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 scare of swine flu has crept into the Defence establishments after a CRPF jawan and an Army soldier in Mizoram and a jawan in Assam tested positive for it. Defence sources said all the security forces have been put on alert to prevent its personnel from being affected by …
Two more patients in Assam have tested positive for the H1N1 virus, and they have been lodged in at the Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh and at the Army Base Hospital, Basistha. The total number of patients undergoing treatment for the flu infection in the state now stands at three. Mannit …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa recorded its first Influenza A H1N1 cases on Tuesday with two persons testing positive. Lab tests at the National Institute for Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, confirmed the flu in Ratikanta Nayak (28) of Soro in Balasore and Amit Singh, a student of NIT, Rourkela. Both had …
NEW DELHI: The Union government will soon issue a fresh set of guidelines for schools to help them contain the spread of A (H1N1). It includes asking the authorities to avoid holding the morning assembly, cultural gatherings and any other kind of congregation. Sources in the Union Health and Family …
The Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Department held meetings on Monday with representatives of private hospitals enlisted to support efforts to tackle H1N1, as 12 more people tested positive for the virus in the city. A total of 85 people are undergoing treatment in different city hospitals while 83 have …
Doctors serving in hospitals and medical colleges in State are in a higher state of alert following the first confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) infection. Isolation wards in select hospitals are being kept ready for any eventuality, doctors have asked people to observe caution but not to get panicky. …
Influenza has the potential to infect many people quickly. Although the death rate for seasonal flu is probably only around 1% of those affected, when the numbers so affected run into millions, as they do in India, the number of people who die will also be large. It is this …
Samples of 5 more suspects sent to NICD Jammu: The blood samples of five more persons having symptoms of suspected swine flu were airlifted today to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in New Delhi, taking the total number to 27 since July 10. While 30,000 pilgrims from across …
The first large-scale studies of people affected by swine flu in Europe and the US are out. And both studies show that while the number of sick people is high, it is a small fraction of the total population. Both studies also show that the severity of swine flu is …
Poor Contact Tracing, Cool Climate To Blame New Delhi: Even as the swine flu storm rages through India, Pune is taking the worst battering. Almost 65% (14 out of 22) of the H1N1 deaths in India have been in the city. Nor is it looking any better now after the …
When almost the entire country is on high alert over Swine flu and when the hyped national media is paying prime-time attention to it, Bihar is suffering from cerebral malaria. At least six people have died due to the disease and over thousands are in the grip of it. According …
Bangalore, Pune: A 26-year-old teacher became the first swine flu fatality in Bangalore on Thursday, while the pandemic claimed three more lives in Pune , taking the total death toll in the city to 13 and 20 across the country. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government is doing its …
Aug. 13: A public interest litigation was filed in the AP High Court on Thursday seeking a directive to the state government to make wearing of masks in public places mandatory to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus in the state. The petitioner, Mr Sridhar Reddy, the executive director …
A TEAM headed by the chief of National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Dr Shiv Lal, has arrived in Mumbai to help the state government strategize to curb the spread of the deadly H1N1 virus which has already claimed 13 lives in the state, the largest number of deaths in any …
Mizoram today stepped up vigil along the border after some persons infected with swine flu were detected in neighbouring Manipur, officials said. Check posts in Mizoram-Manipur border village and other areas were on high alert and ban on import of pigs had been clamped, State Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Director …
