Pune It will be a year in September since a blast at the bio-medical waste treatment facility at Kailash crematorium near Naidu Hospital killed seven of its employees. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) closed down the facility and till date the authorities have been unable to find an alternative treatment facility for city

It is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Also know as insulin resistance syndrome.

Risks

Syndrome X can lead to hypertension, heart disease, infertility, diabetes and other metabolic-related diseases.

Causes and signs

Biggest causes are sedentary lifestyle and an increase in processed foods consumption.

Many educational institutions closed for a week; masks in demand.

The swine flu scare has begun to grip the country with Pune, the worst hit, accounting for 221 of the 327 cases reported in Maharashtra thus far.

Across the country, 864 people have been affected, of whom, 523 have been treated and discharged; the rest are still under treatment.

Pune 42 H1N1 patients detected on Sunday; it

The surgical masks are on. All that is visible of the faces are the eyes, with one expression

The surgical masks are on. All that is visible of the faces are the eyes, with one expression

Pune Leaving no stone unturned in creating public awareness on swine flu, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday began using the mass media for airing jingles that conveyed a message on precautionary measures to keep a check on the spread of virus.

Pune In a new twist to the bus purchase saga, the Central Government has opposed the proposal of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) to purchase 200 low-floor CNG-run buses and asked it to go for diesel-run buses instead, saying the CNG-bus manufacturers would not be able to supply the buses in time.

Nanda Kasabe

Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) is working at a furious pace on producing a H1N1 vaccine. SII is among the three labs selected by the WHO in India to develop the vaccine. So far, there has been no vaccine made of this kind anywhere worldwide and around 25-30 labs globally are working on developing this vaccine.

India registered its first swine flu death today after a 14-year-old school girl from Pune fell victim to the virus.

Rhia Shaikh, a resident of the cantonment area in Pune, was admitted to the Jehangir Hospital last week with symptoms of the disease, hospital authorities said.