Sunday 16 August '09
While 47 people in Baltimore, US, queued up to participate in the first human trials for H1N1, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta...Saturday 15 August '09
To tone down the panic by classifying grades of severity of symptoms and making it easier to access Tamiflu, the Government tonight...Friday
14 August '09As swine flu in India claimed its youngest victim when nine-month-old Swabhawik Kamble died in Pune, one of the first studies to analyse data....Thursday
13 August '09Fears that a possible second wave of the H1N1 in autumn — as temperatures drop — is more severe and lethal than the current one....Wednesday
12 August '09The Indian health sector fared poorly in 2008-09 with all major development indicators showing negative growth, suggesting that the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) failed to make the desired impact.Wednesday
12 August '09Reacting to the H1N1 spread, as Pune shuts down its schools for a week and administrators elsewhere explore this option, a study in the current issue...Tuesday
11 August '09Virus spread at highest level; Tamiflu for symptoms; all schools shut for a week....Tuesday
11 August '09Two studies published in prestigious medical journals this week seem to justify India’s decision not to make Tamiflu available over the counter.Monday
10 August '09Azad tells other states to be ready with similar steps, set aside funds for equipment, treatment; swine flu website coming...Saturday
8 August '09Ongoing mapping of swine flu-affected people in the country shows that only 10 per cent of those exposed to the H1N1 virus developed flu symptoms....Friday
7 August '09While the swine flu virus is causing much panic in India, it will have to go a long way to catch up with the annual death toll from the seasonal flu every year.Thursday
6 August '09Two days after the death of Reeda Sheikh, Pune District Collector told doctors not to refer 'any and every case of seasonal flu' to the already over-stretched Naidu Hospital.Thursday
6 August '09Behind the crowd of masked and fearful faces outside hospitals in Pune today, were the Government’s new guidelines — after the first H1N1 death...Wednesday
5 August '09Fourteen-year-old Reeda Shaikh, who on Monday became the country’s first H1N1 casualty, is suspected to have contracted swine flu at a clinic in Pune.Monday
3 August '09The work on manufacturing of vaccines for H1N1 (swine flu) has begun in India, and now the World Health Oraganisation...Sunday
2 August '09Warning against the risk of swine flu, the Haj Committee of India has advised those above 65 years of age, pregnant women...Thursday
30 July '09Only 54.1 per cent of India’s children are fully immunised. The other half — this includes the 11.3 per cent who never received any form of vaccination....Thursday
30 July '09The government is planning an overarching regulatory body, the National Council for Human Resources in Health Sector....Monday
27 July '09The Government of India wants to standardise the practice and procedures of Ayurveda, especially Panchkarma, not just in the country but across the world.Sunday
26 July '09India has joined the international community’s effort to make a vaccine for the H1N1 pandemic that has affected 135 countries in the world....Thursday
23 July '09During his tenure as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad’s reward scheme for informers foiling grenade attacks had reaped results.....Wednesday
22 July '09The argument for marriage just received some formidable support. A study in last week’s British Medical Journal....Tuesday
21 July '09The world’s first cloned camel produced in the desert of Dubai made news in April this year. However, the man behind the scientific feat...Saturday
18 July '09The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will soon have a separate mechanism for reviewing and monitoring stem cell research in the country....Friday
17 July '09Once the vaccine for H1N1 virus is available, health workers, infants, young people and people with underlying medical conditions should get priority...
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