Swine flu menace looms large over NepalNovember 6th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Though not yet having lost a patient to swine flu, Nepal Friday sounded an alarm after the discovery that the epidemic could be spreading in two districts in the west where school children and security personnel tested positive for the disease. Schools were closed in Parbat and its neighbouring district Baglung after viral fever raged in classrooms and 12 people tested positive for swine flu in Parbat.
Five cases of swine flu detected in OrissaNovember 5th, 2009 SUNDERGARH - Five students from Kanyashrama School in Orissa's Sundergarh district have tested positive for Swine flu. According to reports, some students from the school complained of normal fever.
Manipal hospital under fresh attack in NepalNovember 5th, 2009 KATHMANDU - The Manipal Teaching Hospital, run by India's Manipal Group as a joint venture with the Nepal government, has come under fresh attack from locals, causing its outdoor unit for patients to be closed indefinitely. The 700-bed hospital in Pokhara, established in 1998 under the Manipal College of Medical Sciences, has shut down its outdoor services after two of its doctors were assaulted Tuesday over the death of a patient and local groups began demanding compensation.
3 more in Orissa school found to have swine fluNovember 3rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Three more students tested positive swine flu in a residential girls' school in Orissa's Sundergarh district, officials said Tuesday. Two girls had already been detected to be infected Sunday.
Panic in Orissa school after 2 swine flu casesNovember 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Panic gripped a residential girls' school in Orissa's Sundergarh district after two students tested positive for swine flu. Swab samples of two students of the Jampali Government Girls High School, sent to the regional medical research centre, turned out to be positive, a state health department official said.
Six children die of malaria in Orissa districtOctober 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Six children have died of malaria in last seven days in Malkangiri district of Orissa, an official said Monday. The deaths have been reported from the district's Siadimal village.
Two more swine flu cases in HimachalOctober 3rd, 2009 SHIMLA - Two more patients in Himachal Pradesh have tested positive for influenza A (H1N1), taking the number of swine flu cases in the state to four, a health official said Saturday. Medical reports of two sisters in the age group of 18 to 20 of Kasauli have tested positive, swine flu nodal officer Vinod Mehta told IANS.
As swine flu spreads among students, many schools lack nurses to respond to H1N1 outbreaksSeptember 25th, 2009 School nurse shortage hampers swine flu responseSAN FRANCISCO — As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms and takes a heavier toll on children and young adults. The shortage of school nurses could lead to more students falling ill from the H1N1 virus, which can be particularly dangerous for children with weakened immune systems or respiratory conditions such as asthma, experts say.
Swine flu toll in Andhra rises to 13September 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The swine flu death toll in Andhra Pradesh rose to 13 with the death of one more person Tuesday. A woman hailing from Warangal district died of swine flu at the government-run Gandhi Hospital, taking the death toll to 13.
District collector in Andhra down with swine fluSeptember 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - A district collector in Andhra Pradesh has got infected by influenza A(H1N1) even as the alarming spurt in swine flu has worried the state government. Health Minister D.
17 students test positive for swine flu in PuneSeptember 9th, 2009 PUNE - Seventeen new positive cases of swine flu were reported from Maharashtra's Pune district on Wednesday. All the cases have been reported from B K Birla School's hostel at Shirgaon in Pune district, where 17 students have tested positive for the deadly virus and are undergoing treatment at various hospitals.
Karnataka won't identify swine flu victims any moreSeptember 4th, 2009 BANGALORE - After 40 people died of swine flu in Karnataka, the health department of the state has devised a new "formula" to avert panic. From now, the department will not divulge the details of dead patients' name and age, nor the name of the hospitals where patients have died.
Assemblies, sports suspended in Lucknow schoolsSeptember 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Morning assemblies, sport activities and other group gatherings will be suspended in all schools in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow district to prevent the spread of swine flu, officials here said Wednesday. "All formalities for issuing the prohibitory order have been completed.
Villagers in Bihar shunned over swine flu fearsSeptember 1st, 2009 PATNA - Around a dozen labourers from Bihar who returned to their native village from Bangalore after the swine flu panic are being ostracized by the villagers who fear they might have contracted the virus and could infect them. The labourers were socially boycotted in village Kumarpur under Baryarpur block in Munger district, about 150 km from here, as villagers feared they would spread the H1N1 virus, a health official said Tuesday.
Yoga can cure swine flu, says Baba RamdevAugust 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amidst growing concern on the increasing spread of the H1N1 virus in India, renowned yoga guru Baba Ramdev prescribed yoga as a cure for the disease. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Baba Ramdev advised people to practice yoga as a preventive measure against swine flu.
