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 …
In view of the looming threats from Swine Flu and Malaria, the Urban Administration and Development Minister Shri Babulal Gaur has directed the Urban Administration Department Commissioner Shri S. M. Mishra to start cleanliness and public awareness campaign by the urban bodies. The Commissioner immediately issued instructions to all the …
Bhopal, Aug 23:State Congress spokesman JP Dhanopiya said that BJP government has failed to provide health services and in last one year Swine flue disease has assumed epidemic proportions. He regretted that it was unfortunate that one-and-a-half dozen people have died untimely death and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is …
NEW DELHI: With 26 new cases of dengue and 41 of swine flu, the Capital on Friday saw a sudden spurt in the twin menace. Two swine flu deaths, one each at Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital and Lohia Hospital, were also reported taking the grand total to 20 so far …
With the onset of monsoon in the national Capital, dengue and swine flu cases are increasing with 25 fresh cases of dengue and 32 cases of swine flu reported during the last 24 hour. According to the officials, the number of dengue cases has reached 322 this season.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government in a bid to streamline the grassroots-level mechanisms to tackle spread of H1N1, today directed top officials of the Health Department to fan out and take stock of the situation in the districts. The officials during their visits to the districts would assess the H1N1 preparedness …
Filed staff in all the 50 districts of the state have been alerted to deal with swine flu effectively. Secretary Health Shri S.R. Mohanty in a letter to divisional commissioners and district collectors has instructed them to constitute a task force in their respective districts and ensure adherence to protocol …
ROURKELA: As Swine Flu continues to create panic in the State, the Sundargarh district administration has set up half a dozen control rooms at strategic locations for effective monitoring of the H1N1 virus spread. Private health service providers are being sensitised on screening suspected patients and treatment of H1N1 virus …
After a three-month gap, swine flu resurfaced in Madhya Pradesh and has claimed three lives this month, a top Health Department official said on Wednesday. Twenty-two positive cases of H1N1 virus have also been reported in the state. "Two persons in Jabalpur and one in Indore died of swine flu …
Sufficient arrangements have been made in the state for prevention, control and treatment of Swine Flue. Swine Flu is fully under control and the situation is being watched daily. Secretary Health Shri S R Mohanty said this while reviewing the preparations in connection with treatment of Swine Flu at a …
Influenza A (H1N1) has hit the city again. A PGI staff nurse has tested positive of the virus. This is the first positive case of swine flu in the city.The 30-year-old resident of Sector 35 was admitted to Fortis hospital in Mohali where the authorities sent her blood samples to …
BHUBANESWAR: Panic swelled in the Capital City on Thursday as people queued up before hospitals, both private and government, to get vaccination for H1N1 as the Government swung into action to arrange mobilisation of the vaccines. The swine flu has claimed seven lives so far.With five more cases testing positive …
At 21%, casualty rate in state highest in countryTIMES NEWS NETWORKAhmedabad: Swine flu has so far claimed 18 deaths in Gujarat. As many as 85 positive cases have been registered in the state. The casualties are nearly 21 per cent of the total swine flu positive cases reported in the …
New Delhi: The swine flu threat is back in the capital. On a day when the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 pandemic over, Delhi reported five deaths due to the viral influenza on Tuesday
New Delhi: Twenty-five more swine flu cases were reported in the national capital, officials from the health department told mediapersons on Monday. This brings the total number of cases of H1N1 influenza in the city to 197 this year and a total of 9,895 cumulative cases from May 2009.
48-year-old woman was a Class IV employee at GNDU health centre; colleagues, relatives under observationA 48-year-old woman, who tested positive for swine flu on Saturday, died on Monday.An alert has been sounded at the health centre of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) where Malti Devi, a resident of Chheherta locality, …
KOLKATA, 30 JULY: With Swine Flu claiming its third victim in the state in less than a fortnight, the state health department seems to have swung into action to combat the disease. But hitches remain. The department is yet to speak to the railway authorities to set up an isolation …
AWAY from the conference rooms of climate talks, developed countries have begun arm-twisting developing countries to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Sasan, a coal-based project of Reliance Power, almost lost out on funding from a US-based lending agency (See: US bank uses carbon smokescreen). Earlier in the year, power …
Pune: The second wave of the pandemic H1N1 influenza has struck and its infection rate is likely to be higher than the first wave, according to the National Institute of Virology (NIV). The wave is currently strong in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore, an NIV official said, adding that there
New Delhi: The nation has developed an indigenous swine flu detection kit, which comes close on the heels of an homegrown swine flu vaccine. As the country reels under a fresh H1N1 swine flu outbreak
