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 …
The number of swine flu patients has reached at 11 in NWFP after confirmation of another swine flu case in the province, health officials said on Friday. Officials told Daily Times that besides 11 swine flu cases, they had also admitted a woman from Frontier Region (FR) Peshawar in the …
Another death from the swine flu in the district has created panic among villagers as patients have been reporting with symptoms of the disease. Phoola Devi (35), wife of Deep Kumar and resident of Ropari village (Bhareri) under Bhoranj subdivision, died last night at the regional hospital. She was admitted …
An international team of scientists have made a novel discovery that might help explain how flu virus, including the currently circulating H1N1 infects human beings. They have also identified small molecule compounds that act on several of these factors and inhibit viral replication, pointing to new ways to treat flu. …
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society launched a public awareness project on influenza A HI NI throughout the island to educate the people about the measures that they should focus on to protect themselves in the backdrop of the spread of A H1 N1 Addressing a news conference held in …
Ahmedabad: Five swine flu deaths were reported in the city on Monday, taking the death toll in the state to 71. The deaths have set alarm bells ringing in the state health department. In December alone, Gujarat has seen 20 swine flu deaths already. Of the 71 deaths, 67 persons …
The total number of swine flu cases in the country has reached 121, as five more people were tested positive at the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi on Monday, a private TV channel said. Three women and two children are the latest victims of swine flu, which takes the number …
Three more people succumbed to swine flu in Delhi while 364 fresh cases of swine flu were reported nationwide. Of the 364 fresh cases reported on Saturday, the national capital accounted for 210 cases. With the casualties on Wednesday, the total number of people who have succumbed to the disease …
Fifty-five cases of swine flu (H1N1) have been reported at the Western Command Hospital, Chandimandir, since the spread of the disease in this part of the region. According to the hospital authorities, majority of those infected were serving soldiers, with 11 patients being family members of armed forces personnel. However, …
As the mercury dips, civic authorities will have to prepare themselves for a multi-pronged attack by diseases. At a time when swine flu deaths are showing no signs of ebbing, the mosquito menace is also raising its ugly head Gujarat
Despite swine flu claiming over 700 lives across India and the cost of imported raw material to produce Oseltamivir crossing $400 per kg mark (around Rs 19,000), India has no plans to produce the anti-viral through its public sector undertakings. Reason - the government thinks it would be
At Auroprobe Laboratories in Ghaziabad, the number of H1N1 influenza samples received in the last fortnight have soared as temperatures dip in the Capital region and the flu makes a comeback. Similar is the story at other private laboratories authorised to conduct H1N1 sample tests. Adnan Khan of Auroprobe, one …
Ordering all major government hospitals in the province to equip their isolation wards with necessary swine flu treatment facilities at the earliest, Sindh Minister for Health Dr Sagheer Ahmad on Saturday granted permission to appoint technical staff at those hospitals where ventilators are lying unutilised. The order came in the …
Throat swabs of 2 IGMC docs, 2 Solan residents sent for testing Tribune News Service Shimla, December 10 A 32-year-old businessman is the seventh confirmed victim of swine flu in the state. Admitted in a private hospital at Manali, his condition worsened yesterday and he passed away. His blood samples …
London: British experts say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths. Researchers at the Cochrane Review, an international nonprofit that reviews health information, looked at previously published papers on …
The total number of deaths in Himachal due to swine flu has risen to six, forcing health authorities to launch a fresh information and education campaign with active involvement of private practitioners and hoteliers, especially in view of the tourist season. A 56-year-old priest of the nearby Junga area, who …
NEW DELHI: After having shown a slight decline in numbers, swine flu seems to have made a return with the number of cases climbing up in the Capital over the past one week. The number of children testing positive for the flu too have registered an increase.
New Delhi: With winter tightening its grip on the capital, H1N1 influenza has staged a dramatic comeback with the number of fresh cases daily hovering above the 100 mark. On Friday 186 fresh cases were reported
The CMCH, Ludhiana, CMCH, Vellore, St Johns Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Medical College, Pune, and Medical College, Bangalore, have been chosen by the Ministry of Health, Government of India, to carry out the trials of the preventive H1N1vaccine in India. The vaccine has been manufactured by Glaxo Smith Kline …
DPS Mathura Road, Frank Anthony and two other schools in the east Delhi closed till the next week The city on Thursday recorded 176 fresh cases of H1N1 flu, the highest for a day since the outbreak of the disease, leading to speculation that the city was witnessing the second …
The animal trials for the much-awaited H1N1 vaccine have been completed by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII). The Institute is hopeful of beginning human clinical trials by December 15. The firm, which sent a report on the attenuated intranasal spray tests on animals to the Drug Controller General …
