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 …
Aizawl/Agartala: The Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) disease which has so far killed at least 3,500 pigs in Mizoram has largely been contained, officials said in Aizawl on Wednesday. The Tripura government’s animal resource development department (ARDD) also sounded an alert in the villages and government farms along the …
The H1N1 swine flu pandemic of 2009 originated from pigs in a small region in Central Mexico, scientists have discovered. It is the first time that the geographic origin of an influenza pandemic has been determined in such specific detail. The disease spread quickly from pigs to humans and from …
MONTEVIDEO – Uruguayan Deputy Health Minister Cristina Lustemberg reported on Wednesday in a press conference that four people have died in the South American country from the Type A H1N1 swine flu strain. She said that Uruguay is suffering an outbreak of the flu because of the cold temperatures brought …
Flu strains appear to evolve faster in pigs than they do in humans, a study of over 600 viruses has shown. Researchers say that this increased diversity could potentially pose a pandemic threat to humans if newly-evolved pig strains are transmitted to us. Previous studies found swine flu to have …
The increase in the number of swine flu cases prompted the government to bring forward the vaccination campaign from June to the end of April The health ministry in Brazil says 230 people have been killed by swine flu this year - more than six times the number for the …
Nagpur: India loses a big number of children to severe diseases every year. Many of them can be saved if there are trained doctors to work in paediatric intensive care. Currently, there are less than 100 such specialists across the country. This issue was brought forth during the installation of …
JAIPUR: As many as 40 persons died due to swine flu in 2016 so far. In the same period, more than 400 persons had died due to H1N1 influenza. The health department figures show that in 2016 so far, the doctors conducted swine test on 1,892 persons. Among those, 179 …
Ahmedabad: Swine flu has been killing one person every three days in the city. With seven deaths in March, the death toll has hit 33 here since January. The number of cases has reached 149. According to a statement from the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), seven deaths …
Mumbai: The day and night temperature variation in the city has led to a spurt in viral ailments over the past few weeks. Doctors have also begun seeing cases of H1N1 influenza after not reporting any throughout January and February. Last year, there was an outbreak of the infection in …
The number of H1N1 patients and casualties have increased across the state in the last few days. Maharashtra has reported 11 H1N1 deaths so far this year. Of the casualties, two deaths were reported from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad in the last three days. The region is also seeing the most …
Swine flu has yet not subsided and now dengue has started showing its ugly face. A local resident has tested positive for dengue while a woman died of swine flu last night. The deceased was a 63-year-old resident of Nawanshahr. With her death, the swine flu toll has reached 26 …
Swine flu clai med two more lives on Tues day, taking the death toll from the deadly virus in 2016 to 29. This year, 131 H1N1 positi ve cases were reported out of which 29 died -this means that every fifth person hospi talized with the disease has died. Municipal …
Swine flu has so far claimed 61 lives in Punjab, with 30 succumbing to H1N1 virus in the State in past one month alone. “Sixty-one persons have died due to swine flu in Punjab so far. The number of positive cases reported until yesterday stands at 163,” State’s nodal officer …
KOTA: A 28-year-old has succumbed to swine flu taking the death toll from the virus in Kota region to three. The victim, Pradeep Nagar (28), a resident of Anta town in Baran and employed at Vidutt Vitran Nigam in Kota died of swine flu yesterday, Chief Medical and Health Officer …
DEHRADUN: Hospitals in the state have recorded two more swine flu deaths since the beginning of the year, taking the toll to four. The victims were a 47-year-old man who was travelling to the state from Deoband, Saharanpur, and died at a hospital in Dehradun on February 28 and a …
DEHRADUN: State is witnessing a mild surge in the number of swine flu patients. The total number of patients have gone up to 15 of which 12 are from Garhwal region. Surprisingly, majority of 'women' are inflicted due to swine flu and state capital, Dehradun, has recorded maximum seven female …
NEW DELHI: An advisory has been issued to all states to step up their preparedness to tackle swine flu, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. "Government has issued an advisory to all the state governments and UTs to step up preparedness for H1N1 Influenza," Union health minister J P Nadda …
JAIPUR: Swine flu has claimed 34 lives in Rajasthan in the months of January and February, a state Medical and Health department official said on Monday. Out of 2,000 samples collected in the state, 162 people have tested positive, he said, and of them 34 had succumbed to H1N1 virus. …
People battle swine flu, viral fevers, respiratory infections Delhi’s fluctuating weather is sending many to the hospital, with doctors warning that viral fevers, seasonal flu, respiratory infections, and cold and cough are on the rise. The worst-hit are the children and the elderly. “In the past week or so, Delhiites …
Jaipur: The city has reported highest cases of swine flu in the current year. So far 107 persons have already been tested for H1N1 in the city, while 13 persons died of the disease in 2016 . However, the health authorities claimed that the number of swine flu cases reported …
