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 …
With no let-up in the spread of swine flu, the Rajasthan government has directed all major private hospitals to create separate wards and intensive care units for patients with the disease. It has also decided to draw up a plan for dealing with the disease in the next four years. …
Two more people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus, popularly known as ‘swine flu’, taking the total number of infected to eight. Tests conducted on four samples at the Capital’s National Public Health Laboratory on Monday confirmed that two people were suffering from the influenza. On Sunday, the NPHL …
Statement by Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, in both the Houses of Parliament regarding Outbreak of H1N1 Seasonal Influenza and the steps taken by Government of India in this regard.
Ten more Swine flu deaths in Gujarat were reported on Sunday. The total number of deaths has crossed 200 and stares at 207 while total number of cases reported was 3,107. Two deaths each were reported from Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat while one each from the districts of Sabarkantha, Bharuch, …
GUANGZHOU -- One more H7N9 human case was reported in south China's Guangdong Province, making the total number to 54, local health authorities said on Saturday. A 48-year-old woman from Jinping District in Shantou City was diagnosed with the disease on Friday. She was hospitalized but in critical situation, the …
The Capital on Sunday reported 84 fresh cases of swine flu taking the total number of cases this year to 2,241. According to the Health Department of the Delhi Government, on Sunday , 530 tests were carried out; of which 84 were positive. On Friday, three people, including a 23-year-old …
With 38 new deaths across the country due to swine flu, the total toll has crossed the 800 mark on Sunday. The total number of people affected by the disease on Sunday breached the 13,000 mark. According to the health ministry figures, the total number of deaths due to the …
Healthcare workers are at maximum risk of catching swine flu from infected patients. However, the government seems to have no clear policy on whether or not they should be given preventive vaccination. Dr S K Sharma, director of health services, Delhi government, said on Wednesday they have not procured any …
Twenty people have died of swine flu in less than 24 hours across Maharashtra, taking the toll to 78. While three persons died in six hours in Nagpur, the worst-affected district, two others died on Wednesday, as the authorities struggled to contain the spread of the H1N1 virus. More than …
Every two days, well over a crore of rupees is being spent on swine flu testing in the seven private laboratories in Delhi that are accredited to test for the virus. Approximately 600 samples are tested daily in the three government-run labs free of cost and the private ones test …
The H1N1 (swine flu) virus has not mutated and patients are still responding to Tamiflu, a joint study by the National Institute of Virology (NIV) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveals. Swine flu has taken 585 lives in the country in the first two months of the …
Six new Swine flu deaths were reported from across the state on Monday. The death toll has reached 150. With 1,781 total number of Swine flu cases reported, so far this year, it has crossed the highest mark of 1,683 total cases recorded in the year 2010 in the state. …
A hundred more deaths over the last three days have taken the swine flu death toll 585. While the Centre has ordered additional stocks of medicines and diagnostic kits, hospitals have started running out of Tamiflu and protective masks. So far, 8,423 people have contracted swine flu this year in …
Maharashtra continues to report an upward swing in swine-flu cases in February. The dreaded H1N1 virus, which had infected 119 people and killed 22 in the first week of this month, claimed 13 lives and infected 222 alone in the second week between February 8 and February 14. Pune and …
Following the steady rise in the number of swine flu cases, which crossed the 100 mark in the state on Sunday, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ordered free treatment for such patients. Reviewing preparations to deal with the disease, Akhilesh ordered that health department’s toll free number — 18001805145 — and …
Swine flu claimed eight more lives in Gujarat, taking the toll to 144 since January this year, while 152 cases were reported, officials said here Sunday. “Eight more deaths were reported due to swine flu in Gujarat on Sunday. Two deaths each were reported from districts of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, …
With an almost two-fold increase in the death toll and number of people testing positive for H1N1 within a week, the spread of swine flu has hit the panic button in Punjab and Haryana. In Punjab, the number of suspected cases has risen to 113, of which 45 have tested …
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) had issued a warning that in the post-pandemic period, cases and outbreaks due to the H1N1 (2009) virus are expected to occur. WHO had mentioned that in some years, the impact can be mild while in other years it can be quite severe. …
Five more people succumbed to the contagious swine flu in parts of Rajasthan during the last 24 hours, as the death toll in the State due to the disease, caused by H1N1 virus, mounted to 109 this year. Two persons each died in Jodhpur and Jaipur districts each, while one …
