Shimla | 49 minutes ago
Second swine flu death reported in Himachal
Shimla, April 25 - Himachal Pradesh has reported its second death this year due to swine flu, a health official said Wednesday.A 66-year-old woman from Shimla district died Monday evening within an hour of hospitalisation in the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital - here, state surveillance officer Omesh Bharti told IANS.The victim was a resident of Jubbal area in upper Shimla and was suffe ... read more

New Delhi | 22 hours ago
57 people die of swine flu in India
New Delhi, April 24 - As many as 57 people have died, mostly in Maharashtra, of swine flu in the country till April 18 this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad agreed that swine flu or H1N1 has re-surfaced in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.In Maharashtra, 20 people died of the virus from January to April 18 this year, he sai ... read more

New Delhi | 15 days ago
Delhi prepared for swine flu
New Delhi, April 10 - With swine flu cases being reported from various parts of the country, the Delhi government Tuesday said hospitals in the capital were prepared to deal with the virus.Delhi hospitals are well prepared for swine flu. Hospitals have been earmarked for swine flu patients, said Delhi Health Minister Ashok Walia.Walia said there was enough supply of 'Tamiflu', the medicine for swi ... read more

Shimla | 18 days ago
First swine flu death in Himachal
Shimla, April 7 - A 55-year-old woman, who tested positive for swine flu, died in Shimla Saturday, the first death in Himachal Pradesh this year, a health official said.The victim, a resident of Sarkaghat town in Mandi district, died in the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla. She had tested positive Wednesday, state surveillance officer Omesh Bharti told IANS.He said the woman wa ... read more

Shimla | 20 days ago
Swine flu reported in Himachal
Shimla, April 4 - A 55-year-old woman tested positive for swine flu in Shimla Wednesday, the first case in Himachal Pradesh this year, a health official said here.The victim, a resident of Mandi district, was admitted to an isolation ward of the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla, swine flu surveillance officer Omesh Bharti told IANS.He said the woman was in the hospital for the ... read more

Pune | 1 month ago
Swine flu erupts in Maharashtra, claims four lives
Pune, March 17 - After a lull of six months, swine flu has again reared its head in Maharashtra, claiming four lives in Pune in the past fortnight, including two Friday, putting the state health machinery in a state of high alert, a top official said.Besides, the four fatalities, another 34 victims are admitted in different city hospitals.'The condition of at least five people is critical and they ... read more

London | 1 month ago
Discovery could prevent deaths from severe flu outbreaks
London, March 1 - Researchers have stumbled on a new discovery that may help prevent deaths from severe flu outbreaks and also lung injuries, especially among seemingly healthy people.Specifically, the researchers found that immune cells called natural killer T cells may reduce the overwhelming numbers of another type of immune cells called inflammatory monocytes, which when present in large numbe ... read more

Mexico City | 2 months ago
58 Mexicans die of flu
Mexico City, Feb 6 - A total of 58 people have died of flu in Mexico so far this year. The deaths were caused by different strains of flu virus, the predominant one being swine flu.As many as 2,815 alive patients have been confirmed to have the infection, the health secretariat said.From Jan 1 to Feb 2, 93 percent of the deaths were caused by the AH1N1 swine flu, it said.Of the current cases of in ... read more

Washington | 3 months ago
La Nina may trigger flu pandemics: Study
Washington, Jan 17 - Influenza pandemics that caused death and illness worldwide in the past were preceded by La Nina conditions in the equatorial Pacific, a study has found.The study examined weather patterns during the devastating flu pandemics in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009, Xinhua reported. The La Nina pattern is known to alter the migratory patterns of birds, which are thought to be a primary r ... read more

6 months ago
Muammar Gaddafi: A man of eccentricities, enigma
Tripoli, Oct 20 - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddaffi, who was killed by National Transitional Council fighters in his hometown Sirte Thursday, will be remembered as a 'mercurial and eccentric' man.In a leaked diplomatic cable, US American ambassador to Libya Gene A. Cretz threw light upon Gaddafi's personality and lifestyle. Cretz dispatched the wire days after Gaddafi's 2009 visit to New York City - ... read more