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 …
No of cases have gone down in June & health dept expects it to drop more by next month With the change in weather, the swine flu virus that is highly active in the state for last four months, appeared to slow down, hence providing a much-needed relief to public …
With over 100 deaths being reported since January in Kerala due to various types of fevers, the government on Sunday appealed to the people to join the government’s mass sanitation drive on a war footing. According to Health Department sources here, as many as 103 people, including women and children, …
The city has also reported 166 cases of malaria in June and 436 cases of gastroenteritis. While Mumbai has not reported any dengue deaths, the number of people who have succumbed to swine flu has risen to 11, including four patients who came to the city for treatment. The total …
Despite confirmation of three cases last month, Zika may not be a recent introduction to the country. The director of India’s premier virology research laboratory explains to The Indian Express the nature of the public health concern from the mosquito-borne disease. Zika is no longer a medical emergency for WHO. …
As Mumbai reported two more swine flu deaths in the past 10 days — a 32-year-old pregnant woman from Dharavi and a 2-year-old child — taking the toll to seven, it is a case of delayed diagnosis and travel that is playing a major role. Both Thane and Mira-Bhayander recorded …
Lucknow: A 49-year-old woman from Bihar-Gorakhpur border area was reported to be swine flu positive on Thursday. Admitted to King George's Medical University (KGMU), the woman is the sixth recorded case of swine flu in Lucknow district since February. According to the health department, the woman had complained of high …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has suspended imports of birds and chicken products from neighbouring Zimbabwe after it reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm, the agriculture department said on Thursday. The H5N8 strain has been detected in several countries in Europe, Africa and …
JAIPUR: A new Michigan strain of virus is circulating in the state causing swine flu but doctors claimed that nothing to worry about as the existing treatment available in hospitals is effective. In government-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital, 12 persons have died this year. However, doctors pointed out that they …
NOIDA: A 65-year-old man has been diagnosed with swine flu, making it the third confirmed case of the disease in Gautam Budh Nagar this season. A sample of the patient, who had come to Fortis Hospital in Sector 62 last week, was sent to the National Centre for Disease Control …
GENEVA - The World Health Organization published a new classification of antibiotics Tuesday that aims to fight drug resistance, with penicillin-type drugs recommended as the first line of defense and others for use only when absolutely necessary. The new 'essential medicines list' includes 39 antibiotics for 21 common syndromes, categorized …
Lucknow: The leading government hospitals in the city are not prepared to tackle swine flu cases. In a reality check done by TOI on Monday, not a single isolation ward for swine flu patients was found in the major government hospitals. At KGMU, there were no signs of preparation at …
JAIPUR: At a time when the health department is battling against swine flu, the threat of zika is also looming large. Three more persons died of swine flu on Sunday taking the toll to 27 in the month of May. Besides, five persons tested positive for the flu on Monday. …
KOLKATA: When Aradhya Dhanuk lost her battle to swine flu early on Saturday, the world fell apart for the 18-month-old's parents. Emotions ran high as relatives started arriving at the Institute of Child Health (ICH). Few among them even tried to create a ruckus. But the father of the child …
KOCHI: Concerned by the spurt in H1N1 cases, the Union government had asked the state to submit a detailed report on action plan to contain the disease.The state health department, which is focusing on awareness programmes, briefed the Centre regarding the measures taken by them in this regard. "We have …
Residents allege contaminated water supply; unseasonal rain also suspected cause Hospitals in the capital town saw an unusual rush over the past one week with several hundred people testing positive for jaundice after allegedly consuming polluted water. People from numerous suburbs have now complained about the alleged supply of contaminated …
Maharashtra has recorded 1,058 swine flu cases and 210 deaths so far A 30-year-old woman from Bhandup, who was seven months pregnant, has become the third person to succumb to the deadly swine flu virus in the city. Originally from Allahabad, the woman came to the city only a month …
IGMC docs told to find out reasons behind outbreak during summer instead of winters Baffled at the outbreak of swine flu in the state during the summer months instead of winters, the state government has asked doctors at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) to undertake a study to find …
NAGPUR: Right in the middle of peak summer, when swine flu was expected to vanish from the city, it has grown manifold. Of all the swine flu affected patients recorded from January 1, 2017, till date, 50% of the positive cases and deaths have been recorded in the last 30 …
BMC health officials said there was no reason to panic about swine flu cases yet At the heels of the second swine flu death in Mumbai in which a 72-year-old woman from Kurla succumbed to the viral infection, the health officials in the city insisted there is no need to …
PUNE: A 61-year-old woman from New Sangvi was among the two persons who succumbed to swine flu-induced complications in the city last week, taking the number of H1N1 deaths to 51 so far this year. At least eight more patients diagnosed with the contagion are in critical condition and have …
