A day after influenza A (H1N1) claimed the first victim in Assam, another person has tested positive in Guwahati. The infected adult male, according to doctors in the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital, is in home isolation.
COPENHAGEN SHOWED how fast and far India has traveled geo-politically. The same, alas, cannot be said about the health of the nation. On the international stage, India's relentless focus on equity made us proud. The time has come to apply that principle at home.
CHANDIGARH: With mercury falling sharply in many parts of Punjab and Haryana, there has been a surge in swine flu cases here as 38 people have died in December so far, officials said on Sunday.
The alert over influenza A (H1N1) virus has been heightened by the first death of a patient in the isolation ward of the Guwahati Medical College Hospital this morning. The patient, 21-year-old Sikha Biswas, was admitted to the isolation ward on December 15, and following infection died due to multiple organ failure.
Nepal on Sunday reported its first swine flu fatality.
A 29-year-old woman suffering from the disease died of various complications on Wednesday evening at Bir Hospital, according to a doctor at the state-owned hosptial.
The victim's identity has been kept secret on her family's request.
The number of swine flu patients has reached at 11 in NWFP after confirmation of another swine flu case in the province, health officials said on Friday.
Another death from the swine flu in the district has created panic among villagers as patients have been reporting with symptoms of the disease.
Phoola Devi (35), wife of Deep Kumar and resident of Ropari village (Bhareri) under Bhoranj subdivision, died last night at the regional hospital. She was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and her H1N1 test report had been confirmed positive.
An international team of scientists have made a novel discovery that might help explain how flu virus, including the currently circulating H1N1 infects human beings.
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society launched a public awareness project on influenza A HI NI throughout the island to educate the people about the measures that they should focus on to protect themselves in the backdrop of the spread of A H1 N1
Ahmedabad: Five swine flu deaths were reported in the city on Monday, taking the death toll in the state to 71. The deaths have set alarm bells ringing in the state health department.
In December alone, Gujarat has seen 20 swine flu deaths already. Of the 71 deaths, 67 persons from Gujarat have died of the H1N1 virus while four were residents of Rajasthan, who had come for treatment.
