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 …
Thai public health ministry officials confirmed the first human-to-human case of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the kingdom to eight. Deputy prime minister Sanan Kajornprasart told a press conference on Thursday after chairing a meeting on the virus that a 19-year-old man …
Six years of worrying about bird flu did much to prepare the United States for the current swine flu outbreak, federal officials and an independent monitoring group said Thursday, but they cautioned that there were still gaps in planning. After the H5N1 avian flu emerged widely in Asia in 2003, …
Global health officials underestimated the risk that pig herds might be a source of new influenza strains, choosing instead to focus on the threat of bird flu, researchers in Mexico said on Thursday. They analyzed samples from people infected with the new H1N1 swine flu virus, which has been confirmed …
HYDERABAD: The number of persons who have tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) flu virus rose to three in Hyderabad and five in the country on Thursday. A 28-year-old software professional, who returned here after a month
HYDERABAD: A 20-year-old medical student from Hyderabad has tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) flu virus, health authorities here have confirmed. This is the second A (H1N1) positive case reported here. The first positive case, which was also the country
June 3: A medical student of Hyderabad who travelled back from Canada via London was tested positive for swine flu (Influenza A-H1N1) and is being treated in isolation facility at Chest Hospital. This is the second swine flu case being detected in the city. The 20-year-old youth went to Toronto …
June 1: The health authorities on Monday said two more positive cases of H1N1 influenza virus have been detected. A mother (34) and son (5) in Tamil Nadu have tested positive for the virus, taking the total positive cases to three. Authorities said on Monday the woman and her son, …
With demand for the antidote to H1N1 infection peaking across the world, the select Indian pharmaceutical companies are ramping up production of Tamiflu or its generic version. At least one such company, Hetero Drugs, is already in the process of supplying 1 million capsules to the Government of India and …
WHO confirms 11,168 cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection. As diseases break from animal farms, there is greater awareness and emphasis being laid on preventive hygiene. Animal bio-security products are increasingly finding their place in the local market, as diseases are seen jumping species from animals to humans, be it avian …
COIMBATORE: Another case of suspected A(H1N1) flu was reported here on Thursday. A 40-year-old businessman from Mettupalayam in the district complained of flu-like symptoms on arrival at the Coimbatore airport after a trip to Malaysia. The man got himself admitted to a private hospital on Avanashi Road near the airport. …
The H5N1 bird flu virus can infect people without causing noticeable symptoms, but only rarely, according to a report published on Thursday. A survey of more than 600 people in Cambodian villages where two children died from the virus shows seven more were apparently infected, but without having known about …
The current wave of influenza A virus is linked to the way we produce food - in factory farms The current wave of influenza A virus is linked to the way we produce food
Swine flu cases world-wide climbed past 10,000 on Wednesday as health chiefs from around the world continued discussions in Geneva on how best to fight the disease. There are now 10,243 people who have been infected with the A/H1N1 flu virus as confirmed by laboratories, said Fadela Chaib, a spokeswoman …
R. PRASAD If screening baggage using X-rays has become the order of the day in airports across the world, many airports have now installed thermal imaging scanners to screen travellers who are likely to be infected with swine flu. Since one of the symptoms of Influenza A(H1N1) infection is fever, …
A 34-year-old man returning from Dubai was intercepted at the airport after he was found to be suffering from swine flu symptoms and sent to Infectious Diseases Hospital on Wednesday morning. The throat and nasal swabs of Satyen (name changed to protect identity)
Kolkata: An Indian national who arrived at the airport here from Dubai was straight away sent to hospital on Wednesday for a check-up for suspected swine flu after he was found suffering from fever and upper respiratory congestion.
