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 …
For the first time in Gujarat's epidemic history, the state has the maximum number of swine flu cases and deaths in the country. On Tuesday, Gujarat overtook Rajasthan after it registered 40 new cases, taking the number of swine flu cases reported from January 1 to 6,226. Rajasthan has 6,209 …
Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday said 20 swine flu deaths have been reported in the state, while 79 patients are still admitted in different hospitals of the state. After leader of opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal raised the issue in the state assembly today and sought government’s attention to an alarming …
With number of swine flu cases crossing 27,880, government on Tuesday said the virus would continue to circulate though no mutation was taking place. A total of 27,886 swine flu cases have been reported from different parts of the country since January 1 (up to March 11), Health and Family …
LUCKNOW: As many as 18 suspected cases tested positive for swine flu in the city on Tuesday. With this, the tally reached 941 for Lucknow. Two positive cases were reported in Bareilly, followed by one case each in Amethi and Barabanki. The state total of affected patients this season reached …
After around 300 swine flu deaths in Maharashtra, the state government is planning to bring in an emergency medical services act to integrate various stakeholders in the health sector to counter epidemics and outbreaks. It has also set up a committee of experts to examine the mutations in the H1N1 …
Swine flu has claimed nine more lives in parts of Rajasthan in the last 48 hours, raising the toll due to H1N1 virus to 375 since January this year, an official said today. Of the nine, three persons succumbed to the H1N1 virus in Jaipur, and one each in Tonk, …
Five more deaths were reported due to H1N1 virus in Gujarat today, taking the toll to 387 since January this year. Apart from these deaths, 49 fresh cases of swine flu have been recorded across the state today, taking the total number of cases to 6,148 so far, the state …
In order to gain clarity and study the outcomes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) research, the Gujarat health department has set up a panel of health experts. The MIT research has raised concerns over the H1N1 virus in India acquiring mutations and making it more severe than the …
AURANGABAD: Swine flu claimed three more lives on Saturday at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) taking the total fatalities in the district to the deadly virus to 20 since January. Among the three deceased, two patients had confirmed swine flu infection while one female patient was suspected to be …
INDORE: Madhya Pradesh high court has served a notice on the state government seeking reply on steps initiated to check the spread of swine flu on Tuesday. The state has been directed to furnish reply in the next hearing on March 17. Chief Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Alok Aradhe …
Swine flu has been claiming one life a day on an average in the city for the past one month. A 55-year-old woman from Thakurli was the latest in line to fall prey to the deadly H1N1 virus taking the toll of deaths to 24 since January this year. If …
Since December, swine flu in India has claimed more than 1,200 lives. Now, researchers are taking a closer look at this flu strain and have discovered that it may have acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of the H1N1 influenza virus. Very little scientific data …
The Centre today rejected a research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US, which says the H1N1 virus responsible for over 1,500 deaths since late last December has a new and more infectious strain than the one witnessed in 2009 during the global swine flu pandemic. “We reject the …
The 2014-15 H1N1 outbreak in India has reportedly led to 800 fatalities. The reported influenza hemagglutinin sequences from India indicate that these viruses contain amino acid changes linked to enhanced virulence and are potentially antigenically distinct from the current vaccine containing 2009 (Cal0709) H1N1 viral hemagglutinin.
Three more people succumbed to deadly H1N1 taking the death toll in the state capital to 62. Test report of suspected swine flu patients was received on Sunday. District health officials said one death was reported from a private hospital and two died in Hamidia hospital. Around 23 patients in …
Ten more people succumbed to swine flu in Gujarat today, taking the toll due to the H1N1 virus in the state to 342 this year, an official statement said. 102 fresh cases of swine flu infection were reported today, taking the total number of cases to 5,623, the statement issued …
IMPHAL, March 8 – Monitoring Cell Helpline for Swine Flu has been opened in Manipur after the detection of a HINI case in the State. Meanwhile, the condition of the confirmed H1N1 (swine flu) infected lady is stable and she is undergoing treatment at a private hospital, Director Health Services …
MEERUT: Former district vice president of BJP Ashish Gupta (42), who was suffering from swine flu from past two weeks passed away on Sunday. He was admitted to Meerut Medical College on March 1 after diagnosis, following which he was referred to Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi on the next day. …
BHOPAL: Even going by official death toll, H1N1 outbreak has claimed over lives in the state capital, this year. Health officials admitted they expect a rise in swine flu cases in next few days, with another spell of rain expected in coming days. In March alone, every day H1N1 has …
Holi festivities this year has come between the crucial board exams and a raging swine flu outbreak in the city and its peripheral areas. The state government has cautioned through an advisory that those who are ill should stay indoors, while revellers should refrain from applying colour on the face. …
