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 …
As many as 216 people have lost their lives to swine flu across the country in the first ten days of February as the death toll due to the contagious disease mounted to 407 this year, mostly in states like Gujarat and Rajasthan. The latest government data said that 5,157 …
With casualties due to swine flu mounting up to 108 in Gujarat and 159 new cases of H1N1 viruses across the State, the Gujarat Cabinet on Wednesday decided to increase 1,100 more beds in various Government hospitals and increase staff strength by 1,360 new employees. The State Cabinet also approved …
Following the death of a suspected patient Suman from Sangam Vihar, two more suspected swine flu patients (B category) of the district have also died. Paramjit Singh (60), a resident of Billy Brech village, and Joginder Singh (65) of Mohalla Baba Gadiya, Phagwara, both died at Patel Hospital yesterday. With …
The swine flu toll in Maharashtra and Rajasthan has reached 100 and 40 respectively. According to reports, six deaths have been recorded in Mumbai due to the H1N1 virus outbreak while five more casualties were reported in Rajasthan on Tuesday. A total of 205 swine flu cases have been recorded …
Even as no new case of swine flu was reported in UP on Monday, the state's tally stands at 60 including six deaths. However, the worrying trend is that cases were on the rise. This may be guessed from the fact that 10 cases have been reported in the past …
Seven new Swine flu deaths were reported in Gujarat on Monday. With this, the total death toll from January 1 has reached 88. A total of 87 new cases were recorded from across the state with highest number of 21 cases reported from Ahmedabad followed by 20 from Kutch. Vadodara …
With 61 new cases of swine flu on Monday, the total number of cases in the city have crossed the 950 mark this year. With the rising number of swine flu cases, city health department reviewed the situation arising out of the spread of H1N1 (swine flu) virus in the …
Since its first outbreak in 2009, Ahmedabad city registered 61 new cases, the highest number of swine flu patients on a single day, in the state on Sunday. The state also registered 11 deaths as well as 117 new H1N1 positive cases — the highest till now. This has taken …
With four more deaths on Sunday, the toll of swine flu deaths in the state has touched 38. While two persons died in Nagpur, Pune and Aurangabad recorded one death each. Of the 38 deaths, five have succumbed to the virus in Mumbai since January. Maharashtra has recorded 138 cases …
Eight persons have died of swine flu in Punjab so far in the current winter season, while 10 have died in the neighbouring Haryana. Though health authorities of both states said they were fully prepared to fight the virus, 15 persons in Punjab and 55 in Haryana are still battling …
Swine flu has resurfaced in Mumbai with a vengeance, claiming four lives in the last couple of weeks. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) health department on Thursday said of the 23 cases confirmed from city's public and private hospitals in the month of January, four died. Ten of these patients reside …
Ten more persons have succumbed to swine flu in Rajasthan, taking the toll to 62 this year, an official of the state medical and health directorate said on Wednesday. Deaths of two persons due to the H1N1 virus were reported from Bikaner, Ajmer, and one person each died in Jaipur, …
With the death of a 37-year-old man in Surat on Tuesday,the death toll due to swine flu has gone up to 19 in Gujarat. In the last two days,three deaths have been reported due to deadly H1N1 virus from New Civil Hospital in Surat. The death toll in Surat is …
Five new patients of swine flu were reported in the city on Tuesday including three from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. With this the total number of cases in the city touched 25. Of the cases in SGPGI, one is a senior resident while another is spouse …
Swine flu continues to intensify grip on the region with two more deaths being reported from Amritsar in Punjab, taking the toll in the state to four, and one death from Rohtak in Haryana, raising the death toll in the state to four. In Punjab, 17 people are undergoing treatment …
As deaths due to complications from swine flu continue to get reported in Hyderabad, physicians here have increasingly started to believe that the H1N1 virus could have more potency than one would have earlier believed. Giving credence to this belief is the fact that nearly 40 to 45 per cent …
2,038 cases reported this year across the country, 191 dead In the wake of a H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak, which has claimed 191 lives this year, the Centre on Monday said mortality on account of the flu can be contained with immediate medical intervention. There have been 2,038 cases of …
With swine flu spreading and claiming 191 lives already this year, the government today said it was in the process of procuring additional stock of Oseltamivir, the anti-swine flu drug. The government is in talks with Hetero Drugs, Stride Arco and Natco for additional procurement of 60,000 capsules of Oseltamivir …
JAIPUR/UDAIPUR: Swine flu claimed four more lives in different districts of the state on Saturday, taking the toll to 39 so far this year. Now, the health department is planning a polio vaccination-like strategy to reach out to almost every house in the state, especially in those areas where swine …
With three deaths in Ahmedabad and one in Junagadh on Thursday, the total death toll due to swine flu in the state since January 1 this year now stands at 29. A total of 224 patients have tested positive at various hospitals in the state. On Thursday, 34 new patients …
