Are you suffering from red eyes? It could be a 'new COVID like epidemic'In Delhi, cases of conjunctivitis are on the rise. Doctors are witnessing 100 cases every day, when compared with the previous year, there ...
25 Jul, 2023, 11.48 AM IST
Cases of conjunctivitis, other eye infection on rise in Delhi: DoctorsDr Aarti Nangia, senior consultant, ophthalmology at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj here, said there has been an "increase" in cases of eye i...
24 Jul, 2023, 08.12 PM IST
Children are catching flu more often now: Medical expertsA lot of children under the age of 15 are getting infected with adenovirus and Covid-19, with some cases leading to complications like pneu...
12 Apr, 2023, 12.58 AM IST
Covid cases expected to rise, people with flu-like symptoms should wear masks: Delhi health ministerThree deaths reported on Sunday were due to various diseases and Covid was "incidental". In one case, the primary reason was Covid, Delhi H...
10 Apr, 2023, 03.15 PM IST
Bird flu scare in Maharashtra: Thane civic body sets up control roomBird flu cases have so far been confirmed at Prabhani in Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat...
11 Jan, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
Bird flu among humans is rare, but here’s what you can do to stay safeBird-to-human or human-to-human transmission of bird flu is rare. However, doctors advise precautionary measures, such as avoiding consumin...
09 Jan, 2021, 10.56 PM IST
Anti-China protests rise in Argentina, the recipient of maximum Chinese FDI in Latin AmericaIn the last fifteen years from 2005 to 2019, Argentina has received maximum investment from China $ 30.6 billion, which accounted for 39 pe...
18 Nov, 2020, 09.41 AM IST
Masks, panic in Supreme Court After 5 judges catch swine fluFive Supreme Court judges have been affected by the swine flu in recent days. Three of them have joined office after treatment while other ...
26 Feb, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
Swine flu death toll rises to 169; over 4,500 test positiveAccording to data issued by the government, Rajasthan recorded 1,911 cases and 75 deaths till Monday followed by Gujarat with 600 cases and...
29 Jan, 2019, 08.17 PM IST
Central team sent to Jaipur after 8 more people test positive for Zika infectionAccording to the World Health Organization's classification scheme on the prevalence of Zika virus, India is in category 2, indicating ongo...
05 Oct, 2018, 07.53 PM IST
Swine flu threat grows in India; 600 deaths, 12,500 cases reported this yearMaharashtra is the worst affected with 284 deaths followed by Delhi (241), Gujarat (75), Kerala (63) and Rajasthan (59).
24 Jul, 2017, 11.06 AM IST
Beating flu fashionably: Vogamasks now touted as the 'world’s first high-fashion, high-filtration mask'Vogmask, billed as the world’s first high-fashion, high-filtration mask, may be the answer to those who view pollution masks as sartorial d...
29 Mar, 2015, 06.23 AM IST
Swine flu outbreak: Health Minister JP Nadda makes first statementUnlike his predecessors, Nadda has not held press briefings on seasonal flu. Although there have been press releases and random news bytes ...
27 Feb, 2015, 06.30 AM IST
Delhi's Lok Nayak hospital not equipped to deal with EbolaCentral government had identified Ram Manohar Lohiya and LNJP hospital for treating Ebola patients after the outbreak of the disease.
19 Nov, 2014, 09.18 PM IST
- US hauls India to WTO on poultry ban
India claims that the import ban is aimed at preventing avian influenza, but it has not given scientific evidence on avian-influenza contro...
08 Mar, 2012, 04.31 AM IST
Single-dose swine flu vaccine in the worksContrary to what was earlier expected, the vaccine against H1N1 may not be multi-dose, as results from a pilot study of Novartis H1N1 candi...
04 Sep, 2009, 01.51 AM IST
Flying with Flu: Indian bandobast better than UKDespite all glitches, there is more visible bandobast for flu in India than London. Everything about Flu | IT cos issue advisory | N 95 mas...
11 Aug, 2009, 01.30 PM IST