COIMBATORE/TIRUPUR: A 65-year-old farmer from Tirupur is being treated for swine flu (H1N1) in the isolation ward of the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH).Pommu Naiker of Nathakattupudur in Ward 19 of Tirupur Corporation was confirmed to be infected by the H1N1 virus at a private hospital in Coimbatore on Tuesday night. He was brought to the CMCH around 10 p.m. The test was done at a private laboratory.We will treat...
09:46 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Shimla: A 55-year-old woman tested positive for swine flu in Shimla on Wednesday, the first case in Himachal Pradesh this year, a health official said in Shimla. "The victim, a resident of Mandi district, was admitted to an isolation ward of the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla," swine flu surveillance officer Omesh Bharti told IANS. He said the woman was in the hospital for the past two...
03:24 AM, Apr 05, 2012
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11:14 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Mumbai: It's the return of swine flu with more than 350 people testing positive, and a 34-year-old in Nashik becoming the 25th casualty this season. Should we be worried? Maharashtra seems to be bearing the brunt of this 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. It takes the...
09:55 PM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: One more swine flu death has been reported from Maharashtra. After getting treatment for more than a year, 35-year-old Nandu Chavan succumbed to swine flu in Nashik on Wednesday. Earlier, four people including a 70-year-old farmer in Coimbatore died on Tuesday in Coimbatore, two people died in Bhopal and one in Pune. The virus has claimed at least 24 lives in the last month. 11 of these have...
10:34 AM, Apr 04, 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
Pune: Authorities screened 11,793 people for the presence of H1N1 virus across the district on Tuesday, the maximum number of persons tested in single day so far. During the process of screening, 14 persons tested H1N1 positive, raising the total number of swine flu cases to 205. Dr Vijay Powar, resident medical officer at District Civil Hospital, said that three patients continued to be on ventilator support, one each at...
01:24 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Mumbai: Testing times lie ahead for citizens. After a brief interlude for a greater part of last year, Mumbaikars are feeling the chills again, as the dreaded swine flu virus is back to stalk the city. While most medical experts mask their fears, five citizens have already contracted the deadly disease, within a matter of days. After a period of dormancy since June last year, the virus resurfaced in Pune...
01:01 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Mumbai: Swine flu has returned to the country. Nearly 211 cases from 5 states and 16 deaths across this country have been reported in this year itself, with Pune again worst-hit. A 55-year-old woman, also suffering from a lung disease, has become the ninth swine flu victim in Pune district. Doctors are advising calm, saying most victims have underlying health complications. A 25-year-old from Anand is the first in Gujarat...
09:32 AM, Mar 27, 2012
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10:33 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Anand: A confirmed case of swine flu (H1N1 influenza) was reported in Rampura locality of Bakrol in Anand -- the first in Gujarat after the previous nation-wide outbreak of the epidemic. "Ghanshyam Rathore (26) tested positive for swine flu, and his wife, mother and father are being given prophylactic treatment," District Health Officer SB Shah said. The health officials have also started administering Tamiflu to the family members as a...
02:53 PM, Mar 26, 2012
HYDERABAD: The dreaded swine flu is back in the twin cities but guess what is keeping it on the leash? The rising temperature is more than compensating for the absence of precautionary measures so much so that doctors at the Government General and Chest Diseases Hospital at Erragadda are confident that the H1N1 virus will soon wither away.But it doesnt mean that there is no cause for concern. If 45...
09:36 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Mumbai: Swine flu is back and like the 2009 crisis, Pune seems worst hit with 69 cases and 7 deaths in the last two weeks. However, the virus is not restricted to Pune alone. It is spreading to other parts of India as well. Nearly 27 cases have been reported from Andhra Pradesh and 28 from Rajasthan, with the latter reporting 5 deaths. Transmission in Pune shot up to 15...
09:58 AM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: A year after killing hundreds, swine flu is back across several cities in the country. Nearly 14 deaths have been reported in the past 15 days, out of which 8 were reported from Pune alone. On Saturday, a 6-year old boy in Mumbai was tested positive, making him the city's first positive case after a gap of one year. The Health Ministry says there is no need to...
07:18 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Mumbai: After a calm year, swine flu has again reared its head in Maharashtra, with 69 cases and seven deaths reported in the last fortnight in Pune. At least 27 cases of swine flu have also been reported in Andhra Pradesh and 28 in Rajasthan with 5 deaths. Transmission in Pune has shot upto 15 per cent in this month, according to the National Institute of Virology. Authorities are releasing...
06:03 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Mumbai: Billions of dollars were spent by countries across the world in stockpiling Tamiflu during the 2009 Swine Flu pandemic. India was one of 80 countries to stockpile the medication - buying 30 million doses. But now, a two year review done by the renowned Cochrane Collaboration has raised serious questions on the efficacy and safety of the drug. A team of international researchers went through more than 16,000 pages...
07:40 AM, Jan 23, 2012
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12:02 PM, Dec 31, 2010
London: The H1N1 swine flu virus which swept the globe last year has returned to Britain with 10 people dying in the last six weeks, health officials said on Saturday. Britain's Health Protection Agency said the 10 deaths had occurred in adults all under the age of 65, most of whom had underlying health issues. "Over the last few weeks, we have seen a rise in the number of cases...
12:57 PM, Dec 12, 2010
The world is in a post pandemic phase of swine flu but doctors are concerned as winter approaches. ...
07:23 PM, Nov 23, 2010
The world is in a post pandemic phase of swine flu but doctors are concerned as winter approaches. ...
07:23 PM, Nov 23, 2010
