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 …
NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old girl from Patel Nagar, west Delhi has become the latest victim of swine flu in the capital. The teenager, who was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on February 3, died due to multi-organ failure caused by the influenza virus infection, said a health department official. …
Tamiflu Still Effective Against H1N1: Virology Institute Jaipur: The strain of the H1N1 influenza virus has not mutated since 2009 when cases of swine flu were first reported in the state. The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, in a reply to the medical health and family welfare department, …
China on Sunday reported two human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in southwestern city of Guiyang, the Ministry of Health announced. A 21-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, who developed symptoms on February 2 and Feb 3, respectively, tested positive for H5N1 virus on Sunday, the ministry said, …
New Delhi: Twenty-one people tested positive for swine flu on Sunday. Three cases each were reported from Safdarjung, Ram Manohar Lohia and Lok Nayak hospitals. Among private hospitals, Max Hospital in Saket, Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar and Fortis Vasant Kunj reported one case each. A senior official in the …
New Delhi: A day after TOI reported about three swine flu deaths in the city, the Delhi government swung into action. It called an emergency meeting on Thursday to assess the preparedness level at all its hospitals. State health minister A K Walia, who chaired the meeting, said directions have …
NEW DELHI: North India suddenly finds itself facing a sharp upsurge of swine flu cases, with the virus having claimed 95 lives in just four states of the region so far this year. As per health ministry data, 64 people have died due to H1N1 influenza in Rajasthan while 18 …
With 60 patients testing positive for the H1N1 virus since January 1, against a total of four cases reported during the same period last year, the Health department on Thursday called an emergency meeting. The department has instructed all government hospitals to immediately open isolation wards and keep dedicated ICU …
494 Cases Reported In North India New Delhi: North India suddenly finds itself facing a sharp upsurge of swine flu cases, with the virus having claimed 95 lives in just four states of the region so far this year. As per health ministry data, 64 people have died due to …
An outbreak of swine flu in India has killed at least 94 people in just over five weeks, reports say. The health ministry said more than 450 cases had been reported, mostly in the northern state of Rajasthan. Officials say they are investigating the cause of the outbreak, with some …
New Delhi: H1N1 influenza is back to haunt Delhi after three years. The disease, which gained epidemic proportions in 2009, has claimed three lives so far this year. At least 57 people have taken ill this time around, according to government data. Path labs and hospitals say there is a …
The number of people diagnosed with influenza came to an estimated 2.14 million in the week through Sunday, up around 740,000 from the week before, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Friday. The number of reported flu patients averaged 36.44 across some 5,000 medical institutions nationwide, the institute said. …
The flu season has been hitting hard this winter all across the country with nearly 30 states reporting flulike activity and over 2,200 people being hospitalized according to government health experts. Whether or not you have gotten your flu shot, chances are you or someone you know someone has come …
The UN food agency on Tuesday warned the world risked a surge in bird flu outbreaks unless countries strengthen their monitoring against dangerous animal diseases despite economic hardship, reports BSS. "The continuing international economic downturn means less money is available for prevention of H5N1 bird flu and other threats of …
American population will experience earlier and more severe flu seasons prompted by climate change, a new research has warned. Scientists led by Sherry Towers, research professor in the Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center at Arizona State University, studied waves of influenza and climate patterns in the US from the …
Scientists Lift Moratorium A Year After Tests Were Suspended Over Terror Fears Experiments with a deadly flu virus, suspended last year after a fierce global debate over safety, will start up again in some laboratories, probably within the next few weeks, scientists say. The research touched off a firestorm in …
West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh to observe strict surveillance The Centre on Wednesday sounded ‘high alert’ in border States against avian influenza after outbreak of the dreaded poultry disease in Bhutan. Thousands of birds have been culled in Bhutan after the outbreak, which is yet to be controlled. Earlier …
Some 3,500 chickens were slaughtered in four different poultry farms in Pokhara, Kaski, on Wednesday as bird flu (H5N1) virus was detected there. The Regional Directorate of Livestock Services in Pokhara confirmed an outbreak of the avian flu in the poultry farms at Batulechaur, Simpani, Birauta and Sedibagar in Pokhara. …
Three patients admitted to hospital Panic gripped the health authorities as eight job aspirants showed swine flu symptoms during a recruitment drive at the local Commando complex. Three of them were admitted to hospital after taking their blood samples. Swine flue symptoms were noticed in a job hospirant, Sadhu Ram, …
Twenty flu-related deaths have been reported in kids so far this winter, one of the worst tolls this early in the year since the government started keeping track in 2004. But while such a tally is tragic, that does not mean this year will turn out to be unusually bad. …
Delhi-based biotechnology company Panacea Biotec is awaiting a nod from the World Health Organization (WHO) to resume supplying vaccines for the world immunisation programme from its units at Lalru (Haryana) and Baddi (Himachal Pradesh). Speaking to Business Standard, a senior company official said, “We expect WHO officials to visit our …
