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 …
KOLHAPUR: After five people succumbed to swine flu in Kolhapur district this month, the district administration has accelerated its awareness drive in all 12 tehsils and is also pursuing the state officials for providing more vaccines as well as conducting training sessions of health staffers, who are exposed to H1N1 …
MUMBAI: Dengue claimed its first victim of the year even as the H1N1 influenza killed two more people in the city over the last 48 hours. A fortnightly report released by the BMC showed a spurt in nearly all monsoon ailments in the first two weeks of August. H1N1 cases …
Navi Mumbai: Swine flu has claimed 29 lives in Thane district in the last eight months. Out of those, 8 deaths — the second highest in the entire district — were from Navi Mumbai, revealed data compiled by the civil surgeon of the Thane Civil Hospital. The highest number of …
AHMEDABAD: After the first bout in January which continued till early April, swine flu is back to haunt Ahmedabad. The city has reported three H1N1 cases from different hospitals over the past two days. While two male patients are at a private hospital in Sola, a 43-year-old man is on …
PANAJI: Two more swine flu deaths registered during the last two weeks has taken the death toll in Goa to six, while the number of reported swine flu cases has risen to 77. In the span of the last two weeks, three cases of H1N1 were reported, including two deaths. …
The cases of H1N1 are getting steadily diagnosed with 184 cases and seven deaths recorded by the BMC in July alone. Two more persons have died due to H1N1 infection in the first week of August, taking the death toll to 29, data from the civic health department indicated Wednesday. …
The hospital stay of the patients ranged from a day to 41 days. On an average, a patient spent 7.69 days at the hospital. Swine flu patients spent 17-62 times the per capita income of the country on treatment at a private hospital in the city this year, a study …
NASHIK: It's only been six months into the year but Nashik district has already surpassed last year's figures of the highest number of deaths from swine flu. The maximum number of deaths were reported in Nashik city followed by the rural parts of the district and then the adjoining districts. …
NASHIK: Pilgrims feeling under the weather on their visit to Nashik during the Kumbh Mela must not take it lightly and immediately head to the nearest first-aid centre to get themselves screened for swine flu. With 12 H1N1 deaths registered in the district so far this year, the swine flu …
Swine Flu reached epidemic proportions in January with 42 deaths and 1,946 cases reported in the city boundaries. Sporadic cases of H1N1 viral infection continue to be reported in the city, defying the perception that it is a winter ailment. The latest case is of a 32-year-old woman from Goregaon, …
After a gap of almost two months, swine flu claimed another life in West Bengal. A 32-year-old woman resident of Barrackpore of North 24 Parganas succumbed to the H1N1 virus at a private medical facility here in the city on Wednesday, West Bengal Health Services Director Biswaranjan Satpathy said. "We …
LATEST statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show that men and women are living longer by six years even as child deaths have almost halved – falling from an estimated 90 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 – to 46 deaths per 1000 live births in 2013. According …
Influenza A (H1N1) has been slowly claiming more lives in the State than usual, even though the infection normally peaks during monsoon. The cumulative figures for H1N1 for the year shows that over 315 cases and 23 deaths, including six ante and post natal cases, have been reported. Public health …
MUMBAI: The H1N1 death of a healthy 25-year-old Mumbra woman has raised concerns about the virus's resurgence. Doctors said sporadic cases continue to occur, though maximum temperatures are inching towards 40 degrees Celcius. The civic-run Kasturba Hospital, designated to treat H1N1 cases, currently has four patients. While one is stable …
‘There has been no mutation of the virus and hence the vaccine is effective’ An expert group has strongly recommended vaccination against swine flu (H1N1 virus). Experts have identified three high-risk groups and stressed that the vaccine against H1N1 virus has played a role in reducing mortality among these vulnerable …
The World Health Organization has said the use of disease names such as swine flu have stigmatized certain communities.Getty Images The World Health Organization has issued best practices for naming human infectious diseases to avoid offence. "The use of disease names such as 'swine flu' has stigmatized certain communities or …
The number of H1N1 cases reported in the State since January 2015 till date, is the highest in seven years. As many as 3032 cases of swine flu were reported in the first four months of the current year. Even during the 2010 outbreak, which had triggered a panic in …
State health officials confirmed nine deaths and 18 fresh cases of swine flu in the state on Sunday. With this, the death count has increased to 478 while the number of cases has gone up to 5,035 which is the highest recorded in the last four years. Mumbai reported highest …
Nagpur: Swine flu death toll in the Nagpur circle of state's public health department has now touched 115. Two women who were undergoing treatment for the disease at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) had passed away on Saturday. They were found to have been swine flu positive after their …
After a lull, H1N1 influenza struck again this week claiming two lives, including that of a pregnant woman. The five-month pregnant woman's death coincided with the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India's (FOGSI) recommendation of inoculating all pregnant women with influenza vaccine. With the two deaths, the city's …
