Archive for September, 2009
Nasal Vaccine for Swine Flu Ready for Trial
According to fresh report about the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine from NDTV, Pune based Serum Institute has developed a nasal vaccine for swine flu that is now ready for trials. This vaccine seed has been got from Russia and is reportedly safe and easy to deliver. This form of vaccination will give a person local [...]
IIM – A Student Did not die from Swine Flu
Yesterday a student of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad died and concerns were raised that this could have been a death resulting from Swine Flu. Flu like symptoms such as fever were reported by Nikhil Kamat who was admitted to hospital and then shifted to another hospital where however he succumbed to his illness. [...]
Swine Flu Toll in India Touches 300
According to this AFP report, the official number of those who have died from the H1N1 Swine flu infection in India is now more than 300. The first fatality resulting from the virus was reported on 3 August and now in the end of September the toll have gone up to 300. The total number [...]
ICICI Lombard Offers Swine Flu Insurance
This one should reassure all those who are scared of being infected by the H1N1 Swine Flu virus: According to a report in the Times of India, ICICI Lombard is now offering insurance to cover expenses that can accrue from being infected by the virus. The insurance will cover hospitalisation expenses of swine flu patients [...]
Natflu, Another Swine Flu Drug Hits Indian Market
NATCO is the latest company to launch an anti H1N1 Swine flu drug into the Indian market with the curbs on retail sale of Oseltamivir now removed by the government. The brand name of Natflu will now sell in Indian markets at the rate of Rs480 per strip of 10 pills. NATCO is one of [...]
Cow Colostrum Will Fight Swine Flu
The way human mothers produce colostrum (first milk) that is rich in antibodies and immunity imparting constituents, the cow also produces first milk that is now going to be used to fight the H1N1 Swine Flu virus. Amul, in conjunction with a Mumbai based company, according to this Times of India report, will be collecting [...]
Swine Flu Research Findings
The H1N1 Swine Flu virus is one of the most studied pathogens ever and has been the subject matter of more research than most others. Some of the findings, as published in this report are as follows; for more details regarding the findings, view this page : The first known cases did not occur on [...]
New Swine Flu Drug Hits Market
With the government permitting retail sale of Anti Swine Flu drugs, more companies are now coming to the fore to supply the demand that there is in the market for combating the H1N1 swine flu virus. The basic formulation of Oseltamivir is available under the various brand names of Fluvir, Tamiflu etc. Now another brand [...]
CNN Reporter Sanjay Gupta Gets Swine Flu
In something of an irony, CNN’s chief medical correspondent has been diagnosed as having Swine Flu. Both, he and camera man, Scottie McWhinnie, were diagnosed with the H1N1 Swine Flu virus when reporting from Afghanistan. The usual symptoms of nausea, body pain, high fevers, the lack of appetite, sinus congestion, body aches, hacking, were all [...]
Hygiene Product Sales Increase due to Swine Flu
With awareness on prevention and containment methods of the H1N1 Swine Flu virus increasing by the day among Indians, the sale of various hygiene products is also seeing a sharp rise in recent times. Dettol hand wash and liquid disinfectant has seen their sales increased by 40 to 45% in Maharashtra in recent months Ayurvedic [...]