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 …
(Reuters) - Burkina Faso’s government confirmed on Wednesday that an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu was responsible for the deaths of large numbers of chickens in two regions of the country in recent weeks. Jean Paul Rouamba, minister for livestock, said tests had been carried out by the United Nations …
H1N1 influenza deaths continued in the city as two more senior citizens succumbed to the virus over 24 hours. In three days, five people, including a child, have fallen prey to the swine flu virus, taking the overall death toll in the city to 44. One of the two deceased …
The number of swine flu cases in the state has risen to 41, with five new people testing positive for the disease on Sunday night. None of the cases are serious, and all five have completed their five-day treatment for swine flu and have been discharged from hospital, state epidemiologist …
Deadly swine flu continued to spread its wings, claiming the lives of 12 more people. Taking the toll across the country to 2,035, the number of people affected by the H1N1 virus inched towards the 34,000 mark. According to the Union health ministry, as many as 2,035 persons had perished …
State health officials confirmed 50 fresh cases and four deaths due to swine flu on Sunday. As many as 39 patients are currently critical and have been put on ventilator support at different hospitals across the state. With this, the number of swine flu cases has gone up to 4,474, …
The complex and unresolved evolutionary origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic exposed major gaps in our knowledge of the global spatial ecology and evolution of influenza A viruses in swine (swIAVs). Here we undertake an expansive phylogenetic analysis of swIAV sequence data and demonstrate that the global live swine …
The swine flu death toll was six short of touching the 2,000-mark as 19 more persons succumbed to the disease on Thursday, while the number of affected persons crossed 33,000. According to the Union Health Ministry’s data, the death toll till Wednesday touched 1,994 while the number of affected persons …
CHITWAN, MAR 24 - The district has been witnessing a rise in the number of swine flu (H1N1) patients despite strict measures to contain the disease, health officials said. According to the District Public Health Office (DPHO), 68 people have been found to be afflicted with the virus in the …
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina yesterday disclosed that 18 states in the country have Avian Influenza disease otherwise known as Bird Flu. The minister while speaking at a two-day refresher training course organised for federal and state epidemiology officers on Avian Influenza (AI) prevention and containment …
HANOI - Vietnam has diagnosed the first outbreak of avian H1N1 flu on humans in 2015, said Vietnam's Ministry of Health's General Department of Preventive Medicine (GDPM) in the capital Hanoi on Monday. On March 14 to 21, a total of 33 victims, who mostly are students at a primary …
A rise in the maximum temperature all over the state is sure to bring down cases of swine flu, but it may not happen immediately. On Sunday, state health officials confirmed 75 fresh cases and five deaths due to swine flu. As many as 42 patients are currently critical and …
CHITWAN, MAR 22 - The Swine Influenza H1N1 virus has been detected in 53 persons from blood samples sent for testing to Kathmandu from the Bharatpur Hospital. Among the persons testing positive for Swine Flu, 44 are from Chitwan, five from Nawalparasi and Gorkha, one each from Tanahun, Parsa and …
Vietnam reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu virus in a village in the northern province of Thanh Hoa, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday. Over 350 birds were found infected by the virus in a village in Tinh Gia district last week, the …
INDORE: Madhya Pradesh high court has served a notice on the state government seeking reply on steps initiated to check the spread of swine flu on Tuesday. The state has been directed to furnish reply in the next hearing on March 17. Chief Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Alok Aradhe …
Swine flu has been claiming one life a day on an average in the city for the past one month. A 55-year-old woman from Thakurli was the latest in line to fall prey to the deadly H1N1 virus taking the toll of deaths to 24 since January this year. If …
Since December, swine flu in India has claimed more than 1,200 lives. Now, researchers are taking a closer look at this flu strain and have discovered that it may have acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of the H1N1 influenza virus. Very little scientific data …
The Centre today rejected a research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US, which says the H1N1 virus responsible for over 1,500 deaths since late last December has a new and more infectious strain than the one witnessed in 2009 during the global swine flu pandemic. “We reject the …
The 2014-15 H1N1 outbreak in India has reportedly led to 800 fatalities. The reported influenza hemagglutinin sequences from India indicate that these viruses contain amino acid changes linked to enhanced virulence and are potentially antigenically distinct from the current vaccine containing 2009 (Cal0709) H1N1 viral hemagglutinin.
Three more people succumbed to deadly H1N1 taking the death toll in the state capital to 62. Test report of suspected swine flu patients was received on Sunday. District health officials said one death was reported from a private hospital and two died in Hamidia hospital. Around 23 patients in …
Holi festivities this year has come between the crucial board exams and a raging swine flu outbreak in the city and its peripheral areas. The state government has cautioned through an advisory that those who are ill should stay indoors, while revellers should refrain from applying colour on the face. …
