Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Pune: The H1N1 virus is wreaking havoc across the state. Maharashtra has recorded 928 swine flu cases and 73 deaths between January 1 and March 21 this year. Nagpur has recorded the highest number of cases, at 246, followed by Mumbai (172), Nashik (168) and Pune (92). During the same …
BHOPAL: The deadly strain of H1N1 has claimed 90 lives in the state in the first three months of the year. On an average, 17 people have been diagnosed for H1N1 viral influenza in the state daily. On Saturday, the health department reported four new cases of H1N1 infection in …
Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan Sunday stressed on the partnerships with all stakeholders including doctors, paramedics, frontline health workers and community partners for achieving the goal of eliminating tuberculosis from the country by 2025. The systems of care for TB patients should be patient centric, and sympathetic to their wellbeing, …
Two people died and 285 were infected with swine flu (H1N1) in Tamil Nadu from January to March 10 this year, data of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Union Health Ministry, show. CHENNAI: Two people died and 285 were infected with swine flu (H1N1) in Tamil Nadu from January to March …
HYDERABAD: With the deadly swine flu virus (H1N1) becoming highly active since the beginning of the year and 35 new cases being detected in the last few days, health experts warned people to be cautious during the election season. The experts said that the virus could spread quickly at political …
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is now concentrated in two areas and could be stopped by September, but the country also needs help tackling its broader health problems, the head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The outbreak, the second worst in history, is believed …
At least 18 Nigerians die from Tuberculosis (TB) every hour, a TB expert, Lovett Lawson, has said. Mr Lawson, the Board Chairman of Stop TB partnership Nigeria, disclosed this at a pre-World TB Day press conference in Abuja on Thursday. The World TB Day is celebrated March 24 to raise …
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, says Nigeria has moved to the fourth position among countries worst hit by the HIV epidemic. With an earlier estimate of about 3.2 million people living with HIV, Nigeria was ranked second after South Africa which ranks first with about 7.1 million people living …
A day after swine flu cases in the state crossed 4,000, more than 50 cases of the H1N1 virus were reported on Wednesday. The state health department said in a release that 52 swine flu cases were reported in the city on Wednesday, of which 12 came to light in …
THANE: In the last three months, one person died and 83 were detected H1N1 positive in Thane district. As per the records of the Deputy Director of Health Services (DDHS), out 119 suspected H1N1 patients, 83 were detected positive from January to March 11. The authorities said that once they …
Another flu pandemic is inevitable and the world must prepare for potential devastation, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, warning that the risks must not be underestimated. Launching on Monday its Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030, the world body said the next influenza pandemic "is a matter of when, …
With 40 Mumbaikars diagnosed with H1N1 in February, the total number of cases in 2019 so far has surpassed the total number of persons tested positive for the disease in 2018. According to records of BMC's public health department, 25 people were diagnosed with swine flu in 2018. However, in …
Meerut: Meerut is set to receive seven new laboratories in primary health centres (PHC) to test tuberculosis (TB) cases. This comes in addition to the already existing 39 TB labs. The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) labs - to be introduced on April 1 - will be opened at …
Seventy-five swine flu deaths were reported last week, pushing the death toll due to the virus to 605 this year, Union health ministry data showed on Monday, as the menace continued unabated across the country. Over 19,380 people have tested positive for the virus, according to the data compiled until …
Many people living with HIV in rural areas are developing drug resistance due to lack of access to their daily antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), lack of food and drug stock-outs and shortages. Some of the patients especially in rural areas lack the transport to take them to health centres to pick …
A committee meeting that was held on Saturday confirmed the number of deaths. The highest number of casualty has been reported from Nashik district (15 deaths), followed by Nagpur (nine death) and Pune (six death). According to the recent data released by the health department, around 5,28,414 people have been …
The battle to beat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is failing, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (known by its French initials, MSF) has warned, with health workers unable to bring the epidemic under control amid "a climate of deepening community mistrust". Seven months into the largest-ever outbreak …
With no let up in new swine flu cases, Gujarat now has overtaken Delhi and is ranked second among all states in terms of swine flu cases this year. The state is also second in terms of deaths. Union health ministry data showed that as Gujarat reported 3,408 swine flu …
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday expressed its satisfaction on the measures taken by the state government in tackling the rising cases of swine flu in Gujarat. During the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) questioning the poor state of infrastructure resulting in a spurt in the swine flu …
Swine flu cases in Ahmedabad city crossed 1,000 on Monday, while the death toll in the state rose to 107 with four more patients succumbing to the H1N1 virus. The state health department said in a release that 106 swine flu cases were confirmed in the state today, taking the …
