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 …
THE Union health ministry is pushing for the inclusion of the pentavalent vaccine in the universal immunization programme (UIP) for children. In April, the government tried to convince the Delhi High Court to clear the vaccine by submitting a World Health Organization (WHO) report that said there was no problem …
Pune With an increase in the number of H1N1 cases (swine flu) and two-three deaths in the last two days, the Indian medical Association (IMA) has made an appeal to the people to take the vaccine as a preventive measure. However, the medical body has strongly recommended that immunisation activity …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: The State reported its first death due to swine flu on Tuesday after the throat swab collected from a person who died over the weekend tested positive for A (H1N1) virus. According to a press release issued by the State's Health department, 58-year-old Asit Dutta was a …
The national capi tal has reported the highest number of HINI influenza cases in the country. The number of cases reported between July 1217 were 9,717 followed by Rajasthan with 3,380 cases. Already during the past week, 1.47 lakh people have been tested from which 23 per cent were found …
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: The Delhi Health Ministry has cautioned against indiscriminate use of swine flu vaccine available in the market and asked people to check with a qualified physician to ascertain the requirement for it before use.
Pune In a bid to contain the resurgence of the H1N1 epidemic, Samrajya Prathistan, a not for profit organisation will vaccinate 15,000 schoolchildren free of cost on Monday. Children from Sadhnya Vidhyalay, Hadapsar, will be vaccinated on July 19. In all, 30 doctors have been enrolled to assist in the …
KOLKATA: West Bengal's health department detected three positive cases of swine flu on Thursday taking the toll to 12 so far this month, according to the State's health department officials. State's Water Resources Investigation and Development Minister Nandagopal Bhattacharya is among those affected by the AH1NI virus. According to officials …
Pune With Pune, the epicentre of swine flu last year, giving a lukewarm response to their vaccines against the disease launched over the past three weeks, the manufacturers have reason to worry. First, the Health officials had rejected a large number of doses of vaccine, Panenza, brought out by French …
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS UNLIKE last year, when steps were taken to control the spread of Swine flu, the TN health department, this year, has not only been slow in taking precautionary measures but there is also no transparency in flu related data hande out by officials. There has been …
N. GOPAL RAJ Targeting protein: Most of the protection comes from antibodies, much of it targeting the hemagglutinin protein on the virus' outer coat. The swine flu strain that set off the latest pandemic could do some good too. This 2009 H1N1 virus might, scientists say, hold the key to …
Four new swine flu cases reported in last two weeks Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: Temperature is dropping with rains and the state health department has pressed the alarm button anticipating a swine flu pile up like last year. The virus is now well-entrenched in cities and is indigenous unlike …
NEW DELHI: Kerala and Maharashtra continued to be in the grip of swine flu with the two states reporting 16 out of the total 17 deaths due to the disease from across the country. While eight deaths each were reported from Kerala and Maharashtra last week, one was reported from …
After having got its first swine flu vaccine, India is all set to introduce its first influenza shot this year. Probably among a few countries in the world which did not have a vaccine against general influenza, India will have a trivalent vaccine against flu by October, this year. Strains …
Pune A year after H1N1 virus created a pandemic in Pune, Nasovac, an indigenous intra-nasal spray vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India Limited is now available in the market. Mahendra Pitaliya, Chief Coordinator of the Chemist Association of Pune district, said the stock of vaccines is available at Anand …
A 22-YEAR-OLD nurse working in a private hospital here was admitted with A(H1N1) influenza to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Wednesday night. The woman, hailing from Kerala, developed severe respiratory problems on returning from her hometown. She was administered Tamiflu tablets and quarantined at a special ward …
THE deadly H1N1 virus is back in Tamil Nadu, this time manifesting itself in 25 people already. But the state government seems to be taking the situation lightly, as it is yet to begin screening for the virus at passenger entry points into the city, despite 11 people dying from …
TWO fresh cases of swine flu were reported here on Friday. Both are college students hailing from Kerala. Randu (21) and Vyshnav (18), studying at a private college on Avinashi Road, had arrived here after spending their holidays in Kerala. They were given Tamiflu tablets and have been quarantined at …
The Public Health authorities in the State are concerned at the upsurge in the number of A(H1N1) cases after a clear downswing in the initial months of 2010. Twenty-one fresh cases of A(H1N1) infections were recorded in the last couple of months alone, Health Minister MRK Panneerselvam said. In May …
