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 …
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 …
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 …
PARIS (Reuters) - Germany reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus in the central state of Saxony-Anhalt, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. The virus was found in three swans, it said, citing information from the German food and agriculture ministry. Germany …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s RCL Foods has found the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu at one of its poultry farms, it said on Tuesday, as it reported a 34 percent drop in full-year earnings due to a surge in input costs. The outbreak of avian flu on South African …
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 …
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 …
South Africa has reported eight new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The new cases were reported in Western Cape, Mpumalanga and North West provinces bringing the total number of outbreaks to 24 since June 2017. Ten outbreaks were confirmed …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
In view of the increase in number of swine flu cases, Punjab government on Saturday launched a statewide awareness campaign to be carried out at the district and block levels. At least, 15 patients have lost their lives due to the viral disease this season in the state. Around 280 …
Four more patients succumbed to swine flu on Sunday in the city which is battling its worst-ever outbreak of H1N1 infection this year. A 30-year-old man from Kapurai, a 33-year-old man from Chhani, a 33-year-old female from Tandalja and a 68-year-old female from Gotri area of the city lost their …
