Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
Swine flu virus is mild; unpreparedness resulted in panic fifteen-year-old Preshita Padhye tested positive for H1N1 virus on July 27. She spent the next five days at the isolation ward of the Aundh general hospital in Pune.
A clinical trial okays an expensive vaccine for India typhoid is the fifth common disease in India; children are particularly vulnerable. But no vaccine to prevent this contagious disease has been part of the country
Scientists tweak turmeric extract to help human body absorb it; may help treat breast cancer the Ayurveda system of medicine recommends use of turmeric, Curcuma longa, for a range of ailments including inflammation and pain. The age-old cure for common diseases has now been turned into a new age wonder …
MUMBAI: The BMC has upgraded guidelines for paediatric patients testing positive for H1N1. The upgradation of guidelines becomes even more important as two infants had succumbed to swine flu on Saturday. According to the new guidelines, now, not only children with respiratory distress but also those with high fever, poor …
British doctors have saved the life of a woman with severe swine flu, who had an underlined immuno suppressant disease, by breaking away from the regular treatment regimen and giving her the
A single-dose H1N1 swine flu vaccine may be ready soon. Contrary to expectations, the vaccine against H1N1 may not be multi-dose, as results from a pilot study of a Novartis H1N1 candidate vaccine have revealed a strong immune response after just one shot. The vaccine might be used in trials …
New Delhi: India will vaccinate 20 lakh healthcare and emergency services personnel against the deadly H1N1 virus by the end of January using an imported swine flu vaccine. The health ministry has set aside Rs 100 crore as an interim budget to purchase these vaccines from any one of the …
THE government has decided to let Anglo-American drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) conduct human trials of its swine flu vaccine here to make it available for patients by the year-end, director-general health services (DGHS) Dr RK Srivastava said. The vaccine is likely to be launched in India by December 2009 if the …
Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister Kuzholuzo Nienu yesterday declared that his is well prepared to tackle the H1N1 influenza (Swine Flu) in the State. Briefing newsmen in Kohima, the Minister assured that the State has sufficient stock of Tamiflu, the anti-biotic used for treatment of Swine flu, in case …
Counterfeit medication is not only a problem of developing countries. Thanks to globalisation and e-commerce this profitable business is spreading to Europe too. Governments, industry and consumers must cooperate to fight such practices.
During the launch of the 2009 MDG Gap Task Force Report on Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro highlighted that it is crucial to deliver on global poverty-fighting commitments in a word facing economic recession, food shortage and the continuing …
New Delhi: An increasing number of countries are reporting that the H1N1 virus is becoming Tamiflu-resistant. According to WHO, the worrying development has been seen in 12 countries, including China and Singapore. India has not reported the mutation so far. The changes in the virus reported in samples are making …
UK-based drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is in talks with the Indian government for introducing its patented drug, Relenza, which is used for the treatment of Influenza A H1N1 (swine flu).
