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 …
New Delhi: Five months after the first case of H1N1 influenza was reported in India, the panic surrounding it has subsided. Till a month back, close to 100 new cases were being confirmed every day while at present the number is around 10-12. Experts feared the
Satyasundar Barik BHUBANESWAR: This was the last thing that the Orissa government needed. Swine flu scare which has so far been limited to urban centres of the State has now surfaced in rural region. Two suspected swine flu affected students staying in a tribal residential school in Sundargarh district have …
The swine flu pandemic Confronted with an unrelenting spread of the H1N1 virus in the urban, semi-urban and rural areas in and around Pune which claimed its first Swine flu fatality on August 3, the state health authorities are eagerly awaiting the findings of a research undertaken by National Institute …
The swine flu pandemic The delayed NIV (National Institute of Virology) test reports confirming the infection were received yesterday, hospital authorities said. Meanwhile, state health department has renewed its appeal to the citizens to undergo screening without delay if they developed suspected swine flu symptoms. Street plays are being organised …
The first case of swine flu from the Ratnapura District has been detected from a young girl, the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Health Services Director, Dr Kapila Kannagara said. The girl had been admitted to the hospital for treatment three days ago with signs of fever.. A sample of her blood had …
More Pvt Hospitals Identified To Treat H1N1 Patients Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: Ahead of winters, a jittery state health department is apparently bracing itself for an onslaught of swine flu cases in the city. Apart from the present designated private hospitals across four cities, the health department is now …
Mumbai: A preliminary study conducted by the state government into the deaths caused by the H1N1 influenza virus has revealed that the pathogen is now affecting patients more virulently and is producing newer reactions in the body. The study has also thrown up a perplexing fact--two-thirds of those suspected to …
Pune: The swine flu toll in the city rose to 92 after a six month pregnant woman succumbed to the H1N1 infection in a hospital here, health officials said today. According to Dr Ashok Mehta, joint director, health, ten more fresh cases were detected in the city during the last …
Another case of swine flu has come to the fore here with a 18-year-old local girl testing positive in the HINI tests conducted at the IGMC, Shimla, last evening. The girl has been kept in isolation at the hospital and her family members had been quarantined, according to CMO Dr …
Pune: With the death of a 30-year-old woman, the Swine Flu toll in the city has gone up to 91, health officials said today. The swine flu pandemic The woman died last night, they said. The pandemic, which has been unrelenting in the city for about four months since its …
President Barack Obama declared swine flu a national emergency, the White House announced in a statement yesterday. The declaration is designed to help US medical treatment facilities deal with a surge in H1N1 influenza patients by waiving government rules on a case-by-case basis, the announcement said. That might make it …
Pune Of the 185 deaths due to the H1IN1 virus in Maharashtra, 119 persons were from the age group of 16-45 years and Tamiflu was not given in 17 cases. In its analysis of the number of H1N1 deaths between August-October this year, the Directorate of Health has pointed out …
KOCHI: Testifying the fact that swine flu has spread to the community level, many cases have been reported from schools in the district. But the authorities with the health department said that they have taken all measures to ensure proper treatment to patients. The health department has given instructions to …
MUMBAI: Mumbai, Pune and Nashik together account for the maximum number of H1N1 deaths in Maharashtra. While the deaths have been sporadic in the rest of the State, patients from rural areas coming to urban centres for treatment indicated the disease had spread to the interiors, Maharashtra Health Secretary Sharvari …
THE government may cap the retail price of anti-viral drug oseltamivir used for the treatment of swine flu if market competition does not force the price down, a senior official in the ministry of chemicals and fertilizers said. The pharma industry, however, defended the pricing
Oct. 14: In the wake of a warning sounded by the World Health Organ-isation (WHO) about a second outbreak of swine flu, the district administration has prepared a detailed ground-level action plan to tackle virus. The action plan involves creating an awareness among the people by giving them tips to …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The total swine flu cases in the state crossed 300 with 10 more cases reported on Sunday. Four cases from Ernakulam, three from Thiruvananthapuram and one each from Thrissur, Malappuram and Kannur were reported in the last 24-hours. The total number of positive Swine Flu cases have gone up to …
Foreign vaccine manufacturers are insisting on price fixation for the H1N1 vaccine before they supply it for carrying out human trial in India. The Government plans to introduce H1N1 vaccine by early next year and human trials with the imported vaccine need to be over by mid-December to meet the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Influenza A (H1N1) diagnostic laboratory of the Regional Medical Research Centre here has become fully operational with samples from the State being sent to it for testing. The facility has given its first H1N1 confirmation report with the sample of Dr Anup Kumar Burnwal of Rourkela testing positive. …
