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 …
48% Of Patients In India Are Aged 10-14 Yrs Children aged between 10 and 14 years are proving most vulnerable to the deadly H1N1 influenza virus, reveals a health ministry analysis. Rida Shaikh (14), India
Pune, Aug. 4 The Maharashtra Government has invoked the Epidemic Control Act in Pune and Satara districts to check the spread of the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu, which claimed its first victim in India, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, here on Monday.
Aug. 4: A day after 14-year-old Pune schoolgirl Reeda Shaikh became the first person in India to die of the H1N1 flu, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday invoked the century-old Epidemic Diseases Act in Pune and Satara districts to arm itself with special powers to compel those suspected of having …
Malaria may have jumped to humans from chimpanzees much as AIDS did, U.S. researchers reported on Monday in a study they hope could help in developing a vaccine against the infection. They found evidence the parasite that causes most cases of malaria is a close genetic relative of a parasite …
India registered its first swine flu death today after a 14-year-old school girl from Pune fell victim to the virus. Rhia Shaikh, a resident of the cantonment area in Pune, was admitted to the Jehangir Hospital last week with symptoms of the disease, hospital authorities said. The death occurred even …
The H1N1 virus or swine flu claimed its first life in India when a 14-year-old girl died of multiple organ failure today at the Jehangir Hospital in Pune. She was a Class IX student of St Anne
The work on manufacturing of vaccines for H1N1 (swine flu) has begun in India, and now the World Health Oraganisation (WHO) is looking at it for the production of vaccines for the rest of the world as well. Speaking to The Indian Express, WHO Representative to India Dr S J …
Mumbai The government on Friday issued guidelines on when schools with swine flu cases should shut entirely and when they should shut only a class or a division. Six schools in Pune are shut after children tested positive.
The swine flu could develop into a health emergency With more people falling prey to the swine flu virus H1N1 in the past six weeks than has happened with previous flu pandemics over as long as six months, the World Heath Organisation (WHO) has done well to formally declare it …
A panel of health experts laid out a plan on Wednesday for vaccinating certain people first in the likely event that not enough swine flu vaccine will be available to immunize every American in time for the expected surge of cases this fall and winter. The top priority group, 159 …
July 29: The Institute of Preventive Medicine in the state will begin proficiency tests for swine flu next week. IPM has already tested six samples from those suspected with swine flu and the results have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases at New Delhi for evaluation. The …
Delhi schools will now study the history of swine flu and how the strain mutates. Power point presentations on the pandemic prepared by officials from the Health department will be making their way into schools. Schools have been doing their bit to contain the spread of the H1N1 virus by …
Twelve more persons tested positive for swine flu on Tuesday. Two more schools reported one case each, taking the number of affected institutions to six. The count of confirmed cases in the city stands at 72. Several schools have gone into prevention overdrive, asking students to go through blood tests …
Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Those showing mild symptoms of H1N1 Influenza need not get admitted to a hospital or even get tested for infection. They should simply stay at home for 7-10 days without stepping out or meeting anyone. Students should avoid going to class for a week, …
