Even as another outbreak of bird flu claims three more lives in China, experts suggest the media reportage of the disease itself is more disconcerting. Though the concerns of the virus turning epidemic are real, the magnitude of the threat, as reported by the ...
Fear is spreading over swine flu that has claimed 95 lives so far this year since January. The H1N1 virus has spread to Punjab and Haryana, while Rajasthan records the worst number of cases. Close to 500 hundred cases of swine flu have been reported so far and...
Swine flu has again returned to haunt the nation. The states most affected by the virus are Delhi and Rajasthan. So far 4 people have died in the capital and 64 have died in Rajasthan. The casualty rate in Punjab is 10 and 13 in Gujarat. The Health Ministry is...
Cases of swine flu have been reported from four North Indian states. 500 people have been infected by the virus since January 2013. Four people have died in the capital. Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar Padesh are the other states that have been affected by the vir...
The H1N1 virus is back in the air, in North India, with Rajasthan being the worst-hit state. According to the official numbers released by the Health Ministry, a total of 95 people have died. Out of these, 64 deaths have been reported from the state of Rajasth...
The deadly H1N1 virus is in the air once again. Three people have died and 57 fresh cases of swine flu has been reported in the capital. The government has sent medicines to all the government hospitals in the state. At the moment only five private hospitals a...
Swine flu or the H1N1 virus is back once again in the capital. The virus has already claimed four lives in the NCR region and seven others have been admitted to various hospitals across Delhi. The government is doing everything in its power to contain the dise...
A case of swine flu case has been confirmed from Visakhapatnam. A 52-year-old woman was suffering with symptoms associated with swine flu and after tests at Central labs, swine flu has been confirmed. Authorities are asking people to be careful since this is a...
Bipasha Basu is all geared up for the new year. Her new year resolution for 2013 is to make people aware of fitness and the benefits of living healthy. She said that the lowest point of 2012 was when she contracted Swine Flu. On being quizzed about link ups an...
Dengue fever first appeared in Andhra Pradesh in 2002 and was later seen across other states. And it can affect any person from any class and any location. The latest example is that of noted director Yash Chopra who died out of complications arising out of de...
The death of director-producer Yash Chopra due to complications arising out of dengue fever has alarmed, specially those living in posh localities of Mumbai, and who felt the general cleanliness and personal and public hygiene in their surroundings would keep ...
A pregnant woman from East Godavari district died in Visakhapatnam's government hospital, while another person has been admitted to the swine fly ward there. But the state government says there is no cause for alarm.
A four-year-old from Vellore and an eight-month-old baby from Madurai have succumbed to the deadly dengue fever, The disease has been spreading rapidly across the State and several preventive measures have been undertaken by the government. Swine flu has also ...
An 18-year-old boy from Germany, who is in India on a Cultural Youth Exchange Programme, has been diagnosed with swine flu (H1N1) and is admitted in the Salem Government Hospital. Martin Cenoritch, who was admitted in Mohan Kumaramangalam Government Medical Co...
Rain continues to strike Andhra Pradesh. A heritage structure in Hyderabad was weakened due to the rain. The roof of Erragadda government chest hospital in Hyderabad collapsed early morning on a sanitary workers. The chest hospital is housed in an old building...
A pregnant woman from Gajuwaka dies of swine flu in Visakhapatnam's government hospital, the first such case of swine flu death reported from coastal Andhra Pradesh.