Central team to assess swine flu situation in Kerela
The spurt of swine flu cases in the state has prompted the central government to assess the situation in the region.Expert team sent to Kerela A three-member team comprising Sunil Gupta and Pradeep...
View ArticleLethal swine flu sniffs life out of 1-year-old
After accounting for thousands of deaths and infecting scores of people last year, the influenza A, H1N1 has struck again, claiming 62 lives in Maharashtra alone since April this year.Eight people...
View Article3 women succumb to swine flu in Mumbai
With three more lives snuffed out Thursday, the inherent fear is that the situation may once again be spiraling out of control.All three were women hailing from Mumbai. With their demise, the total...
View ArticleDoctors in Maharashtra refuse to use swine flu vaccine
Doubts over the effectiveness of the vaccine, the mode of administering it, its possible side-effects, and even automatic immunity gained from working with patients so far are some of the several...
View ArticleSwine flu kills 2 more in Delhi
Delhi has already reported five deaths due to swine flu this season, including the three victims who were from outside capital.Meanwhile, seven fresh cases of the virus surfaced yesterday, taking the...
View ArticleH1N1 infections rate has increased to 40%, cautions NIV
"There is a significant rise in number of people suffering from the infection this year compared to last year, when the infection rate was between 15 and 25 percent. Precaution is the key to ward off...
View ArticleSwine flu gets virulent, continues to claim lives
The insidious virus has created a scare in where 4 confirmed swine flu deaths have been reported during the last 36 hours.Marathwada region reels The Marathwada region is one of the five regions in...
View ArticleSwine flu threat in Orissa rises
Twenty five people have been tested positive with the H1N1 infection so far, and the hospitals and health centers are busy vaccinating the people.Talking of the inadequate supply of medicines, a local...
View ArticleVirus having similar homology with swine flu detected in pigs
Dr K Nagarajan and his colleagues from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in Chennai have identified in pigs a virus that has a homology similar to the swine flu virus.The present...
View ArticleOver 1300 test positive for H1N1 last week
According to health officials, with 79 falling prey to the influenza in the past one week and 1,335 fresh infections surfacing across the nation, there is no way the guard can be lowered as the threat...
View ArticleChandigarh man dies of Swine flu at Mohali hospital
Gurmeet Singh, a resident of sector-36 in Chandigarh is the first reported death from H1N1 in Mohali this year.Gurmeet was suffering from Swine flu and other chronic ailments when he was admitted to...
View ArticleSwine flu can become drug-resistant quickly, suggests study
The study was instigated by a team of doctors from the Agency for Science, Research and Technology in Singapore, when a Singaporean woman’s virus mutated into a drug-resistant form overnight."Our data...
View Article48-year-old woman succumbs to swine flu in Pune
The infectious disease may have subsided slightly but has not completely disappeared from the public eye. Emergence of fresh cases on a daily basis is a clear indication that the strain is ramping up...
View ArticleThe Protective Swine flu vaccines may paralyze life due to Guillain-Barré...
The Guillain-Barre syndrome Guillain-Barre syndrome is an uncommon disorder laying the ground for the immune system to assault the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The nerves of the peripheral nervous...
View ArticleNASA comes to the rescue in the fight against dengue in Pune
PMC has come up with a unique Mosquito Killing System (MKS) that mimics the key actions of human beings that mosquitoes are attracted to. The system was developed with technical assistance from...
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