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 …
PUNE: Swine flu claimed 10 lives while infected 44 people in the state this year so far. "A total of 10 have succumbed to the disease this year, including four in Pune, three in Solapur, two in Aurangabad and one in Nashik. Also, as many as 44 people were infected …
A high alert has been sounded after a woman tested positive for swine flu virus in the city. She is under treatment at a private hospital. Private hospitals have been asked to report suspected cases of swine flu to chief medical officers. According to information, the patient, a resident of …
The first 54 days of 2017 have seen thrice as many H1N1 (swine flu) cases reported across Karnataka, than the total number of cases registered throughout 2016. Data released by the health and family welfare department revealed that, while the state saw 110 H1N1 cases last year, the number of …
As many as 5,449 samples have been tested till Wedesday since August 1 last year and 682 of them were positive. Hyderabad: Fifteen new cases of swine flu have been reported in Telangana, taking the total number of persons infected by the virus to 682 since August 1 last year, …
MYSURU: The district has seen a spike in the number of people testing positive for swine flu this year. Mysuru reported 27 H1N1 positive cases and two related deaths in the first 50 days this year (January to February 20, 2017). The district reported just five H1N1 positive cases last …
Visitors at Gandhi Hospital wear masks.Visitors at Gandhi Hospital wear masks. HYDERABAD: Swine flu claimed two more lives in the city within a span of 48 hours, taking the toll to 10 since Januray 1 this year. Health department officials said a 68-year-old man from Kushaiguda and a 22-year-old woman …
CHENNAI: A month and a half into 2017, Tamil Nadu has already recorded 1,020 H1N1 (swine flu) cases. Chennai and its neighbouring districts, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur, accounted for 25% of these. Although Chennai corporation threw up a figure of 105 cases, inquiries made by TOI with just four private hospitals …
In a move to keep healthcare professionals fit to handle A(H1N1) influenza cases, emergency medical technicians attached to GVK EMRI-108 ambulances are being vaccinated. P. G. Bhanumathi, Deputy Director of Health Services, said on Wednesday that adequate doses of A (H1N1) influenza vaccine have been given to GVK EMRI team …
CHENNAI: There have been nine confirmed H1N1 deaths in the state since January , and 20-30 suspected cases of the flu are admitted to hospitals every day, said public health officials. In Chennai, where 105 cases tested positive for the virus since January, the corporation has launched a massive awareness …
Hyderabad: Two patients died while undergoing treatment for swine flu at Gandhi Hospital. One of them had been rushed to the hospital on January 11 evening and underwent treatment, but died of acute respiratory attack. Senior doctors at Gandhi explained, “Some patients are coming with a very heavy viral load …
COIMBATORE: Four more patients at the government hospital in the city tested positive for H1N1 virus and three more have been admitted on suspicion of being infected on Monday. Two more children from Madukkarai who had lost both parents to the virus in the last 10 days, had turned up …
As many as four people died of H1N1 in Tamil Nadu in the last two days. As many as three fresh cases of the infection were reported in the western districts of the state. A 15-month-old boy in Salem died of viral pneumonia and multiple organ failure in a private …
Doctors have people to be aware of the virus and have also recommended them to approach doctors in case of a sudden fever. Kurnool: Swine flu symptoms identified during routine check up at Kurnool general hospital on Thursday caught health officials on the wrong foot. Though the district is prone …
Five children from Ellaiamman Koil Street, Erikarai, at New Gummudipoondi in Tiruvallur district were admitted to the Institute of Child Health at Egmore on Wednesday morning with respiratory ailments, suspected to be H1N1. Three residents of the street died in the last two days following viral pneumonia. Fourteen other residents …
BHUBANESWAR: Along with Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and dengue, the threat of swine flu seems to have added to the woes of the State Government forcing it to issue an advisory to the health officials at the district level and authorities of Government medical colleges and hospitals to remain alert to …
MUMBAI: There were over 13,000 cases of monsoon-related diseases in Mumbai, with around 20 deaths, most of them due to leptospirosis, the BMC informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. These include dengue, malaria, gastroenteritis, H1N1 and cholera, the corporation informed in a note submitted before a division bench of …
With the state battling over 4,500 cases of dengue, joint director of health services Dr Kanchan Jagtap is at the helm of affairs and is handling both vector-borne and water-borne diseases, along with monitoring epidemics. Her unending workload also includes attending sessions in the court to tackle as many as …
India is free from Avian influenza (H5N1), popularly known as bird flu, from September 5, the department of animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries in the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare has declared. In a notification, the ministry of agriculture has said that there was outbreak of bird flu on …
A considerable amount of disease is transmitted from animals to humans and many of these zoonoses are neglected tropical diseases. As outbreaks of SARS, avian influenza and Ebola have demonstrated, however, zoonotic diseases are serious threats to global public health and are not just problems confined to remote regions. There …
Doctors blame weather conditions and poor sanitation in city for boost in mosquito numbers. Hyderabad: Cases of fever are on the rise in the state with an estimated one lakh people suffering. The Fever Hospital is seeing more than 900 patients daily, and on Monday it had more than 1,200 …