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
Gangtok: With three blood samples testing positive at Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory(RDDL), authorities today confirmed swine fever outbreak as the cause of high mortality among pigs in Rinchenpong in West Sikkim. Joint Director, Animal Husbandry department[West], Dr DS Tewari said in a statement that results of three blood samples sent to RDDL, Khanapara, Assam, confirmed that it is swine fever and the department embarked on a vaccination drive in Rinchenpong...
02:51 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Mumbai: A Mazgaon-based medical student, whose enrollment in a Pune institute was hanging in the balance after the board nullified it saying that the institute admitted him after the cut-off date, received some relief from the High Court last week, which chided the institute for the goof-up. The court snubbed the institutes justification that it admitted the 28-year-old afterward since it could not get any candidates within the deadline set...
01:08 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: As many as 57 people have died, mostly in Maharashtra, of swine flu in the country till April 18 this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad agreed that swine flu or H1N1 has re-surfaced in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. In Maharashtra, 20 people died of the virus from January to April 18 this year, he said. The...
06:02 AM, Apr 25, 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
New Delhi: Swine flu has spread across the country with hundreds of cases being reported. By far, 689 cases of H1N1 have been reported from 11 States so far. Given the rising concerns, here are some steps to protect yourself from swine flu. - Avoid crowded places and if that is not possible, practise good hand hygiene. Frequent hand-washing will go a long way. If you've been in contact with...
02:19 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: Some good news amidst the gloom. Doctors in Gujarat have confirmed the second death in the state due to swine flu. But there is some good news - The National Institute of Virology in Pune says the transmission rate has dropped. Gujarat has recorded its second death due to swine flu - a 57-year-old woman succumbed to the virus. The virus is in circulation in most parts of...
07:16 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Ahmedabad: Swine flu claimed another life in Gujarat. 57-year-old Yasmeena Bano Hussain died in an Ahmedabad hospital on Tuesday night. This was the second death in the state in three days. A 52-year-old man had died in Rajkot on Saturday. More than 25 people have died of swine flu in the country this year. Over 350 people have tested positive in six states. With most states reporting the spread of...
09:54 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Chennai: Though there hasn't been a steep rise in the number of swine flu cases reported in the city, all the talk over the H1N1 virus has certainly scared people with the regular flu to seek the services of a hospital. According to several private practitioners in Kodungaiyur, Korukkupet, MKB Nagar and Vyasarpadi, the number of women bringing in children with a regular cold and mild fever has almost doubled....
10:19 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Rajkot: A 52-year-old man died due to swine flu at Rajkot Civil Hospital, officials said on Sunday. This is the first reported death from swine flu in the state after the previous nation-wide outbreak. Manhar Dodiya, admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital on March 31, died on Saturday night, hospital officials said. Seven others are being treated at the isolation ward at present, and two of them have...
04:25 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Chennai: Twenty-nine persons have so far tested positive for swine flu in Tamil Nadu but instances of the virus were not "endemic but sporadic," Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr VS Vijay said on Saturday. Those who have tested positive mainly hail from the districts of Chennai, Coimbatore and Tirupur, he told reporters in Chennai. Assuring people that there was no need to panic, he said instances of the virus...
03:49 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Pune: With 11 swine flu deaths and 260 cases in all, Pune has become the epicentre of the outbreak this season. The virus has spread to eight other states including Andhra Pradesh which has reported nine deaths, maximum numbers after Pune. Pune has once again earned the dubious distinction of being the swine flu capital of the country. Nonetheless, for most people, the disease remains a mild illness. Three days...
06:20 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Bangalore: Following the recent death of a 43-year-old woman to H1N1 influenza, the State Health Department said it was well-prepared to tackle the virus attack with adequate stock of vaccines. On March 27, the victim died at a Hebbal-based private hospital, where she was admitted on March 24. Mission Director of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Selva Kumar on Thursday said though a few private hospitals in Bangalore reported to...
10:34 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Pune: One more person has died in Pune of swine flu, taking the death toll in the city to 11 this year. The victim was a 48-year-old diabetic patient and was admitted on March 26 with fever and breathlessness. The swine flu death toll in the country has now gone up to 26 this year. Doctors say that most of the cases have had underlying health complications. At least 330...
08:54 AM, Apr 06, 2012
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10:12 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Dr Om Shrivastav, Head of Infectious Diseases, Jaslok Hospital answers some very important questions about Swine Flu. Your word of advice for people: The biggest advice for the community will be to seek help at the earliest. when u start to have symptoms, get treatment, rather than delaying it. As we've seen in the past epidemic, patients who have delay are the ones who have suffered the max complications. Symptoms: ...
06:35 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Mumbai: More than 350 people have tested positive and 26 patients have succumbed to swine flu this year. The question is how worried should one be. Maharashtra seems to be bearing the brunt of the outbreak of swine flu. A 34-year-old in Nashik died in the local civil hospital shortly after being admitted, even as two more people were tested positive in the area. That took the toll due to...
02:31 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: Two more suspected cases of swine flu have been reported. While one case is from Himachal Pradesh, the second patient is from Tamil Nadu. In Himachal Pradesh a 55-year-old woman from Mandi district was admitted to an isolation ward of the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla on Wednesday. The suspect is the first case in the state in 2012. The suspected case from Tamil Nadu...
11:24 AM, Apr 05, 2012
