The swine flu scare hit the southwestern state of Kerala when three persons were tested positive on Sunday. With the three additions, the number of those affected from the virus in the country rose to 97. The victims The latest three cases include a mother-son duo, while the third victim is another woman who landed at the Karippur Airport ...Read More

A total of 234 HIV positive cases have been detected so far in Meghalaya which National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) described as a low prevalence rate of 0.06 per cent. "The affected people, which include 26 female and six children, are being treated at Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres," said Dr Pushkar Singh, North East Coordinator, United Nations Office on ...Read More

Swine flu has been detected in numerous pigs at a farm near the Argentine capital, but the virus has not shown itself to be any deadlier to the animals than a normal flu, the government said Friday. The discovery comes as Argentina is experiencing a human swine flu outbreak during the South American winter. The Health Ministry confirmed three new ...Read More

New research is set to be published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry that looks to offer yet another damning medical argument against smoking and allowing second hand smoke in public locations. The new report finds that Tobacco smoke contains a compound which can cause brain damage. The new study examined NNK, a procarinogen. NNK ...Read More

A 35-year-old man has become Guatemala's first government-confirmed swine flu fatality, health officials said on Thursday. "He appears to be the first victim of the A(H1N1) flu virus," said Health Minister Celzo Cerezo. The official announcement came two weeks after the death of a child who had contracted the virus but also suffered other health problems. "A minor who was also contaminated ...Read More

Five people, including an eight-year-old boy and two teenagers, were detected on Wednesday to have been affected with swine flu. This has taken the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in India to 73, health officials said. Two of the new cases are from Delhi, while one each is from Madurai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh, according to the officials. "At least ...Read More

Fifty-five children were hospitalized after a foot-long, jet-black dead snake was spotted in a vessel containing rice gruel that was served as mid-day meal to students of Kabirajpara ICDS centre in Rampurhat, Birbhum on Friday. "As the food was cooked, the venomous element was not in fatal proportion. Children fell ill because of fear psychosis, shock and nausea. So far, no ...Read More

Canadian woman had not been to Mexico, officials say * Japan, Australia confirm first cases * Hong Kong releases Mexican who sparked mass quarantine * Mexican soccer teams withdraw from international cup By Daniel Trotta MEXICO CITY, May 9 (Reuters) - The new H1N1 flu killed its first patient in Canada, making it the third country after Mexico and the United States to report a death from the virus that ...Read More

CHENNAI: When two-and-a-half month old Sriya was rushed to the emergency ward at Malar Hospitals, doctors could not feel the pulse on her arms or legs. The blood pressure was extremely low. She was hardly breathing. Her parents, Balaji and Lavanya, were distraught as they thought they had ignored the heart murmer' detected by a doctor in their neighbourhood a couple of days ago. Just as the ...Read More

BANGALORE: Summer days were never so hot in Namma Bengaluru. But climate change has turned on the heat in air-conditioned city. What's more, even the swine-flu epidemic is seen as a consequence of this environmental phenomenon. Climate change and its humanitarian consequences took centre stage at the World Red Cross Day celebrations organized by the Indian Red Cross society, Karnataka on Friday. With nearly 250 million ...Read More