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 …
AHMEDABAD: Around April, during peak summer in Telangana when the H1N1 mortality rate was barely 1%, the joint director (epidemics) of that state reached out to his counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The three states held a meeting to determine whether there was a mutation in the virus and …
KAMPALA - Uganda has been declared free of bird flu after tests of samples from poultry and wild birds proved negative, according to Christopher Kibazanga, the minister of state for agriculture. The minister, who was accompanied by Dr. Noeline Nantima, assistant commissioner in charge of animal disease control, made the …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra accounts for nearly 50% of all H1N1 influenza casualties and one-fourth of the confirmed cases detected in the country since January. Baffled by the staggering number of deaths, the state's public health department has started taking a closer look at every casualty before labelling it as H1N1. The …
Highest 21 cases each reported from Panchkula, Faridabad The state Health Department is concerned over 77 swine flu cases reported across the state. While it claims only one person has died due to the disease, sources say at least 10 persons have lost their lives due to swine flu so …
Gujarat Health Minister Shankar Chaudhary said the administration is taking necessary steps to curb the spread of swine flu, with the help of over 5,000 doctors. Ahmedabad: Swine flu has killed 208 people in Gujarat since January this year and 994 patients infected with H1N1 virus are currently undergoing treatment …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat government and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) once again got a rebuke from Gujarat high court on Wednesday "for taking its direction lightly" in response to a petition seeking prompt measure to curb spread of swine flu, which has already claimed over 200 lives across the state. A …
The Uttar Pradesh government has asked all schools of the state to put on hold morning assemblies from tomorrow to prevent the spread of swine flu. "An advisory has been sent to all the district magistrates and commissioners in the state asking them to put on hold morning assembly prayers …
Panaji: With the incidence of swine flu going up this year, a total of 144 persons have tested positive for the viral respiratory disease and seven have died during this period, raising concern in the state. While many parts of the country have reported a large number of deaths, five …
ZURICH (Reuters) - Two new cases of bird flu have been reported in western Switzerland, the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) said in a statement on Tuesday. Two swans were found dead on Aug 10 at Lake Neuchatel near Yverdon-les-Bains close to the French border. Tests showed they …
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's Western Cape has detected type H5N8 bird flu on two ostrich farms, the province's agriculture department said on Tuesday. The virus is highly pathogenic in birds but considered unlikely to infect humans. "Both farms were placed under quarantine immediately, and no birds are allowed …
Five more cases of swine flu surfaced in the city today. A six-year-old girl from Bapudham Colony was admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Another case was reported from Dadu Majra, from where a 26-year-old woman was brought to the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH) in …
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 16 fresh cases of swine flu were detected on Sunday taking the total number of persons affected with the viral infection to 119 in Odisha so far this year. A total of eight persons have succumbed to the influenza during the latest outbreak of the virus …
AHMEDABAD: Swine flu continues its death march unabated as total 170 people have succumbed to H1N1 virus infection till August 12 since January. In such times, lakhs of people congregating for the traditional Janmashtmi melas has the health department concerned which has ordered special arrangements to be made at the …
LUCKNOW: Lucknow reported 41 fresh cases of swine flu on Sunday taking with it the number of persons who have been affected with the disease to 393 in the city alone. Of the cases reported by the state health department, office of the chief medical officer (CMO) Lucknow district however …
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Sunday warned citizens not to kill or poach migratory birds that usually fly in from China, the possible source of a virus that triggered the Southeast Asian nation's first outbreak of avian flu, to avoid worsening the situation. There has been no case of …
Growth of intensive units has potential to increase antibiotic resistance and could result in spread of bird flu beyond region The use of antibiotics in factory farms in Asia is set to more than double in just over a decade, with potentially damaging effects on antibiotic resistance around the world. …
Such is the situation that Patiala’s Rajindra Medical College has exhausted its stock of testing kits and the lab is now waiting for kits from the Centre. In a shift of sorts in the seasonal flu pattern, Punjab, like several other parts of the country, is seeing a spurt in …
A fall in temperatures has increased the number of swine flu cases in Gujarat. Ahemdabad alone has reported 28 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, and counting. As a preventive measure, the local civic body has started several awareness activities across schools. The state government has also …
Meanwhile, in between continuous drives running in the city to find and destroy dengue larvae, four new patients of dengue also have been registered, taking the total number to 37, and one death so far this year. With two deaths and 59 new patients testing positive in the last two …
517 people have died of swine flu in Delhi As many as 166 fresh cases of swine flu have been reported from Delhi taking the total number of confirmed cases of the virus to 517. The figures are till July 30. The deadly virus has claimed a total of four …
