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 …
All suspected and positive cases of state have been reported from the city The District Health Department, which is battling with the spreading dengue, is now facing threat of swine flu (H1N1 influenza), another deadly disease. The District Health Department has recorded sixth suspected case of swine flu in the …
HYDERABAD: A 52-year-old woman from Siddipet succumbed to H1N1 virus (swine flu) at Gandhi Hospital late on Friday night. According to latest reports, another 11 patients at the hospital are in critical condition, while 16 new H1N1-positive patients have been identified across the state on Friday. The woman, who was …
BENGALURU: In the past 44 days, a pregnant woman and three others have died in Bengaluru due to Influenza A (H1N1) virus as per patient data with the state-run Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD), Bengaluru. Three of these cases were reported in October. The health department is, however, …
AHMEDABAD: Jayesh Prajapati (name changed), 24, had been to a private hospital in Odhav after he was diagnosed with primary symptoms for flu. His family members said that there was no space for him in the ward due to which he was kept in a mixed ward - exposing him …
There were seven cases from Hyderabad and one each from Siddipet, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy and other districts. Hyderabad: As many as 13 swine flu cases have been recorded in the state in the first three days of October despite the extremely high temperatures raising concerns about the spread of the …
The city on Tuesday recorded 26 new cases of Swine Flu, the highest to be recorded for a day in 2018. All the cases were recorded within the Ahmedabad Corporation limits. With this, the total number of swine flu cases within AMC limits has touched 348 for this month alone …
Pune: As many as 69 people succumbed to swine flu in Maharashtra in September alone, taking the state’s death toll from the contagion to 101 in the first nine months of the year. In fact, August with 22 deaths and September with 69 accounted for 91 of the 101 casualties. …
The dreaded swine flu virus has claimed almost 90 lives in Maharashtra since January. However, while regions on city's periphery have seen cases of H1N1 infections, the city has not reported any deaths from swine flu, said state public health department officials. According to statistics sourced from the directorate of …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is once again witnessing an alarming surge in the number of swine flu cases — an average 200 patients are waging a morbid fight with the viral fever admitted in hospitals spread across Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and other districts. State has recorded 408 swine flu …
JAIPUR: Swine flu has resurfaced in the state as 13 persons have died while 131 tested positive for the disease in the first 20 days of September. The spurt in swine flu cases has caught health department officials off guard. In 2017, September was the worst affected month due to …
TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Following Japan's first outbreak of swine fever in 26 years, a local government said on Tuesday it had culled 546 hogs in the centre of Honshu, the country's largest and most populous island. An official with the Gifu prefecture government said that more than 65 …
KOLKATA: In the wake of the year’s first swine flu case, reported by The Times of India on Monday, the health department went into a huddle and sounded an alert. All health officials and hospitals across the city have been asked to look out for swine flu symptoms in patients …
KOLKATA: Following the year’s first swine flu case, reported by The Times of India on Monday, the health department has sounded an alert. All health officials and hospitals across the city have been asked to look out for swine flu symptoms in patients and take precautionary measures. Director of health …
Jaipur: With rains lashing the state, health department is apprehensive that swine flu and scrub typhus cases might resurface in the state. The health department has geared up to prevent spread of the disease in the state. The health department has issued direction to its officials to remain prepared to …
WINDHOEK – A 45-year-old man from Rehoboth has died of Influenza A H1N1 on Friday, the Ministry of Health and Social Services has confirmed. The deceased is from the five laboratory-confirmed cases that the ministry reported last week, and yesterday the ministry said it could not comment on the status …
The document gathers its data from the Directorate of health and family welfare of all the States and Union Territories, Central Government Organisations, National Health Programmes and other concerned national, international agencies. With the government sparing just 1.3 per cent of the GDP for public healthcare, way less than the …
SRINAGAR: India has declared itself free from the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza commonly known as bird flu. According to a statement of Agricultural Ministry, the surveillance throughout the country in and around the areas of the outbreaks since completion of the operation has showed no evidence of the Avian Influenza …
The latest Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), a report by the Health Ministry reveals 10 new cases of swine flu in the national Capital in the week ending on May 13. This year, a total of 55 cases have been reported in Delhi and two people have lost their lives …
DEHRADUN: A 36-year-old man from Miyanwala in Dehradun succumbed to swine flu on Wednesday in a private hospital in the city. Earlier, a 26-year-old school teacher from Chamoli, a 43-year-old woman from Dehradun and Tharali MLA, Magan Lal Shah, had died due to the seasonal influenza. Till now, 28 suspected …
CHENNAI: While it was dengue that kept health department on its toes last year, this year, it is swine flu that is keeping officials busy as 65 cases and two deaths have been reported in the State already, according to a Union Health Ministry report.Though, according to officials, cases of …
