January

LUCKNOW: The attack of swine flu is far from being curbed in the city for now with 47 more cases of the influenza A H1N1 reported positive in Lucknow on Wednesday. With the fresh cases reported on the day, total 1078 patients have been down with the highly contagious disease …

Swine flu: Health experts assess situation

AHMEDABAD: A three-member team of health experts from Delhi is on a three-day visit to Ahmedabad and Rajkot—the cities worst affected by the swine flu outbreak in the state. The team will submit a report on Thursday to the state government and the media, about their assessment of the preparedness …

Dengue, H1N1 claims 4 lives in Bhopal

Bhopal: Two people have died due to dengue and two H1N1 patients succumbed after contact with deadly contagion, here on Tuesday. So far, this year over 40 people have tested positive for dengue. 18 cases of H1N1 have also been reported from Bhopal alone. "Dengue and H1N1 deaths have been …

Swine Flu outbreak in Ahmedabad: Team of doctors from Delhi takes stock

The three-member team will be looking at preparedness, labs and their facilities, will carry out death analysis and look at availability of medicines in Ahmedabad and Rajkot which have reported the maximum cases and deaths in the state. A three-member team of senior doctors from Delhi arrived in Ahmedabad on …

In Delhi, 37 swine flu deaths in central government hospitals

Senior officials in the Delhi government, meanwhile, confirmed that five people have succumbed to the infection this year — including two residents of Delhi. Even as the Delhi government claims that five swine flu deaths have been reported in the capital, central government hospitals have confirmed at least 37 deaths, …

Botswana aims to eradicate AIDS by 2020

GABORONE Botswana (Xinhua) -- Botswana plans to eradicate HIV by 2020, a decade earlier than a target set by the United Nations, the African country’s health minister said Friday. Botswana continues to put strategies in place to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country where the disease continues to wreak …

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