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On a day when 49 people tested positive for swine flu in Rajasthan, Mayo College Ajmer (both boys and girls) announced early winter vacations for two months. The death toll in the state went up to 24 with latest H1N1 ... Read More »
Healthcare workers will be first in line for swine flu vaccine
India will vaccinate 20 lakh healthcare and emergency services personnel against the deadly H1N1 virus by the end of January using an imported swine flu vaccine. The health ministry has set aside Rs 100 crore as an interim budget to ... Read More »
World Health Organisation warns of swine flu pandemic’s second wave
The World Health Organisation is urging the planet to brace for a second wave of the swine flu pandemic as the heavily populated northern hemisphere edges towards the cooler season when flu thrives. “The WHO is still mobilised and worried,” ... Read More »
Swine flu claims four more lives, toll up to 33
With the death of four people — two in Bangalore and one each in Aurangabad and Pune, the swine flu toll in the country mounted to 33 on Wednesday. In Bangalore, a 45-year-old man succumbed to H1N1 virus on Wednesday ... Read More »
Indian Railways fully prepared to tackle H1N1
The railways has been put on high alert following the growing incidence of swine flu across the country. The Railway Board has issued directives to all the zones to put the railway doctors on alert, particularly at every major station. ... Read More »
Swine flu virus more dangerous than previously believed
London, July 14 (ANI): In a new, highly detailed study of swine flu virus, H1N1, researchers have found that the pathogen is more virulent than previously believed. Led by University of Wisconsin-Madison virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka, the study has found that ... Read More »
Genes of swine flu dissimilar to those of past pandemic flu strains
Washington, May 7 (ANI): Scientists have found that the genes of swine flu are dissimilar to those of past pandemic flu strains. Jonathan Allen and Tom Slezak from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, America, have revealed that most of the genetic ... Read More »
Global fight against Swine flu picks up momentum
Swine flu has become a global disease and the number of affected is growing by each hour. And while the situation in India may be under control for the moment, that is certainly not the case elsewhere in world. After ... Read More »
Surveillance and personal hygiene key to ward off swine flu
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): Doctors representing various professional organisations and systems of medicine on Friday spelt out the preparedness to deal with the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, here. Dr. K. K. Aggarwal, President ... Read More »