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: Residents of Sodala area in Jaipur are living life under the scare of swine flu. It is the worst-affected area in the ongoing swine flu outbreak in the city.Edited Two more persons died of swine flu in Nagaur and Bikaner on Sunday taking the total toll to 107 so …
HYDERABAD: Telangana has recorded the highest number of cases of swine flu between January 1 and 27 in south India. A total of 245 cases were recorded in the state (largely in areas within GHMC’s jurisdiction) during this period, as compared to 152 in Karnataka, 98 in Kerala, 77 in …
Swine flu death toll in the state rose to 31 in the current year with four more patients succumbing on Thursday, the state health department said. The deaths were reported from Banaskantha, Porbandar, Chhota Udepur, and Junagadh city, the health department said in a release. The health department said that …
Residents of Raniwala village turn superstitious Two people of Raniwala village in the Lambi Assembly segment have died due to swine flu in the past 10 days and one villager is undergoing treatment for the disease at Faridkot. Several villagers have turned superstitious. A majority of people in the village …
The latest IDSP (Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme), a report by the Health Ministry has revealed that the number of swine flu cases in the first three weeks of 2019 in some North Indian states has already crossed the total number of cases reported in those states in 2018. The alarming …
The virus H1N1 has not changed its strain in Rajasthan and tamiflu medicine is quite effective for its treatment in the state, officials from National Institute of Virology, (NIV), Pune confirmed. Before this, in last summer, NIV and SMS Medical college officials had confirmed that H1N1 virus in Rajasthan, just …
As per the state government health department, around 8 people have died in Maharashtra due to swine flu in January this year. Due to change in climate, more people are suffering from swine flu in the month of January. Between January 1 and 24, besides the death of eight patients, …
Dehradun: A 41-year-old man from Mothrowala, Clement Town succumbed to the swine flu virus in the Mahant Indiresh hospital on Thursday. He was admitted there on January 21 with severe symptoms of H1N1 virus and kept on ventilator. Total death tally in state due to swine flu has now touched …
District Health Department providing Tamiflu tablets for free at civil hospital A sizeable number of suspected as well as confirmed cases of swine flu have surfaced in the district in the past one month. As per the records of the District Health Department, more than one hundreds suspected and four …
Over 2,500 people tested positive and at least 77 deaths were reported due to swine flu across the country this year till Thursday, with Rajasthan accounting for nearly 60 per cent of the cases. According to a data issued by the government, 2,572 swine flu cases have been reported across …
MEERUT: The health department issued an advisory to be more vigilant as the number of swine flu cases crossed 60 on Wednesday. The city received heavy rainfall on Monday and Tuesday and that might shoot up cases. Health officials said that the heavy rainfall can increase the risk of infection, …
Amid scare of swine flu, health department has reached out to 83.2 lakh people across the state for conducting their screening for swine flu in three days of its massive door-to-door campaign launched on January 21. First three days of the five-day campaign has brought shocking figures. There were 1.7 …
The Gujarat government announced on Wednesday that 397 cases of swine flu had been reported in the state in the month of January so far, while eight persons lost their lives. The highest number of cases were reported in Ahmedabad, the government said. "397 positive cases of seasonal flu have …
What do the ten threats to global health in 2019 mean for India, and where does the country stand on tackling each? The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a list of “Ten threats to global health in 2019”, which would “demand attention from WHO and health partners”. What do …
Last year, four cases of swine flu were reported in Chandigarh and two patients had died. The swine flu was more violent in 2017 when 63 people were tested positive for this flu, and six lost their lives to it. THE DEATH of two people at PGIMER due to swine …
Dehradun: A 36-year-old woman, resident of Dehradun’s Shahdra road, died of swine flu on Tuesday at Sant Mahant Indresh (SMI) hospital, and five more persons tested positive for the contagious disease in the city. The death toll in the state capital has now risen to ten, while the total number …
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed out 10 global health threats for 2019, adding that millions of lives will be at risk if these threats are not addressed. The United Nation's public health agency, thus, is starting a new five year strategic plan …
The health authorities have sounded an alert across the state following the death of a 16-month-old girl and a 65-year-old man, both from Una district, due to swine flu. While the girl died on January 12, the man succumbed to the deadly virus on January 15. Both were admitted to …
Meerut: Spread generally due to unhygienic conditions, Swine Flu is taking more patients in its grip almost every day in Meerut. Against what might be considered as the common belief, Swine Flu positive cases are more in number in the urban parts of the district and not in the rural …
AMBALA: As many as seven patients have been tested positive for swine flu while three deaths have been reported due to the disease since January 3 in the Ambala division comprising Ambala, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar. The deaths were reported in Ambala and Yamunanagar districts. "On January 3, a 50-year-old man …
