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 …
VIEW FINDER NOT A USUAL EXERCISE Soldiers smell the ground to detect bodies of flash flood victims in Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot battered the island"s southern region in the second week of August. The typhoon, which Met officials call the deadliest in 50 years, also triggered mudslides; one such mudslide …
NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry has issued an advisory to those undertaking the Haj pilgrimage this year in view of the swine flu outbreak across the globe. The advisory notes that before leaving the country, Haj pilgrims would be medically examined for signs/symptoms of swine flu (fever, cough, running …
While the country had reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) from 2006-08 and experts had questioned the role of migratory birds in the transmission of the virus, a latest study by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) and city-based Ela Foundation has given a clean chit …
At least 232 H1N1 positive cases have been detected in the last two weeks, taking the tally of people infected with swine flu in Bangladesh to 604. In a regular news briefing on swine flu on Sunday, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Con-trol and Research (IED-CR) Mahmudur Rahman …
At least 232 H1N1 positive cases have been detected in the last two weeks, taking the tally of people infected with swine flu in Bangladesh to 604. In a regular new briefing on swine flu on Sunday, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Mahmudur Rahman …
More than six million doses of swine flu vaccine will be available by the first week in October, more that twice as many as had been recently expected, federal health officials said. As before, however, most will be the FluMist nasal spray, which is recommended only for people ages 2 …
The overall swine flu situation in Dhaka city improved during the Eid vacation but the number of patients with dengue fever increased, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research on Wednesday.
Sept. 23: The health and family welfare minister, Mr D. Nagender, has confirmed that swine flu has claimed 26 lives in the state and 13 others are in critical condition. A large number of patients had been discharged after treatment, he added. According to the minister, the Osmania Hospital recorded …
NATCO Pharma hopes to sell 10 million capsules of Natflu, the generic version of oseltamivir, the drug used to treat swine flu, by next month. The Hyderabad-based company has tied up with healthcare chain Medplus for distribution and is in talks with other distributors to ramp up its supply chain …
Sri Lanka has successfully managed Novel Avian Infuenza (A)H1N1 when comparing with the other countries and carried out diagnosis free. The Government spends over Rs.15,000 to conduct medical tests on a person, a Heathcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman said. He said the tool kit required to carry out the medical …
NEW DELHI: The Capital reported 106 more positive cases of swine flu on Monday, taking the total number of cases in Delhi so far to 1,957. Of the cases reported on Monday, 65 are children. The Delhi Health Department said 90 per cent of the patients who reported with swine …
The Director-General of the World Heath Organisation (WHO), Margaret Chan, said here on Monday that the production of influenza A(H1N1) vaccine was on track and it would be ideal to produce three billion of them annually. Speaking after the opening ceremony of the Regional Committee Meeting of the Western Pacific …
Preliminary results from two 2009 influenza A(H1N1) vaccine trials in Britain and Australia have shown that the vaccines tested on adults are both safe and effective. Doctors and health workers in some countries had expressed concern over the safety of a fast-tracked vaccine and had reservations about being vaccinated. Although …
Nagaland has recorded its first H1N1 positive case, official sources said on Monday. The sources confirmed that the test sample of the suspect sent to the Regional Centre, Dibrugarh, tested positive on Sunday. The patient, hailing from Dimapur, had returned to Nagaland from Pune. Dr Kevichusa Medikhru, nodal officer for …
New Delhi: On Monday, 106 new cases of H1N1 influenza were confirmed in the capital. With this, total number of confirmed cases has risen to 1,957. Of the 20 confirmed cases, 65 are children.
The head of the World Health Organisation said on Sunday that the swine flu virus has apparently not yet mutated into a more serious disease and that the development of vaccines was proceeding on track. The vaccines for (A) H1N1 influenza produced so far have been very effective, WHO Director-General …
