All Entries in the "Swine Flu News" Category
How has the Swine Flu Scare Negatively Impacted us in India?
Now that increasing numbers of questions are being asked about the actual dangers posed by the H1N1 Swine flu, and whether it deserves the sobriquet of ‘Pandemic’, answers are being demanded because of the amount of money that has been spent on it globally and whether this expenditure was justified. We take a look at [...]
Swine Flu Scare Overestimated by WHO, Says India
The union minister of health in India has questioned the role of the World Health Organisation in overreacting to the H1N1 Swine flu scare and declaring it to be a dangerous pandemic. According to this Times of India report, an inquiry is to be demanded into the role of WHO and an alleged nexus between [...]
Bird Flu makes a Return
According to this Times of India report, Avian or Bird Flu, the H5N1 virus has raised its hoary head once again, months after the country had been declared bird flu free. This will compound the worries of the health authorities already struggling to contain the H1N1 Swine flu pandemic that currently has infected over 28 [...]
‘Test for swine flu even if there’s only one symptom’ says Health Minister
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has recently expressed concern that cases of the H1N1 Swine flu have recently been seen to be asymptomatic; that is even those infected are not displaying the commonly expected symptoms of the virus. The WHO has listed symptoms such as cough, fever, cold, body ache, running nose and sore [...]
Nasal Swine Flu Vaccine in India Soon
As the H1N1 Swine Flu threat continues to dog Indians, with no vaccine available to counter dangers posed by it, there seems to be some hope in sight with the nasal spray swine flu vaccine, developed indigenously by Pune’s Serum Institute being given the go ahead for human testing. The Drug Controller General of India [...]
Bridging Trials on for Imported Swine flu Vaccine; Swine flu fears at the Kumbh Mela
Since the Swine flu vaccine being produced indigenously in India are still some way away from commercial availability, attempts have been underway for the vaccine to be imported for use here after being tested for efficacy and safety of use for the Indian populace. These tests on imported swine flu vaccines, also known as bridging [...]
Swine flu Vaccine Trials Given Go Ahead
Finally a step seems to have been taken in the right direction with the H1N1 Swine flu pandemic in India that has so far infected as many as 26,000 people all over the country; and we are now one step closer to the indigenous production of the Swine flu vaccine. According to this report in [...]
Jammu and Kashmir Reports Second Swine flu Death; 24,000 Affected in India
On Thursday, the second death resulting from the H1N1 Swine flu virus was reported from the northern most Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir, which is among the last of the Indian states to report swine flu infections. The national death toll from the swine flu virus is now up to 831 with more than [...]
Punjab Sees Spike in Swine Flu Cases
After Delhi, it is now time for Punjab to see a spike in the numbers infected by the H1N1 Swine flu virus. The number of swine flu cases reported in the state till now has reached 128. According to this Times of India report, there are now 5 centers for swine flu being set up [...]
Sreesanth tests Positive, Gautam Gambhir Tests Negative for Swine Flu
The H1N1 Swine flu scare was truly on in the Indian cricket team when bowler Sreesanth was found to have Swine flu symptoms and was later found to test positive for the viral infection. Gautam Gambhir was another cricketer suspected to be having Swine flu, who however later tested negative for the infection according to [...]