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 …
S Mahesh | ENS Sufficient equipment and laboratories are not available in rural government hospitals for testing cases FIFTEEN suspected swine flu cases have been reported at the Kanyakumari M Medical College Hospital since January and of them on only three cases tested positive. Of the three cases, two were …
345 Fresh Cases In Past Week; Kerala Among Worst-Affected States Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: The number of H1N1 swine flu infections have once again started to pile up in India. In the last one week — from June 21-27 — as many as 345 fresh cases of swine …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: No need to panic. Situation under control. Swine flu has caused more casualties among pregnant women as they failed to report on time to the hospitals. These are the preliminary findings of the Central team that visited Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam to assess the swine flu situation. The team, that …
U Anand Kumar NEW DELHI: Pandemic influenza H1N1 cases continued to be on the rise in the southern states, especially Kerala, during the last two weeks. In all, 266 lab-confirmed cases were reported in Kerala last week out of a total 345 confirmed cases in the country. Eighteen cases were …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even though the total number of swine flu cases being reported in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam has started coming down, a total of 46 positive cases and one death was reported in the state on Sunday. Vidhya, 27, of Thirumala from Thiruvananthapuram who was undergoing treatment for pneumonia and who …
MUMBAI: The city registered three more deaths on Thursday, all women, due to swine flu. Worryingly, the deaths have brought to the fore the fact that city hospitals have learnt little from last year
June 24: Swine flu claimed the life of one more person, a woman from Mahbubnagar, in a city hospital on Thursday, taking the toll in the current spell of infection to three. K. Vani, 27, wife of Naveen Kumar from Mahbubnagar, was admitted in a corporate hospital in the city …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Three deaths caused by H1N1 and 41 fresh cases of the disease were reported in the State on June 24. Afeefa, 19, of Vadakara, Sojan, 10, of Kalaparambil, Idukki, and Jyothi, 25, of Kalladikodu were the three dead. The deceased were under treatment for acute respiratory diseases. Of the …
Mumbai The number of H1N1 cases in Mumbai has shot up in the rainy season, with 60 cases between June 1 and 23, after only 33 from January 1 to May 30. Additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar said that due to early showers, the number of cases has been more …
MUMBAI: The dreaded H1N1 virus claimed the life of a one-year-old child on Sunday morning, rekindling fears of the potency of the virus that was believed to have become dormant. With this, the total number of swine flu related deaths has gone up to three this month. The virus has …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi June 19, 2010, 0:02 IST Pune-based Serum Institute of India will soon become the second company to get manufacturing approval for a vaccine for the H1N1 virus (swine flu) . The company
Visakhapatnam, June 18: The district collector, Mr J. Shyamala Rao, has appealed to the people not to panic following death of a patient on Friday and said there were enough vaccines and medicines available with the district medical and health authorities. The collector held a meeting with the medical officials …
Visakhapatnam, June 18: Swine flu has resurfaced in the port city with the death of a 36-year-old man here on Friday. The victim, K. Appanna of Railway New Colony fell sick after returning home from Srikakulam last week. He was admitted to a corporate hospital where he tested positive for …
Mumbai: Swine flu, that had all but receded from short-term public memory, reared its ugly head again recently, claiming a victim in Bhayandar on Wednesday. Sambhaji Panpatte, deputy commissioner of Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), said the victim, Rekha Kirtikumar Shah, 52, was a resident of Bhayandar. On the morning of …
M. Dinesh Varma Through online mapping of epidemiological data Two-year project is funded by the IT Ministry The software will also be designed to generate mobile alerts CHENNAI: An IT Ministry-funded project is under way to help health administrators frame emergency responses to outbreak of swine flu and other vector-borne …
Thiruvananthapuram, 15 June: This monsoon 3,000 families from the fishing community, residing in a 10-km stretch between Poonthura and Shanghmugham near Thiruvananthapuram, left their homes with few personal belongings. The Kerala Irrigation Department responsible for reinforcing the levee has a one-size-fits-all approach, while pointing fingers at the district administration for …
