Two fresh cases of swine flu were reported in Noida, Uttar Pradesh; one person died in Rajkot, Gujarat, while the number of cases rose to 37 in Faridabad, Haryana, on Saturday. The state of Uttarakhand is on high alert. The state has not reported a single case of swine flu so far. ...
10:01 AM, Feb 10, 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
New Delhi: Dengue is back in Delhi with 98 cases identified ever since the outbreak. The experts have blamed it on the lack of fumigation and sources said that municipal workers were unwilling to work because they had not got their salaries. The fatal fever is on the rise in the national capital, ringing alarm bells in the secretariat. According to a study by the Delhi government, as many as...
07:48 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Kolkata: Kolkata is reeling under its worst bout of dengue this monsoon season. Two patients have succumbed in the past fortnight and government and private hospitals are flooded with dengue patients. However, despite recurrence of dengue outbreak in the recent past, the state Health Department is ill-equipped to contain the disease. Twenty-four-year-old Abhay Pratap Yadav, a migrant skilled worker from Uttar Pradesh, was admitted to a nursing home in Kolkata...
03:48 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Chennai: Amid mounting number of diarrhoea cases, people in North Chennai have begun to fear a cholera outbreak again. Adding fuel to the fire was the case of a 5-year-old boy with symptoms of ADD (Acute Diarrhoeal Disease) from Korukkupet, who was brought dead to the Stanley Medical College on Friday last. Satish, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at a very young age, was suffering from fever and diarrhoea...
02:47 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Chennai: With the hue and cry about patients with diarrhoea flooding city hospitals, the number of pets falling prey to the same trouble has gone under the radar. While this may be an indicator of cholera in humans, vets say that animals can suffer from the condition due to various other reasons. Veterinarian Dr Priyadarshini Govind, who has seen an influx of diarrhoea cases in dogs over the past week,...
02:57 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: Fresh outbreaks of dreaded H1N1 virus have surfaced in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and some other states claiming at least 21 lives in the last three months. At least 309 cases have been reported in five states including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat, according to the latest Health ministry figures. While states reporting fresh cases of H1N1 influenza virus (also known as swine flu, have been asked to step up...
12:19 PM, Mar 30, 2012
London: A mix of two dangerous E coli strains caused the recent deadly food poisoning outbreak in Germany, according to a new study of the bacteria's DNA. Scientists said the E coli outbreak strain combined one that makes a toxin and another that sticks to the gut in a way that potentially speeds up the body's absorption of the toxin. They described it as "unprecedented" in its lethality. "The two...
03:51 AM, Jun 23, 2011
Cases reported from US, Canada and Mexico, Indian Health authorities on alert. ...
11:16 PM, Apr 27, 2009
