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NEW DELHI/BANGALORE - Five people died of swine flu in India Friday, taking the toll due to influenza A (H1N1) virus to 116, health authorities said here.
NEW DELHI - Fifty fresh cases of swine flu, including among 24 children, were reported in the capital Friday, taking the total number of Influenza A (H1N1) cases in the city to 772 so far. One patient was serious and under ventilation at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital here, officials said.
Day care centers urged to be vigilant against flu
WASHINGTON — Will you start seeing thermometers at day care centers? The government is urging the nation’s 360,000 child care providers to be vigilant about sending home children who may have the flu — and the main symptom to check for is a fever.
FACTS SHEET – INFLUENZA A (H1N1)
What is influenza – A(H1N1)
Influenza – A (H1N1) (earlier know as swine flu) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. First detected in Mexico in April, 2009, it has spread to many countries in the World. Swine flu is basically a misnomer. This was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to those found in pigs in North America. Further on, it has been found that this new virus has gene segments from the swine, avian and human flu virus genes. The scientists calls this a ‘quadruple reassortant” virus and hence this new (novel) virus is christened “influenza-A (H1N1) virus.”
BANGALORE - Four more swine flu deaths were reported in Karnataka on Friday, taking the H1N1 virus toll to 35 in the state.
LONDON - A US expert says that the public health measures taken in response to swine flu may be seen as alarmist, overly restrictive, and unjustified.
BANGALORE - Four more swine flu deaths were reported from Karnataka, taking the toll due to the H1N1 virus to 35 in the state, health officials said Friday.
NEW DELHI - Five more swine flu deaths were reported Thursday, taking the toll due to influenza A(H1N1) virus to 111 in India, health authorities said here.
BANGALORE - Three more swine flu deaths were reported from Karnataka, taking the toll due to the H1N1 virus to 31 in the state, health officials said Thursday.
Vaccine may protect pigs from human swine flu
LINCOLN, Neb. — Humans may not be the only ones guarding against swine flu by the time cold weather ushers in influenza season. The flu namesakes could also be getting new vaccinations.
MADRID - H1N1 influenza is prompting tough health measures around the globe, but could it go as far as forcing a “kissing strike” in traditionally affectionate Spain?
Single flu dose or two? Why doctors aren’t sure
WASHINGTON — Why do scientists warn it may take two doses of vaccine to protect against swine flu when one dose is the norm in a regular flu season? Blame your naive immune system.
NEW DELHI - Five more people died of swine flu in India Wednesday, taking the toll due to the influenza A (H1N1) virus to 106, health authorities said here.
NEW DELHI - The total number of swine flu deaths in India has crossed 100, according to Naresh Dayal, Secretary of the Central Health Ministry.
WASHINGTON - A new iPhone application enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases like H1N1 or swine flu in real time.
WASHINGTON - The H1N1 virus, responsible for spreading swine flu, is unlikely to mix with other flu strains to form a more virulent ’superbug’, say researchers.
WASHINGTON - Apple has introduced a new iPhone application, which enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as H1N1 (swine flu), on the ground in real time.
LIMA - Some seven million people will be vaccinated against swine flu in Peru, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte has said.
RAIPUR - Four people, including an eight-year-old girl, Wednesday tested positive for swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in the state to eight, a health official said.
BANGALORE - A 31-year-old software engineer died of influenza A (H1N1) here, taking the toll from the virus to 28 in Karnataka, an official said Wednesday.
PATNA - Around a dozen labourers from Bihar who returned to their native village from Bangalore after the swine flu panic are being ostracized by the villagers who fear they might have contracted the virus and could infect them.
NEW DELHI - India Tuesday reported one more swine flu death, taking the total toll due to the influenza A (H1N1) virus to 101, health authorities said here.
DHAKA - The number of people affected by the swine flu virus in Bangladesh has risen to 247 after 34 new cases were detected Tuesday.
Lessons from Mexico for next wave of swine flu
MEXICO CITY — Mexico is preparing for a second wave of swine flu, looking at what worked and what didn’t last spring when it banned everything from dining out to attending school in an effort to control the virus.
LUCKNOW - The swine flu count in Uttar Pradesh crossed the 100 mark, following detection of 11 fresh cases here, an official said Monday.
NEW DELHI - India Monday reported seven more swine flu deaths, four of them in Maharashtra, the state worst affected by the virus, taking to 100 the total toll across the country due to H1N1 virus, health authorities said here.
GANDHINAGAR - An upcoming festive season and the increasing number of swine flu cases in Gujarat have the state government worried over the way to control the spread of the H1N1 virus in the state.
NEW DELHI - Health ministers from 11 Asian countries, including India, and World Health Organisation (WHO) experts are set to meet in Nepal in September to discuss swine flu preparedness with apprehensions that the influenza A(H1N1) virus may become more virulent during winter.
DHAKA - In the first swine flu death case in Bangladesh, a female patient who infected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus died in hospital Sunday.
BOGOTA - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has contracted the influenza A (H1N1) , also known as swine flu, officials said Sunday.
BANGALORE - It is not hard to find mask-wearing children in Bangalore heading to schools or young women holding their handkerchiefs and dupattas tight on their face. These are just the very “obvious” signs of “prevention” being practiced in the Silicon Valley of India.
Advice on when flu needs TLC or a doctor’s care
WASHINGTON — When is swine flu just miserable and when do you need a doctor?
LONDON - A groundbreaking research has found obesity to be a possible contributing factor in fatal swine flu cases.
PATNA - Students of a biotechnology college in Bihar formed a human chain on Saturday (August 29) to create awareness about H1N1 influenza virus, commonly known as swine flu.
LONDON - UN has warned against the spread of the H1N1 virus after turkeys on farms in Chile were found infected by the disease.
NEW DELHI - Amidst growing concern on the increasing spread of the H1N1 virus in India, renowned yoga guru Baba Ramdev prescribed yoga as a cure for the disease.
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