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 …
Statistics show a steep rise in the spread of H1N1 virus in the city Four-year-old resident of Mankhurd was one of the five patients who lost their life due to Swine flu in Mumbai this month. According to the statistics provided by the BMC's public health department, in the month …
About 12,460 people have been affected by swine flu till July 9, 2017, and 600 people have died due to the H1N1 virus. India is witnessing a spurt in the number of deaths and infections caused by swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus, this year. As per a …
MUMBAI: A 10-month-old infant from Goregaon, Mumbai, has lost his sense of recognition and is unable to identify familiar faces, including his parents', following a neurological complication caused by influenza H1N1. The extensive brain impairment in the baby has sent warning bells among clinicians that the viral infection can go …
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand health department has sounded an alert after recording four swine flu deaths in the last eight days. According to the health department, since January this year 21 cases were reported from the state, of which 17 were positive. All four —one from Tehri, one from Pauri and …
Rajkot: A 55-year-old woman from Naduna village about 10km from Jamnagar city died of swine flu on Thursday. Rasilaben Akbari was admitted to the GG Hospital in Jamnagar a couple of days ago. She tested positive for H1N1 virus on Wednesday and died on Thursday morning. Three others are admitted …
Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Thursday ordered the government to set up special wards for H1N1 patients in district headquarters hospitals in the state in four months. The division bench of justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan gave this direction on a public …
The patients, who are undergoing treatment at private hospitals, are said to be stable. Hyderabad: Three more cases of swine flu have been reported in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy, this time in Santosh Nagar, Bowenpally and Alwal areas. The patients, who are undergoing treatment at private hospitals, are said to …
MUMBAI: Every fifth person who underwent a test for influenza H1N1since April in the city has tested positive for the virus. The wide footprint of swine flu becomes clearer given that only a fraction of H1N1 patients -those hospitalized or belonging to the high-risk groups -are being tested according to …
Doctors feel misuse will lead to a situation of medicines turning ineffective Concerns regarding a build-up of resistance to antiviral drugs used to treat swine flu are surfacing, after two such drugs — Oseltamivir and Zanamivir — were taken off the restrictive Schedule X of the Drugs and Comestics Rules. …
MANGALURU: While June saw the district record its first dengue death, July has recorded first H1N1 death this year. Health officials rue that though the district has high awareness about vector borne and other diseases, the deaths are avoidable if patients approach healthcare facilities when fever symptoms are noticed. Even …
Coimbatore: The city corporation's health department, along with the district administration, has launched measures to combat dengue and fever cases, which are on the rise across the district. To help keep mosquito-borne diseases at bay, they have ordered medical camps be set up across the districts and distribution of nilavembu …
MUMBAI: The antiviral oseltamivir used to treat influenza H1N1 will be more widely available with the Union health ministry taking it off the stringent schedule X list. Now, patients will no longer need prescriptions in triplicate to buy the drug, but it would still not be available over the counter. …
With nip in temperature and humidity, two cases of swine flu (H1N1 positive) were reported in the city on Tuesday. Both the patients are females. This year, 79 people were found to have been infected with the virus out of which 12 died. According to the health department of the …
PANJIM: The staff at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) got into a state of panic, as two patients were admitted in the hospital with swine flu symptoms. The panic worsened when one of the patients tested positive for swine flu. Medical Superintendent Dr SN Bandekar informed Herald that a …
MUMBAI: Despite an active circulation of the H1N1 influenza virus in the city since February, there is a time lag of 4-5 days before the onset of symptoms and initiation of treatment by doctors. Experts recommend that the antiviral is most effective when administered within the first 48 hours. In …
Lucknow: A 63-year-old woman was tested positive with swine flu in the city on Tuesday. A resident of Khurshaed Bagh in Ganeshganj, the woman became the 11th case of the influenza A H1N1 virus in the city and was admitted to the swine flu ward of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate …
HYDERABAD: Though two cases of swine flu in Hyderabad have already tested positive for the mutated Michigan strain of the virus, the state health authorities do not have a single vial of the new vaccine required to fight the mutated virus.This despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) advising countries earlier …
An outbreak of African swine fever in three districts of the Ashanti Region has led to the killing of over 400 pigs between May and June this year, the Veterinary Services Department has revealed. The affected communities are Adjaman and Amakom in the Bosomtwe District , Hemang near Santasi in …
AIZAWL : Swine flu has struck Champai town on the Indo-Myanmarese border and has claimed the lives of a number of pigs and piglets in the last one month. Mizoram animal husbandry and veterinary department director Saingura Sailo on Monday said the second laboratory test by the College of Veterinary …
positive for the mutated Michigan strain of the virus, the state health authorities do not have a single vial of the new vaccine required to fight the mutated virus. This despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) advising countries earlier this year to stock up on the new vaccine strain (A/Michigan/45/2015) …
