Swine flu virus may be now resistant to key medicine Tamiflu, raising fears a new outbreak may be difficult to fight, Australian research has warned. While just 2 per cent of swine flu (H1N1) strains around the world are resistant to Tamiflu, the Australian research found mutations in all strains of the swine flu that suggest they might be prone to develop resistance. ...
05:44 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Two people have succumbed to H1N1 virus in various parts of Gujarat in the last 24 hours, the death toll due to swine flue death has risen to 103 even as as many as 133 persons are undergoing treatment at various hospitals. ...
09:47 AM, Mar 13, 2013
North India has borne the brunt of the swine flu virus this year. New Delhi has reported the maximum cases, with 1,150 cases in two months alone. Rajasthan has reported 549 cases but the highest number of casualties, with 115 swine flu deaths. Gujarat has reported 260 cases and 49 deaths, followed by Haryana which has 294 cases and 36 deaths. ...
07:32 PM, Mar 09, 2013
As many as 45 new cases of swine flu cases were reported in New Delhi on Thursday, taking the total number of those infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 615, an official said. ...
03:44 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Two more deaths due to Swine Flu have been reported in the national capital, taking the death toll to 11 this year. Almost 510 people have tested positive till now. ...
12:00 PM, Feb 21, 2013
As many as 30 people have succumbed to the deadly swine flu virus in the past two months across the state, while 99 others tested positive for the disease, health officials said on Tuesday. ...
01:46 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Thirty-seven more people have been detected with H1N1 virus on Monday, taking the total number of swine flu cases in the national capital to 457. ...
09:59 PM, Feb 18, 2013
With 54 deaths, Rajasthan has seen the maximum casualties this year, followed by Haryana, Delhi and Punjab. ...
04:07 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Sixty people tested positive for swine flu in New Delhi on Sunday, taking the number of people infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in the capital to 420, an official said. ...
08:25 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Swine flu has claimed 23 lives in Gujarat since the onset of winter and 82 patients are being treated, the government said on Wednesday. ...
12:46 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Swine flu has re-emerged in India and cases are rising across the country, with Rajasthan being the worst hit state so far. However, health authorities have said there's no reason to panic. As many as 246 people have tested positive for H1 N1 and 54 people have lost their lives in Rajasthan due to swine flu, according to the Health Ministry. ...
08:50 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Swine Flu has resurfaced in the country with 456 cases and 91 deaths since the start of the year. ...
07:52 PM, Feb 08, 2013
How to prevent Swine Flu and what to do if one is infected? Dr Monica Mahajan, physician at Max hospital joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the subject. ...
05:07 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Four people have reportedly died because of swine flu in the national capital region. The Delhi government has confirmed that three people have died in its hospitals, while one person has died in Gurgaon. ...
10:18 AM, Feb 07, 2013
Indore: One more person died of swine flu, taking the death toll due to the virus to seven in Indore division of the state since May this year, a district health official said on Monday. A 28-year-old man from Jalapura village near here was admitted to a private hospital on September 25. He tested positive for the H1N1 virus on October 4 at the ICMR laboratory, the official said. As...
03:47 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: The end of the monsoon season has once again resulted in a spurt of cases of swine influenza, also knows as swine flu, across India. Pune is the worse affected city in the country. 226 people were affected by the H1N1 infection killing 9 between June and September this year. According to reports, four people died in September alone in Pune. In Madhya Pradesh, over a hundred persons...
10:08 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Mumbai: Concerns about swine flu are making a comeback to the city with six new cases reported on Wednesday. With the latest detections, the total number of infected patients this month has climbed to 43. Of this 25 tested positive for H1N1 influenza in the last four days, while 12 cases were detected in the first three days of this month taking the total tally in the city to 256...
03:07 PM, Aug 09, 2012
New Delhi: Two people who had tested positive for swine flu died in Kerala on Sunday. Officials say 14 more cases have been reported, taking the total to 359 since January this year. The Department of Health claims it has stepped up measures to test, detect, and treat the infection. According to a release from the Directorate of Health Services, a 59-year-old man of Pallimoola in Thrissur district died in...
06:13 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Opposition walked out of the state assembly in Thiruvananthapuram on June 11, alleging the state government's inaction on tackling diverse diseases like dengue, H1N1, malaria and jaundice across the state, caused by undisposed waste. Seeking leave for an adjournment motion, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator V Sivankutty lashed out at the government for what he called its failure to tackle the waste-caused "fever" that has spread across...
03:12 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Madurai: A 55-year-old woman succumbed to swine flu at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai on Tuesday taking the A (H1N1) virus toll in Tamil Nadu to three this month. Kaliammal, who had been suffering from throat pain, cough and fever for the past few days, was admitted to the hospital on Monday, officials said. This is first swine flu fatality in the southern districts. While a 70-year old farmer died...
12:57 AM, Apr 25, 2012
