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 …
With 60 patients testing positive for the H1N1 virus since January 1, against a total of four cases reported during the same period last year, the Health department on Thursday called an emergency meeting. The department has instructed all government hospitals to immediately open isolation wards and keep dedicated ICU …
494 Cases Reported In North India New Delhi: North India suddenly finds itself facing a sharp upsurge of swine flu cases, with the virus having claimed 95 lives in just four states of the region so far this year. As per health ministry data, 64 people have died due to …
An outbreak of swine flu in India has killed at least 94 people in just over five weeks, reports say. The health ministry said more than 450 cases had been reported, mostly in the northern state of Rajasthan. Officials say they are investigating the cause of the outbreak, with some …
New Delhi: H1N1 influenza is back to haunt Delhi after three years. The disease, which gained epidemic proportions in 2009, has claimed three lives so far this year. At least 57 people have taken ill this time around, according to government data. Path labs and hospitals say there is a …
20 deaths reported since January 13 Worried over the rising number of deaths due to swine flu this year, Punjab has put a formal query to the National Centre for Disease Control on the possibility of a change in the causative virus. Swine flu has claimed 20 lives in the …
Paramedics fear virus can spread; docs say rules being followed The admission of a critical patient hit by swine flu has created a scare at Kashmir’s leading hospital as the man suffering from the communicable virus is being treated in a common ward instead of being put into quarantine. Kashmir’s …
Another positive case of swine flu has come to light at Khatrawan village in Sirsa. Naseeb Kaur, 60-year-old woman of the village, has been found infected with the H1N1 virus. Her sample has been found positive, confirmed the Deputy Civil Surgeon, Dr Viresh Bhushan. The woman is getting treatment at …
The Haryana Health Department has issued guidelines and taken steps to prevent the spread of H1N1 swine flu as 31 cases have so far been reported from the state during the current year. A spokesman of the department said here today that nine cases had been reported from Karnal district, …
Three patients admitted to hospital Panic gripped the health authorities as eight job aspirants showed swine flu symptoms during a recruitment drive at the local Commando complex. Three of them were admitted to hospital after taking their blood samples. Swine flue symptoms were noticed in a job hospirant, Sadhu Ram, …
A case of swine flu has been detected in Hisar. A married woman from Tohana town of Fatehabad, who has been undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Hisar, had tested positive for swine flu. This is the first case of swine flu in this area. The woman, sources said, …
New Delhi:The city has reported 71 cases of swine flu this year, the health department confirmed on Monday. No deaths have been reported though, said a senior official. He said 22 hospitals — 17 government and five private — have been indentified for control and management of the disease. “All …
It was the lull before the storm. After a significant drop last fiscal, the number of deaths from swine flu has shot up by about 800% in the state this year. A total of 113 deaths were registered till November 7 this year compared with the 12 in 2011-12. Ten …
JAIPUR: A 43-year-old swine flu patient who was admitted to a private hospital here, a week ago died on Monday. This was the first HIN1 death of the season in the Pink City, confirmed the officials of medical and health department on Tuesday. In this season so far three persons …
Lucknow: The rising number of cases of swine flu in Lucknow, 56 so far, has started a blame game between the state health department and the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI). Till Monday evening, 56 confirmed cases afflicted with the deadly H1N1 virus have been reported …
Bhubaneswar: Swine flu has resurfaced in Odisha with detection of H1N1 virus in a young woman undergoing treatment at a private hospital here, official sources said here on Sunday.The blood sample of a woman patient sent to us from a private hospital at Bhubaneswar was found positive for swine flu …
As swine flu numbers went up to 267 last week in the city , figures show that the majority of the victims of the H1N1 virus are children, elderly citizens and pregnant women. On August 4 alone, 17 positive cases were recorded and nearly 30 per cent of the patients …
H1N1 claiming a life in Mumbai and two in Navi Mumbai over the past week, the respective civic bodies are now taking measures to ensure the situation does not turn worse. Even as health officials said there is no need to panic, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has started …
Mumbai: The count of positive cases for H1N1 influenza virus touched 200 in Mumbai on Sunday. While, experts don’t term it as a “resurgence”, civic officials say 138 cases were detected in July. In the last four months, 62 positive cases were reported. However, only six cases were reported throughout …
At least 16 cases of swine flu have been reported in the city over the past two days, bringing the number of H1N1 cases to almost a 100 in July alone, according to data available with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Public Health Department. Among the 16 cases, six have been …
MUMBAI: The count of positive cases for H1N1 influenza in the city jumped to 119 on Wednesday after eight people, including two children, tested positive. A two-year-old boy from Jogeshwari and an eight-year-old girl from Chandivali were the latest to test positive, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's epidemiologist Dr Mangala Gomare said., …
