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 …
MONTEVIDEO – Uruguayan Deputy Health Minister Cristina Lustemberg reported on Wednesday in a press conference that four people have died in the South American country from the Type A H1N1 swine flu strain. She said that Uruguay is suffering an outbreak of the flu because of the cold temperatures brought …
Though there is no fear, the move to stop feeding poultry to animals is a precautionary measure, ZAK chairperson Rehana Banu has said. In wake of bird flu scare in Karnataka, the Bannerghatta Biological park (BBP) has stopped feeding poultry to the zoo carnivores. A circular has also been issued …
Experts say no need to panic as H5N1 spread is localised in Bidar The demand for poultry dropped slightly in Bengaluru on Monday, a day after thousands of chickens died of bird flu (H5N1) in Bidar district. Chicken eaters are taking precaution and asking sellers where the birds have been …
The Animal Husbandry Department in the district is awaiting a notification from the Union Government for establishing a check-post along the Mysore National Highway in the wake of an alert sounded across Karnataka on outbreak of bird flu. Though the outbreak was at a village in Bidar district in the …
BENGALURU: Bird flu has resurfaced in Karnataka, this time in Humnabad taluk of Bidar district. But the authorities and experts are confident that adequate precautionary measures are in place to contain it from spreading to other parts of the state and are telling people not to panic. At the Central …
Chicken that died at a poultry farm at Melakera in Humnabad taluk, Bidar district. As many as 35,000 chicken have died in 20 days at Melakera in Humnabad taluk, sending shockwaves among those in the poultry farming industry. A total of 8,000 chicken had died on a single day at …
Whilst countries in the tropics and subtropics exhibit diverse patterns of seasonal flu activity, they can be grouped into eight geographical zones to optimise vaccine formulation and delivery timing, according to a study published April 27, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Siddhivinayak Hirve from the World Health …
NANCHANG -- Two human H7N9 cases have been confirmed in East China's Jiangxi province, local health authorities said on Sunday. The two patients are a 43-year-old woman surnamed Huang and a 23-year-old man surnamed Xiao. They are a mother and son, said the provincial health and family planning commission. Both …
Following an influenza outbreak that has killed 39 infants in Nakuru County, the government has asked parents whose children under five years have a cough and fever to take them to hospital immediately. Since March 24, when the first case was reported, 296 Influenza cases have been confirmed. The health …
JAIPUR: As many as 40 persons died due to swine flu in 2016 so far. In the same period, more than 400 persons had died due to H1N1 influenza. The health department figures show that in 2016 so far, the doctors conducted swine test on 1,892 persons. Among those, 179 …
Each year, researchers identify influenza strains expected to circulate during flu season and manufacture a vaccine aimed at them. Many years, strains not expected to pose a threat emerge, sickening people who have been vaccinated. Scientists at the University of Georgia and Sanofi Pasteur developed a vaccine for H1N1 influenza …
Mumbai: The day and night temperature variation in the city has led to a spurt in viral ailments over the past few weeks. Doctors have also begun seeing cases of H1N1 influenza after not reporting any throughout January and February. Last year, there was an outbreak of the infection in …
The number of H1N1 patients and casualties have increased across the state in the last few days. Maharashtra has reported 11 H1N1 deaths so far this year. Of the casualties, two deaths were reported from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad in the last three days. The region is also seeing the most …
Swine flu has yet not subsided and now dengue has started showing its ugly face. A local resident has tested positive for dengue while a woman died of swine flu last night. The deceased was a 63-year-old resident of Nawanshahr. With her death, the swine flu toll has reached 26 …
Swine flu clai med two more lives on Tues day, taking the death toll from the deadly virus in 2016 to 29. This year, 131 H1N1 positi ve cases were reported out of which 29 died -this means that every fifth person hospi talized with the disease has died. Municipal …
Swine flu has so far claimed 61 lives in Punjab, with 30 succumbing to H1N1 virus in the State in past one month alone. “Sixty-one persons have died due to swine flu in Punjab so far. The number of positive cases reported until yesterday stands at 163,” State’s nodal officer …
KOTA: A 28-year-old has succumbed to swine flu taking the death toll from the virus in Kota region to three. The victim, Pradeep Nagar (28), a resident of Anta town in Baran and employed at Vidutt Vitran Nigam in Kota died of swine flu yesterday, Chief Medical and Health Officer …
DEHRADUN: Hospitals in the state have recorded two more swine flu deaths since the beginning of the year, taking the toll to four. The victims were a 47-year-old man who was travelling to the state from Deoband, Saharanpur, and died at a hospital in Dehradun on February 28 and a …
DEHRADUN: State is witnessing a mild surge in the number of swine flu patients. The total number of patients have gone up to 15 of which 12 are from Garhwal region. Surprisingly, majority of 'women' are inflicted due to swine flu and state capital, Dehradun, has recorded maximum seven female …
NEW DELHI: An advisory has been issued to all states to step up their preparedness to tackle swine flu, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. "Government has issued an advisory to all the state governments and UTs to step up preparedness for H1N1 Influenza," Union health minister J P Nadda …
