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 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Monday designated an animal influenza lab in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province as the Reference Center for Animal Influenza of the FAO. The Animal Influenza Laboratory (AIL), which belongs to the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute (HVRI) of the Chinese Academy …
Ailment Reported For The First Time In State, Claims Life Of 50-Year-Old The health department is fighting the first outbreak of Lyme disease in the state in human settlements inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. The disease has claimed the life of a 50-yearold woman while four others have been affected …
Govt doctor tests positive A government doctor has tested positive for swine flu in Sirsa while ten new suspected cases of the disease have come to the fore in Hisar in the past two days and two suspected cases have been witnessed in Fatehabad. In Hisar, the health authorities collected …
Gandhinagar: The incidences of swine flu continues unabated in the state as seven fresh cases of patients testing positive for the virus came to light on Thursday. Of these, five cases have been reported from Rajkot while one each was reported from Bharuch and Surat. The flu that is also …
With 615 cases of swine flu, including 11 deaths, registered in the national capital since January, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the status of H1N1 flu. Forty-five new cases were reported on Thursday. While directing the Health department to take proactive steps to …
Sixty people tested positive for swine flu here on Wednesday, taking the total number of those infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 570, an official said. “Sixty people tested positive for swine flu, but there have been no deaths on Wednesday),” a doctor of the Delhi Health Service …
Three More Die Of Disease, 9 Others Test Positive Jaipur: The eastern part of Rajasthan has not been much affected by swine flu while the western part has witnessed the highest number of cases reported in the recent past. As many as 13 districts are almost untouched by swine flu …
JAIPUR: A four-member team of health officials from Centre, who arrived in Jaipur on Tuesday, found the swine flu situation in the state 'alarming' but expressed satisfaction on the state's preparedness for fighting the disease. They arrived a day after chief minister AshokGehlot met Union health minister GhulamNabi Azad in …
110 deaths since January; 148 since April 2012; 586 since 2009 The Rajasthan Government on Monday cautioned about rising incidence of swine flu (H1N1) in the State and sought Central assistance even as the Bharatiya Janata Party accused the Government of not being serious about addressing the epidemic-like situation. The …
Jaipur: Rajasthan has become India’s swine flu ‘capital’ this year. The state has emerged as one of the top three states with highest number of deaths due to swine flu this year, with more than 70 deaths so far in 2013. Maharashtra reported 1,084 deaths, Gujarat 538 and Rajasthan 442 …
Another 60 patients tested positive for swine flu on Sunday, taking the total number of diagnosed patients this year to 420. Health department officials said the continuing cold weather and the intermittent rainfall are responsible for the surge in cases this year. "We had a few days of relief over …
Over 110 Have Succumbed To Swine Flu In 65 Days Jaipur: Alarmed over the spurt in swine flu deaths, the health department on Sunday directed the officials to closely monitor high-risk groups including persons suffering from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, under-5 children, senior citizens and pregnant women. Over 110 deaths took …
New Delhi: Two more people have died of swine flu in the city on Friday, taking the H1N1 toll to seven this year. The Delhi health department said the victims, both middle-aged, were hospitalized last week and died due to severe complications caused by the viral infection. Another death was …
A 27-year-old man from Delhi succumbed to the H1N1 virus at RML hospital on Wednesday, taking the death toll due to the virus to five in the national capital this year. Doctors said the patient, who was referred from a nursing home to RML hospital in the first week of …
Maximum Number Of Cases Were In The Past 60 Days Jaipur: Eighteen pregnant women have died of swine flu in the state in the current financial year so far, with most of them dying in the past two months. So far 136 people have succumbed to swine flu in the …
People With Low Immunity Levels Need To Take Extra Precautions, Say Doctors Bangalore: Influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu is back in Bangalore. The deadly virus which first surfaced in India in 2009, may not have claimed any life in the state so far this year, but the scale at …
Gandhinagar: Swine flu casualties in the past few weeks in the state have baffled the state health department. Gujarat happens to be the third highest after Rajasthan and Maharashtra in case of total deaths registered because of swine flu in the country. The government claimed that the disease has already …
NEW DELHI: The swine flu cases in the city crossed 200 on Wednesday with 52 new cases being reported by various hospitals and labs. The state health department claimed four people have died due the viral infection so far including a 15-year-old girl who succumbed to the disease at a …
GUWAHATI: With Guwahati being the door to Northeast India and hundreds of people from outside the State entering the city each day, there is a huge danger of contacting the swine flu virus that has already killed many people in various parts of the country. The State Health department has …
Delhi reported 3 deaths this week, 132 persons died from January 1 to February 6 Even as H1N1 cases are on the rise, the Union Health Ministry has said the situation is well under control and is being monitored. Delhi has reported three deaths this past week, while 132 deaths …
