Influenza

When externalities collide: influenza and pollution

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 …

India fully geared, says WHO

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation on Thursday said India had a

WHO says swine flu pandemic imminent

Mexican president asks citizens to stay home from May 1-5, WHO raises alert level to 5 Mexican President Felipe Calderon told his people to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy, after the World Health Organization (WHO) said a swine flu pandemic was imminent. It …

India to boost drug stockpile

India plans to increase stockpiles of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu or its generic version by 10-fold, from one million to 10 million currently, Bloomberg reported, citing Vineet Choudhary, joint secretary, Ministry of Health. India has also received quotations for supply of the drug from Ranbaxy Laboratories, Cipla, Hetero Drugs and …

Firm offers patented machine to kill flu virus

P B JAYAKUMAR / Mumbai May 1, 2009, 1:30 IST With the global swine flu virus spread seemingly not under control, the Indian distributor of a recently started unique air purification system has approached the government with an invention claimed to stop the infection

Tripura, Manipur sound swine flu alert

AGARTALA/IMPHAL April 30: Tripura Government has sounded an alert in the state to check an outbreak of the deadly swine flu, official sources said today. The decision to issue the alert was taken last night at a meeting chaired by principal secretary of the Health department Yash Pal Singh.Two health …

Doctors' screening passengers for Swine Flu at BIA

"Twenty four doctors are already on duty at BIA to screen international passengers", Regional Director Health & Family Welfare Services, Dr Anbazhagan said. In the wake of World Health Organisation warning that a global swine flu pandemic was imminent, Bengaluru International Airport has already put in place a team of …

Prevention is key

"Swine flu is spreading fast across continents." The rapid pace at which swine flu is spreading across the world has set alarm bells ringing. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised its pandemic alert level over the deadly virus to phase 4, indicating the infection could spread between humans to …

Breeders told to move out pigs

April 30: As swine flu panic gripped the city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has served notice to pig breeders to take their animals away from human habitations. The city has over three dozen pig breeding centres and a swine population of 20,000. Pigs are reared mainly by the Erukala …

More countries confirm arrival of swine flu

The World Health Organization said Thursday that a new flu strain continued to spread, particularly in Mexico and the U.S., but refrained from declaring a global pandemic even as more countries confirmed cases. Amid a growing debate around the globe about travel restrictions, the United Nations public-health agency raised the …

Swine flu all systems go

Facing a crisis: globalisation has helped spread infection far and wide

Dealing with swine flu

Diversification of livestock breeds in commercial animal farms and mass production of strain-specific vaccines can help fight diseases like swine flu Business Standard / New Delhi April 30, 2009, 0:37 IST After mad cow and avian influenza, it is now the swine flu that has caused worldwide panic about the …

Flu cases on rise, WHO calls meet

Berlin/London ? U.S. REPORTS FIRST DEATH; U.K. HOMES TO GET LEAFLETS, 32M MASKS ORDERED US President Barack Obama said school authorities with confirmed cases of swine flu should consider closing Germany and Austria confirmed cases of swine flu on Wednesday, becoming the third and fourth European countries hit by the …

Doctors call for stocking anti-flu medicines

NEW DELHI: Since the Capital witnesses a high influx of foreign tourists, doctors in the city have demanded a ready stock of anti-flu medicines in the wake of the swine influenza outbreak in many parts of the world.

Passengers screened for flu

Close to a thousand passengers were screened at the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) here on Wednesday, following the outbreak of the deadly swine flu in Mexico, USA and parts of Europe. Dr Shanmuganandan from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI said,

Summer makes AP safe from swine flu

April 29: Andhra Pradesh has the third largest pig population in the country but there are no fears of an immediate outbreak of swine flu here since the virus is not known to survive in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. For a change we can thank the summer heat. Uttar …

In the making

A universal drug to work against all strains of flu virus influenza vaccine makers are often flummoxed by the changing nature of the virus. The makers need to keep producing new vaccines because the virus keeps mutating into new strains. World Health Organisation estimates that about 250,000 people die from …

India too vulnerable to swine flu outbreak

Beijing: Countries like India that have low pork consumption and less pig breeding are as vulnerable to swine fever as countries where pork is widely consumed, an official of the WHO said in Beijing. At this stage, pig is not part of the transmission, Hans Troedsson, the WHO representative in …

No threat to food chain: FAO

NEW DELHI: The Food and Agriculture Organisation is mobilising its teams of experts to help ascertain if the new strain of swine influenza H1N1 virus, which has killed many people in Mexico, had a direct connection to pigs.

Countries on alert as swine flu spreads

MADRID/ Washington: Spain on Monday became the first nation outside North America to confirm a case of swine flu, and the European Union Health Commissioner urged Europeans to postpone nonessential travel to the United States and Mexico. Meanwhile, the number of suspected swine flu cases in Mexico climbed to 1,614, …

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